RAY ANTHONY Slaughter On Tenth Avenue Part 1 (1952) - 78 RPM Record

Ray Anthony and His Orchestra – Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
Instrumental Part I
Composed by Richard Rodgers
78 RPM audio transfer from the Bowness Arts collection of vintage records.
(Recorded at 33rpm, static noise and click reduction with Audacity)

Label: Capitol Records 7C-989 (Canada)
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra – Slaughter On Tenth Avenue (Parts 1& 2)
Format: Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
Released: 1952
Genre: Jazz
Style: Big Band

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is a ballet with music by Richard Rodgers and choreography by George Balanchine. It occurs near the end of Rodgers and Hart's 1936 Broadway musical comedy On Your Toes.

Ray Anthony (real name 'Raymond Antonini') was born January 20, 1922, in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania. He is an American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor. Anthony's 1952 recording of "The Bunny Hop" became the biggest hit in a career that includes more than 100 album releases. Currently 100 years old (at date of upload), he is the last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Anthony continues to be active as a bandleader and musician. His later works tended to break away from the Big Band jazz style of his earlier days, ranging from MOR and lounge music to blues, film and television themes. Anthony was a close friend of the late Hugh Hefner, and has appeared in numerous episodes of The Girls Next Door. In 1960 he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.