Bama State Collegians in Chicago and Detroit (1930)
Title
Bama State Collegians in Chicago and Detroit (1930)
Description
Newspaper item: "These college boys from Alabama State will play for the 'Alabama State Night' ... in Chicago.... They consititute one of three musical organizations fromt he State Teachers College being brought North by the Alabama State Alumni Chapters of Chicago and Detroit."
Formed at Alabama State Teachers College in Montgomery in 1928 and composed primarily of Birmingham musicians, the Bama State Collegians would find their first major success beyond the South on this 1930 northern tour. A few years later they would go fully professional as Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra.
Birmingham Reporter, August 16, 1930.
Formed at Alabama State Teachers College in Montgomery in 1928 and composed primarily of Birmingham musicians, the Bama State Collegians would find their first major success beyond the South on this 1930 northern tour. A few years later they would go fully professional as Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra.
Birmingham Reporter, August 16, 1930.
Date
1930-08-16
Original Format
Newspaper clipping
Collection
Citation
“Bama State Collegians in Chicago and Detroit (1930),” Southern Music Research Center, accessed July 1, 2024, https://southernmusicresearch.org/items/show/1331.