Air Lane Trio
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| Genres | Traditional Pop |
| Labels | DeLuxe |
The Air Lane Trio was a musical group active in the 1940s and 1950s. Popular over several years as a nightclub act, the group achieved minor chart success in 1947 with their recording of My Guitar Is My Sweetheart on the DeLuxe label. This recording's top chart position was #23.[1] This song featured vocals by Ted Martin.[1]
The group was organized sometime around late 1942,[2] and was led by guitarist Tony Alessi,[3] also known as Tony Lane.[4] Described as a "cocktail combo",[5] in addition to guitar the group featured Arlo Hultz on organ and Ralph Pierce (real name Ralph Principe) on accordion or piano.[6][2] Despite being recently formed, the trio obtained a booking at the Dixie Hotel, and soon appeared on the Mutual Radio Network.[2] In their first year, they also appeared at Park Lane in Buffalo and Jack Dempsey's in New York.[7] They regularly appeared on WJZ in the mid-1940s.[8] By 1951 they were appearing on the ABC Radio network.[9]