Best known as conductor of his massive orchestral and choral group in the 1940s that kept the Decca/Brunswick and Capital catalogs going for decades, Fred Waring got his start in music much earlier, forming a more-than-merely-competent dance band called the 'Banjazztra' with his younger brother Tom in 1921, with Waring on banjo. Graduating from Pennsylvania State U he found his music much more in demand, so he and Tom enlarged the Banjazztra and changed the name to the Collegians, which became the Pennsylvanians. Recording in the 1920s in a pastiche of styles aimed at pleasing the largest possible public, the versatile Pennsylvanians launched into show business with Broadway appearances in 'Hello Yourself' (1928) and Cole Porter's 'New Yorkers' (1932). For ten years after that Waring refused to make any more records until the radio stations paid to play them on the air. He first formed the Glee Club at the 1939 NY World's Fair, which led to the popular Chesterfield radio show and the Pennsylvanians becoming the first band with their own TV show, for General Electric. Waring then got seriously into the business of recording, training choral directors and publishing his own compositions, choral and band arrangements, music magazines, etc. He also created and marketed the famous Waring Blender at this time. But 'Memory Lane' focuses on his early stuff, 24 of Fred and the Pennsylvanians' most popular hits from 1923-1932, all band-accompanied. From their theme song 'Sleep,' 'Collegiate,' 'I Scream, You Scream,' We All Scream for Ice Cream,' 'Laugh, Clown, Laugh' and 'Button Up Your Overcoat' to 'Little White Lies,' 'Love for Sale' (from the 'New Yorkers'), 'I Found A Million Dollar Baby,' 'Dancing In The Dark,' 'Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee' and 'How'm I Doin'?,' this is classic pop/jazz, 'flapper' music from the Roaring 20's-sexy, silly, romantic, energetic, and danceable. Fun stuff from a giant of popular music!