Fred Waring
Fred Waring
Latest Release
- Gatsby's Jazz Nights, Vol. 15 - High Society Swing
- December 2025
- • 12 Songs
Top Songs
| 1 | A Picnic for Two | ||
| 2 | How About Me | ||
| 3 | Fit as a Fiddle | ||
| 4 | Rhymes | ||
| 5 | Who's Blue Now |
Albums
Mar 2015 • 30 songs
Nov 2014 • 21 songs
Apr 1924 • 1 song
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Biography
It would probably be stretching the definition considerably to put Fred Waring in the jazz category, though he was very popular utilizing some concepts from the improvisational school. Waring led a dance-based banjo band at 18; he attended Penn State, then formed Fred Waring's Collegians, who ultimately became the Pennsylvanians, although they were based in Detroit. They recorded extensively in the '20s and enjoyed some success. The 1929 film Syncopation and 1930 stage show The New Yorkers helped Waring's band become popular sensations. They got steadily more commercial and li...