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Ragtime and jazz drummer
Lada on drums with the
Louisiana Five
Anton Lada (September 25, 1890 – August 28, 1944)
[1] was a
ragtime ,
jazz and dance musician.
[2] He was a drummer. He played with and was the manager of the
Louisiana Five .
[3] He recorded on
Columbia Records and toured.
[4] Lada performed for dancing and
vaudeville shows and made a series of recordings for
Emerson Records ,
Edison Records , and
Columbia Records .
He is credited as co-composer of a number of tunes with
Spencer Williams , most successfully the "Arkansas Blues".
After the breakup of his first Louisiana Five, he formed a series of his own bands before launching a new "Original Louisiana Five" band and moving to
Hollywood to do film scores.
[5]
Lada was born in
Prague in the
Kingdom of Bohemia and moved with his family to Chicago as a child.
[5]
Lada formed various bands and made recordings with them.
[6]
[7]
He composed "Let Us Be Sweethearts Again" with
Ernie Erdman in 1921.
[8] He copyrighted "Neglected Blues" with Williams.
[9]
Harry L. Alford arranged some of his songs.[
which? ]
Discography
"Your Voice at Twilight", words by McElbert Moore
[10]
"Uncle Blues" (1920)
[10]
"At Parson Jenkins' Ball (1920), words by Ed Sanford and arranged by Ray Brost
[10]
"Blue Jay Blues" (1920) with Frank Rizzo
[10]
"California Blossom" (1920), with Spencer Williams
[10]
References
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"Lada, Anton, 1890–1944 – Full record view – Libraries Australia Search" . Librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au .
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"Lada, Anton 1890–1944 [WorldCat Identities]" . Worldcat.org .
^ lada, [anton; five, louisiana.
"Search results from Audio Recording, African Americans, Lada, [Anton], Audio, Popular Songs of the Day, Performing Arts Encyclopedia, Louisiana Five, Available Online" . Library of Congress .
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"Music Trades" . Music Trades Corporation. February 17, 1921 – via Google Books.
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a
b
"Heroes #16: Anton Lada, 1890–1944" . November 12, 2019.
^ Rust, Brian (February 16, 2002).
Jazz and Ragtime Records (1897–1942): L-Z, index . Mainspring Press.
ISBN
9780967181929 – via Google Books.
^ Rust, Brian (February 16, 1975).
The American Dance Band Discography 1917-1942: Irving Aaronson to Arthur Lange . Arlington House.
ISBN
9780870002489 – via Google Books.
^ Erdman, Ernie; Lada, Anton (January 1, 1921).
"Let Us Be Sweethearts Again" . Historic Sheet Music Collection .
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"Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series" . February 16, 1948 – via Google Books.
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b
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d
e Office, Library of Congress Copyright (February 17, 1920).
"Musical Compositions: Part 3" . Library of Congress. – via Google Books.
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