Anson Weeks
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Known for
- Rhythm Inn — Joe Riggan's Band1951
- The Big Show-Off — Himself, a bandleader1945
- Melody Parade — Orchestra Leader1943
- Rhythm on the Roof — Orchestra Leader1934
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Anson Weeks (1896-1969) was leader of a popular West Coast dance band in the late 1920s through the 1960s, primarily in San Francisco (he made his first recording in Oakland on February 7, 1925, but it was rejected). He pioneered the "hotel" band sound and spent years at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco, using the slogan "Dancin' With Anson". He formed his first band in 1924 and had key hotel jobs in Oakland and Sacramento. By the late 1920s he was a popular regional orchestra and start
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oakland
- Place of death
- Sacramento
- Occupation
- composer
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- date of birth
- 1896-02-14
- date of death
- 1969-02-07
- place of burial
- Mountain View Cemetery
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