Barney Rapp

Barney Rapp ( born March 25, 1900 in New Haven (Connecticut) as Barney Rappaport, † October 12, 1970 in Cincinnati ) was an American drummer and band leader in the field of swing and dance music and nightclub owner.

Barney Rapp founded in the 1920s, his first dance band, Barney Rapp and his New Englanders. He later moved to Ohio, where he was with his band quickly became popular; During this time he took on records for RCA Victor Bluebird aund. Rapp's orchestra existed until the 1940s; to his later famous band singers among the then four- year-old Doris Kappelhoff, who represented Rapp's wife, Ruby, when it was pregnant. Rapp then changed its name to Doris Day, after he heard their song " Day After Day ". Another discovery Rapp were the sisters Rosemary and Betty Clooney; after he had heard on the radio in Cincinnati, he recommended them to the bandleader Tony Pastor. Other musicians who began their careers at Rapp, were Eddie Ryan, Bunny Welcome, Marty Quinto and his younger brother Barry Wood.

Rapp opened a nightclub, The Sign of the drum in Cincinnati, from which his performances were sent regularly on the radio. He rarely appeared outside of Cincinnati; in one of his few tours to the West Coast, he worked on a feature film with his orchestra.