Richard Himber and His Essex House Orchestra

Richard Himber (20 February 1900 - 11 December 1966) was an American bandleader, composer, violinist, magician and practical joker. He was born as Herbert Richard Imber in Newark, New Jersey to the owner of a chain of meat stores. His parents gave him violin lessons, but when they found him performing in a seedy Newark dive, they took the instrument away from him and sent him to military school. In 1915, he stole away into New York City, where Sophie