Kassell, Art

Art Kassell Bandleader and composer Chicago, Illinois, January 18, 1896; Los Angeles, California, February 3, 1965. Kassell was a bandleader active primarily in Chicago in the 1920s, working the local hotels. He is best remembered for two hits, “Sobbin’ Blues ” (1922), written with drummer Vic Berton and initially recorded by the Benson Orchestra (Victor 19130) and Albert E. Short’s Tivoli Syncopators (Vocalion 14600), and “Doodle Doo Doo” (1924), with lyrics by Mel Stitzel , which became his…