A Study in Brown Reg Kehoe and his Marimba Queens

Better quality on Facebook: This performance by Reg Kehoe and his Marimba Queens is particularly notable for the slapbass performance of Frank DiNunzio, Sr. Francis J. Frank DiNunzio Sr. (19132005) enjoyed a musical career that spanned seven decades, playing with countless bands, most notably the German Band at Hersheypark for 32 years. He also played for Eddie Kohr, Artie Zeller s Hotel Weimer Band, Ira Bowman s Society Band, Merry Maker s, Lebanon Valley College Symphony, Reg Kehoe Band, Larry Clinton, Tony Pastor, Jimmy Dorsey, Charlie Spivak, the Joe Venuti Band, the New York City Roxyettes and the Perry Como Band. DiNunzio s first business was as owner of DiNunzio s Shoe Repair Shop in Annville, Pennsylvania in the 1930s, but from the 1940s he also owned and managed several restaurants, including DiNunzio s Restaurant in Hershey, which he operated from 1968 to 1979. DiNunzio was an active member of St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church, in Hershey, and many fratern