Robert J. Sherwood Jr. (May 30, 1914 â€" January 23, 1981), known
professionally as Bobby Sherwood, was a guitarist, trumpeter,
bandleader, and radio host.Sherwood's parents were Bob and Gail
Sherwood. When they lived in Kokomo, Indiana, he operated a movie
theater, and Gail Sherwood "organized an orchestra which was among the
first ones to play popular syncopated music." Bobby Sherwood began
playing banjo with that group when he was 12 years old.When he was
twenty-two, he replaced Eddie Lang as the guitarist for Bing Crosby in
1933 and remained with Crosby until the early 1940s. He worked as a
studio musician in Hollywood for MGM.Beginning on October 2, 1940, he
was the bandleader for Eddie Cantor's radio program on NBC. During the
same year, he was a regular on the Hillman Hour program on KFWB in Los
Angeles, California.
professionally as Bobby Sherwood, was a guitarist, trumpeter,
bandleader, and radio host.Sherwood's parents were Bob and Gail
Sherwood. When they lived in Kokomo, Indiana, he operated a movie
theater, and Gail Sherwood "organized an orchestra which was among the
first ones to play popular syncopated music." Bobby Sherwood began
playing banjo with that group when he was 12 years old.When he was
twenty-two, he replaced Eddie Lang as the guitarist for Bing Crosby in
1933 and remained with Crosby until the early 1940s. He worked as a
studio musician in Hollywood for MGM.Beginning on October 2, 1940, he
was the bandleader for Eddie Cantor's radio program on NBC. During the
same year, he was a regular on the Hillman Hour program on KFWB in Los
Angeles, California.
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