Harry Breuer

Space-age pop percussionist Harry Breuer was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 21, 1901; he initially studied violin but shifted to xylophone -- then still a novelty instrument -- while in high school, and went on to play with early radio favorites the Cliquot Club Eskimos as well as a number of vaudeville acts. Stints with the stage bands at New York's Roxy Theater and Radio City Music Hall followed before Breuer spent the war years working for Warner Bros. and Fox, not only contributing music to the studios' productions but also making appearances in several short subjec...