When recalling his formation of the band The Virginians, and his continued work throughout the 1920s music and film scene of Berlin, Mike Danzi stated “I remember that in April, 1929, a friend of mine named Giuseppe Becce called to do some film work for the Lola Kreutzberg Film Company. We did ‘Das alte Lied,’ which featured Lil Dagover. Becce’s music was played by the orchestra under his own baton. Some time later in April, Duisberg and I went to see Tichauer regarding a replacement for the Lud Gluskin Band at the Ambassadeur. Tichauer had a lot of faith in me, from the Alex Hyde days, and then with Eddie Woods at the Barberina; and the way I had substituted in various bands for tea dances when the regular fellows’ recording contracts kept them in the studio way past five o’clock. I told him that I was getting together all the very best American musicians in Berlin, and he said ‘okay, let’s see the orchestra,’ just like that. We auditioned and were hired to start on April 27, 1929. As I was under contract at Homocord for playing and promotion, I got Teddy Kline to be our nominal leader, and he fronted the band. As Teddy’s home was in Virginia, we decided to call the group The Virginians.” <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/The+Virginians">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.