This is an original vintage c.1930s era cardboard Window Card style poster for Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orchestra. This window card is an original from the band's heyday in the 1930s. Shep Fields changed his orchestra name in 1941 so I believe this poster would have been printed prior to 1941.
This window card poster measures about 22" x 14" and is "New Old Stock" in excellent unused condition. The poster has a printer's union label in the lower margin and was printed by the E. J. Warner Poster Corp. of New York City.
The poster has a portrait photo of Fields and text which reads:
IN PERSON - SHEP FIELDS And His RIPPLING RHYTHM ORCHESTRA
This is an original vintage window card poster produced around 80 or more years ago in excellent condition. Email any questions. Thanks for looking.
The following is some information on Shep Fields from Wikipedia:
Shep Fields (September 12, 1910 – February 23, 1981) was the band leader for the "Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm" orchestra during the Big Band era of the 1930s.
Biography
He was born Saul Feldman in Brooklyn, New York on September 12, 1910, and his mother's maiden name was Sowalski.[3] Edward Fields, a carpet manufacturer; and Freddie Fields were his brothers. Their father died at the age of 39.[4]
He played the clarinet and tenor sax in bands during college. In 1931 he played at the Roseland Ballroom.[5] By 1933 he led a band that played at Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel. In 1934 he replaced the Jack Denny Orchestra at the Hotel Pierre in New York City. He left the Hotel Pierre to join a roadshow with the dancers, Veloz and Yolanda.[5] In 1936 he was booked at Chicago's Palmer House, and the concert was broadcast on radio.
Fields was at a soda fountain when his wife was blowing bubbles into her soda through a straw, and that sound became his trademark that opened each of his shows.[5][6] A contest was held in Chicago for fans to suggest a new name for the Fields band, in keeping with the new sound. The word "rippling" was suggested in more than one entry, and Fields came up with "Rippling Rhythm."
In 1936 he received a recording contract with Bluebird Records. His hits included "Cathedral in the Pines", "Did I Remember?", and "Thanks for the Memory". In 1937 Fields replaced Paul Whiteman in his time slot with a radio show called The Rippling Rhythm Revue with Bob Hope as the announcer.[2] In 1938, Fields and Hope were featured in his first feature-length motion picture, The Big Broadcast of 1938.[5][7]
In 1941 Fields revamped the band into an all-reeds group, with no brass section. "Shep Fields and His New Music," featuring band vocalist Ken Curtis.[8][9] He reverted to "Rippling Rhythm" in 1947.
The group disbanded in 1963.[5] He moved to Houston, Texas where he worked as a disc jockey. He later worked at Creative Management Associates with his brother Freddie Fields in Los Angeles.[5] He died on February 23, 1981 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from a heart attack.[10][11][12] He was buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery in New York.
Band
Sid Greene (1913–2006), drums and percussion, band manager, circa 1932-1943
Hal Derwin, vocals 1940
Larry Neill, vocals 1940
Dorothy Allen (1896–1970), vocals 1940 [8]
Ken Curtis (1916–1991), vocals
The Three Beaus and a Peep, vocals circa 1947-1948
Bob Johnstone (1916–1994), singer circa 1947-1948
Toni Arden, singer, circa 1945
Bob Shapley, accordion, circa 1948-1950
Carl Frederick Tandberg (1910–1988), bass fiddle, circa 1940 [13]
Lou Halmy (1911–2005), trumpet, music arranger, circa 1935 [14][15]
Sid Caesar (born 1922), saxophone, circa 1940 [16][17]
John Serry, Sr. (1915–2003), accordion, 1937–1938
Pat Foy, singer 1941 [8]
Lew Harris, music arranger 1940 [8]
Earl Kramer, bass saxophone 1941 [8]
Recordings
That Old Feeling
The Jersey Bounce [2]
I've Got You Under My Skin [2]
September In The Rain [2]
Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm, 1940, Volumes 1 and 2
Live broadcasts
Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California during September 1938 - October 1938 with John Serry, Sr. as featured soloist on the NBC radio network.[18]
Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle, New York on May 12, 1947 with Toni Arden, Bob Johnstone, and The Three Beaus and a Peep.
Ice Terrace Room of the New Yorker Hotel on March 6, 1948 with Toni Arden, Bob Johnstone, and The Three Beaus and a Peep.
Filmography
Various Soundies (1941-1946)
You Came To My Rescue]' (1937) - Director Dave Fleischer
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) - Director Mitchell Leisen with W.C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope.[7]
Kreisler Bandstand (1951) - TV series director Perry Lafferty.
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