Real name: Jacob Charles Garber

Effective period / Period of releases: 1956 - 1987

American jazz bandleader, composer and violinist.
Born November 5, 1894 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Died October 5, 1977 (82 years of age) in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.

Garber planned on a career as a concert violinist and studied under Henry Schrderick, and later became a solist with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. During World War I, while stationed in Alabama, he led a 50-piece brass band sponsored by the U.S. Government for the A.E.F. After deciding against a concert career and after being discharged, Garber turned to music in the popular trend. In 1921 he formed "The Garber-Davis Orchestra" (with pianist Milton Davis). before Davis moved on in 1924 and Garber had his own 11-piece orchestra.
His orchestra played the style he wanted but at first the style wasn't popular, what then was considered "sweet" dance music. In 1927 their style finally caught on; and his orchestra began entering the U.S. charts in 1928, first with "Sonny Boy" (which hit #14) and "Was It a Dream?", which hit #10. His band had another fifty-eight charted songs over the next twenty-three years, including #1's "All I Do Is Dream of You" (1934), "A Beautiful Lady in Blue" (1936), and "A Melody from the Sky" (1936) and twenty-two other top ten singles.