Bobby Byrne Photograph from Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook

Cedar Grove, New Jersey

Bobby Byrne (October 10, 1918 – November 25, 2006) was an American bandleader, trombonist, and music executive. His big band was well regarded, although it never achieved the level of popularity that he had hoped for. He flew aircraft in World War II, and later became a musical producer for television and albums credited to other artists.
Date: Circa 1920's 1930's
Type: Photograph
Theatre: Dailey's Meadowbrook
Size: 5 x 7"
Notes & Literature: The Meadowbrook opened in 1923. The Meadowbrook hosted all of the famous ‘Big Bands’. It’s even purported to have featured, as one of the band singers, Frank Sinatra. Frank Dailey’s Meadowbrook became a household name as a dance hall in 1936 for it’s radio broadcasts that announced “And now from Frank Dailey’s Meadowbrook, on the Newark-Pompton Turnpike, in the heart of Cedar Grove, New Jersey comes the music of . . . .” . When the big band era ended the Meadowbrook became a banquet hall, run after the death of Frank, by his brother Cliff.
Condition Report: Very Good
Subject References: Big Band Clubs Meadowbrook New Jersey Band Leaders