JERRY MURAD'S HARMONICATS Early History Continues

Western Electric Club Date Chicago, IL - 1946

Harmonicats Split "Chicago: The four harmonica players in Jerry Murad's Harmonicats recording team bid goodbye to their bass viol and guitar accompanists yesterday as the ban on recordings became effective. Since the harmonica is not considered a musical instrument, the Harmonicats will continue to make records . . . sans accompaniment." - CHI-36 Chicago Bureau - AFT Regional - Your Credit (ACME) January 2, 1948 L-R: Sid Fisher (Guitarist), ?? (Bassist), Al Fiore, Jerry Murad, Leon Cappy LaFell, Don Les

Harmonicats Receive Award from Paul Whiteman and ABC Radio L-R: Don Les, Jerry Murad, Paul Whiteman, Leon Cappy LaFell, Al Fiore

Sears Roebuck Record Shop Appearance St Louis, MO - 1947

Autograph Session L-R: Don Les, Al Fiore, Leon Cappy LaFell, Jerry Murad What's with the pipes, guys?

Miss Vitacoustic Harmonicats accept Gold Record Award from Bill Putnam of Vitacoustic Records

Billboard Notice

James C Petrillo - Harmonicat? "Solid and Sour - James Caesar Petrillo, czar of the musicians union, tries his delicate touch on a harmonica while three virtuosos of that windy instrument bend their pain-wracked ears. It happened in Chicago after Petrillo had admitted the harmonica troupe, known as the Harmonicats, into his musicians' union. Left to right are Al Fiore, Jerry Murad, Petrillo and Don Les." - Chicago Herald-American, September 21, 1948

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