The Vincent Lopez Appreciation Society

04/11/2026

With The Syncopated Times – We are on a streak! We’ve been a top fan for 3 months in a row. 🎉

03/05/2026

Bob Effros and Mike Mosiello on trumpets !

Vincent Lopez and His Casa Lopez Orchestra.Vincent Lopez , p , dir ; Bob Effros , Mike Mosiello , t / Charlie Butterfield ,tb / Larry Abbott , cl , as / Geor...

02/01/2026

Tommy Gott, Trumpet player with Vincent Lopez approximately 1921-1926.

❤️ Happy Valentine's Day from the Crown Records Page! Cornetist/trumpeter Tommy Gott and Anna Hinkle wed in 1922, and they remained together for nearly 34 years, until Tommy's death in 1956. The couple may have met in 1921 while both worked in the same Broadway musical production - Anna as a member of the chorus and Tommy as a member of Vincent Lopez & His Kings of Harmony. The name of the show: "Love Birds." Aw!! ❤️❤️ (photo from Tommy's passport application, 1923)

12/31/2025

Thank you Crown Records! Happy New Year & Feliz Ano Nuevo!

A Crown Birthday. Pianist and bandleader Vincent Lopez was born Antonio Lopes (Jr.) on 30 December 1895 at 488 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, New York. Crown gave label credit to Vincent Lopez & His Orchestra on two sides: La Seduccion and Queja Pampera, and his presence has been inferred from other Latin-themed Crown titles by the San Remo Arcadians and the Seville Rumba Band because later re-pressings on the Varsity label credit "Lopez & His Orchestra." You can decide for yourself whether these rare records are by Vincent, thanks to archive-dot-org. Vocalists Elmer Feldkamp and Harold Van Emburgh go uncredited on Varsity: https://archive.org/details/78_lamento-esclavo-song-of-the-slave_lopez-his-orchestra-lascalle_gbia8003088/01+-+AMAPOLA+(Pretty+Little+Poppy)+-+LOPEZ+%26+HIS+ORCHESTRA.flac

12/31/2025

https://www.glennrobison.com/a-grandpa-bob-effros-edition-of-rrr-1325-dec-7-2025/

Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t not tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30s.

Do you know who these fellows are? On the left is bandleader Vincent Lopez. On the right is trumpeter and composer Bob Effros and this being his 125th birthday, he is the subject of this week’s “One Thing in Common” edition of the show. You’ll hear a detailed biography and everything played on the show this week features “Grandpa Bob.” He played in Vincent Lopez orchestras from 1921 to 1927, so there’s a Vincent Lopez segment. We’ll also hear from the Boswell Sisters and Frank Crumit and hear several of Bob’s compositions. There’s lots of great music and interesting information so set aside an hour with your favorite beverage and prepare to be transported back to a different–and we think better–musical era. Just click the link above to listen streaming online and/or download for listening at your convenience.

THANKS FOR LISTENING! ENJOY THE SHOW!

12/06/2025

Robert “Bob” Effros was born December 6, 1900 in London, England. His Russian Jewish parents emigrated shortly afterward from London to Memphis, Tennessee. Raised in the South, strongly influenced the foundations of Jazz trumpet Bob played throughout his 45 year musical career. Bob ran away from...

11/18/2025

Ahhhh…yes!

Linger A while by the Vincent Lopez Hotel Penna Orchestra on OKEH 4979.Recorded in NY Nov. 1-1923 Written by Vincent Rose.