Bob Scobey's Frisco Band

Traditional Dixieland jazz band formed in San Francisco in late 1949 with Clancy Hayes on banjo and occasional vocals. The collaboration recorded over two hundred tracks, including Hayes' compositions such as "Huggin' and a Chalkin'," before he departed in 1959 for a solo career. From 1950, the group maintained a three-year residency at Victor & Roxie's in Oakland, California, and began recording for Good Time Jazz in April 1950. The band was featured on Rusty Draper's television show in 1952 and 1953, and performed with Louis Armstrong at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in 1953. From 1954 to 1957, blues singer Lizzie Miles recorded and toured with the ensemble. In 1957, the band recorded for Verve Records and RCA Victor], releasing the notable album Bing with a Beat with Bing Crosby]. Beginning in 1956, they toured colleges and universities nationwide, recording the album College Classics for RCA Victor in 1958. In 1959, the band relocated to Club Bourbon Street in Chicago, subsequently touring extensively throughout the Midwest, Las Vegas, New York, and San Francisco.