Chicago Rhythm Kings

Name under which recordings of several jazz groups were issued. The most important was a group that included Muggsy Spanier, Frank Teschemacher and others in 1928; that name was also used in 1936 for a group that included Roy Palmer [for this group, use [a=Chicago Rhythm Kings (2)]], for a dance band in 1936, for an Art Hodes group in 1940 [for this group, use [a=Chicago Rhythm Kings (3)]], and as pseudonym for several other groups (including Billy Bank's band of 1932).