Cappy Barra Harmonica Band


The Cappy Barra Harmonica Band was an American harmonica ensemble — originally a trio, then a quartet, then two groups — that played big band arrangements. Cappy Barra flourished from 1935 to 1945.

History

1938 to 1942
Post World War II
Performing members
Non-performing members

Filmography

Musical Airwaves, Milton Edward Schwarzwald, director, Universal PicturesMad About Music, Universal Pictures
  1. I Love to Whistle, by Jimmy McHugh & Harold Adamson, sung by Deanna Durbin with the Cappy Barra Harmonica Band at party Pot o' Gold Rockin' in the Rockies Radio Stars on Parade Bowery Boy
Musical film shorts
The 1942–44 musicians' strike banned musicians from recording with major labels. A year earlier, the motion picture industry began producing short music films, which were not banned. The films were the early version of music videos — known as "soundies. Cappy Barra performed on the following soundies:
The Smoothies and The Cappy Barra Harmonica Boys
Smoothies personnel: Babs and the two brothers, Charlie & Little Ryan ''

Discography

Cappy Barra Harmonica Swing Ensemble

Sheet music

Nocturne in Blue, by Al Greene & Raymond Joe Sanns , © February 11, 1941; 249699 Voo Doo, by Raymond Joe Sanns , Leon Lafell , and Maurice Duke, © June 10, 1937; 62625 It's Nature All Around Me,'' by Joseph Milton Mullendore Jr., © January 18, 1934; 81496

Other harmonica ensembles

United States
Netherlands
Ireland
France
Hong Kong