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1957 - Port Washington Rhythm Kings On The Ted Mack Amateur Hour

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Film clip of the Port Washington Rhythm Kings performing "Muskrat Ramble" on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour. Elysee Theatre in Manhattan, NYC. February 3rd, 1957. All six of these young men were students at Schreiber High School in Port Washington, NY. The Rhythm Kings scored 3,212 votes from the audience. The most on the show that night. Mike Neely on banjo. Tony Whedon on trombone. Ray on piano. Emmanuel Bateman on drums. Michael Intintoli on clarinet. Muskrat Ramble was composed by Edward "Kid" Ory in 1921 and first recorded in 1926 by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five.

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Ted Mack Amateur Hour

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Paul D. Schreiber High School

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