Louis Katzman

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This actor appeared in the following radio shows

Series	Episode title	Date
Behind The Mike	comedy broadcasts	1941-02-23

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Bord in Odessa, Russia ca 1890; died 11/13/1943 at age 53 of a stroke. He began studying music at age eleven. At age seventeen, he immigrated to America. In 1911, inventor Thomas Edison hired him to play piano on phonograph cylinders, and several years later Edison made Katzman chief arranger for Edison's recording company.

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In 1920, he became music arranger at the Witmark Music Company. He made his radio debut in 1923, and by 1928 was general manager of Brunswick Records.

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Provided music for radio programs including Fred Allen's Linit Bath Club Revue Enna Jettick Melodies The Fuller Brush Orchestra The Hoover Sentinels The Magic Carpet The Michelin Hour Music By Gershwin The Musical Memory Book

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In 1937, Katzman became music director at WINS-New York, and remained in that position until his death.

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At WINS, Katzman led the orchestra with which a "girl singer" from Brooklyn performed, then Libbie Roe (orignally Roginsky). There she met a young man for whom Katzman also arranged a job, his nephew Jerry Alpern. They two met, married, and became my mom and dad. We have digital copies of her singing on that station and WHN.

David Alpern

Louis Katzman

This actor appeared in the following radio shows

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