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Wally Stoefler (né Wallace Udell Stoefler; 12 December 1906 Winchester, Kansas – 1 Feb 1979 Los Angeles County) was a leader of a dance orchestra that played mostly hotels and balls. It's music was mostly of the "sweet" variety. He started his band around 1935 in Springfield, Missouri.[1]

Attended Baker University, then Emporia Teachers College

Selected musicians

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  • Eddie Sieger, guitar
  • Houston Davis, drums
  • Al Thompson
  • Marvis Dinning (née Marvis Geraldine Dinning; 1918–2000), vocalist (one of the Dinning sisters); died as Marvin Smith; she married Harry Smith January 3, 1942, in Shawnee, Oklahoma
  • Harry Smith (né Harry Franklin Smith), trumpet
  • Rick Roberds
  • Curt Ramsey
  • Raymond Moses
  • "Babe" Kirchman, drums

References

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  1. ^ "Featured Singer With Dance Band," Emporia Daily Gazette, November 6, 1940 (retrieved May 27 2016, via www.newspapers.com/image/12244063/)