The Village Stompers was a U.S.

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 dixieland

Dixieland

Dixieland music, sometimes referred to as Hot jazz, Early Jazz or New Orleans jazz, is a style of jazz music which developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century, and was spread to Chicago and New York City by New Orleans bands in the 1910s.Well-known jazz standard songs from the...

 music group with the hit "Washington Square" (written by Bobb Goldsteinn

Bobb Goldsteinn

Bobb Goldsteinn is an American showman, songwriter, and artist. As a pop pioneer, he wrote The Village Stompers' international hit "Washington Square" and produced The GoldeBriars, Curt Boettcher's original Sunshine Pop singing group.-Early years:Bobb Goldsteinn was born in Philadelphia, where he...

) in 1963. The band

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 was known for its instrumental

Instrumental

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 pieces.

The Village Stompers originated from Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village

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, New York

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. The group consisted of Dick Brady, Don Coates, Mitchell May, Ralph Casale, Frank Hubbell, Lenny Pogan, Al McManus and Joe Muranyi

Joe Muranyi

Joseph P. "Joe" Muranyi is an American jazz clarinetist, producer and critic.Muranyi studied with Lennie Tristano but is primarily interested in early jazz styles such as Dixieland and swing. After playing in an United States Army Air Forces band, he moved to New York City in the 1950s and...

. They had instrumental hits on the Epic

Epic Records

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 record label

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 with "Washington Square" / "Turkish Delight" released in September 1963, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100

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 chart

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, and #1 on the Adult Contemporary Charts plus also reaching #1 on the Australia

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n Charts in October of that year. They also had hits with "From Russia With Love" / "The Bridge Of Budapest" in April 1964 (#81) and with "Fiddler On The Roof" / "Moonlight On The Ganges" in December 1964 (#97) and #19 Adult Contemporary Chart. Three other tracks made the Billboard Bubbling Under Chart being "The La-Dee-Song" / "Blue Grass" February 1964 #104, "Oh! Marie" / "Limehouse Blues

Limehouse Blues

Limehouse Blues is a world famous jazz standard , as well as a 1934 crime film is set in London's Chinese district and starring George Raft and Anna May Wong. The film is named after the tune...

" October 1964 #132 and "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines" / "Sweet Water Bay" July 1965 #130 pop and #35 Adult Contemporary Chart.

Some albums tracks :

Village Stompers - Washington Square (1963)

1. - Washington Square
2. - Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport
3. - If I Had a Hammer
4. - Blue Grass
5. - We Can't Stop Singin'
6. - Midnight in Moscow
7. - Walk Right In
8. - Green, Green
9. - Poet and the Prophet, The
10. - Cold Steel Canyons
11. - Blowin' in the Wind
12. - Follow the Drinkin' Gourd
13. - Gotta Travel On
14. - Bei Mir Bist Du Schon
15. - Haunted House Blues
16. - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
17. - La-Dee-Da Song, The
18. - Saints, The
19. - Dominique
20. - Frankie and Johnny
21. - Mountain Greenery
22. - Bridges of Budapest, The
23. - Melodie D'Amour
24. - Goodnight Irene
25. - From Russia With Love
26. - Fiddler on the Roof

Village Stompers - A Taste of Honey (1966)

1. - A Taste Of Honey
2. - The In Crowd
3. - England Swings
4. - Murmurio
5. - Wabash Blues
6. - A Lover's Concerto
7. - Yesterday
8. - The Bird Of Bleecker Street
9. - Second Hand Rose
10. - On The Lonely Hill

External links

Official website

Frank Hubbel Music(Leader/Manager)