I'm looking for any information about the Len Hopkins Orchestra -- pictures, stories, recordings (I'm asking a lot, I know!), anything. They were based in
Ottawa, and played live radio broadcasts regularly from Edmonton in the '30s and '40s (sorry, no exact dates). Has anyone out there ever heard of them? Any info will be greatly appreciated!!
On Tuesday, June 13, 1995 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, J.C. wrote:the band at that time (I noticed the 'bluenote' in your address). I have tons and tons of pictures. Dad travelled to Jasper when he was with the band, so that must have been when the broadcasts from Edmonton originated. Shereen Bowditch
I'm looking for any information about the Len Hopkins Orchestra -- pictures,
stories, recordings (I'm asking a lot, I know!), anything. They were based in
Ottawa, and played live radio broadcasts regularly from Edmonton in the '30s
and '40s (sorry, no exact dates). Has anyone out there ever heard of them?
Any info will be greatly appreciated!!
Wow! Just Googled Len Hopkins and found this...hope I am not too late and you are still on line and interested...and I see Carol Newton's Dad was a drummer before 1942. My Dad was the drummer after that! Jack Cook was his name. Wilf Steabner was in
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