Red Nichols

cornet · 1905–1965 · Ogden (Utah)

Cornetist and bandleader, he cut more than one hundred sides for Brunswick with his Five Pennies between 1926 and 1932, including "Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider," which sold more than a million copies. The film The Five Pennies (1959), with Danny Kaye, is loosely based on his life.

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Styles

• Dixieland (ODJB, 1917)
• Chicago

Landmark tracks

• Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider (1927)
• I Got Rhythm (1930)

Sources

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