Horace Heidt & His Musical Knights

b. 21 May 1901, Alemeda, California, USA, d. 1 December 1986, Los Angeles, California, USA. Heidt studied piano as a boy but was more interested in US football. He might have had a career in the game but for a serious back injury incurred when playing for the University of California in the early 20s. He began playing the piano professionally in 1923, and before long had his own band, Horace Heidt And His Californians. Throughout his career he featured some extremely successful stunts and gimmicks, one of his first involved a performing dog named Lobo. In 1930 the band played ...