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The Melodenes performed at the Cross Street Tavern in the late ‘70s.

Members included Ollie Noel (guitar), Allan Poole (sax), Bill Kress (accordion), and Robert Fisher (drums).

Gump

Seen nightly at the Biltmore Lounge at Fayette and Paca Streets.

Bill Moser (bass ex-Bell Chords), Marie McClellan, Fred Magliano and Frankie Smith. Seen at the County Musical Bar. Moser went […]

Big band group formed and managed by Andy Messino, former bandleader of Baltimore’s Dukes of Rhythm in the 1940s. Andy […]

Jazz group featuring James Perry (sax), Johnny Osborne (bass), James McKnight (piano), and Thomas Williams (drums).  Seen in the early […]

Weekend house band at Tommy McCormick’s Lounge in South Baltimore circa 1970…

Trio consisting of Harry Wentworth (sax), Mel Bridge (drums), and Vince DiPaula (piano). The “sweet and swingy” group could be […]

Located at 521 N. Howard St., the store was bought from the G.C. Conn Company in 1948 by Vernon Meghan […]