These two track-packed CDs takes you back to the early prime of this great dance-band leader, starting before he settled in Chicago and ending when he was one of the musical kings of the Midwest. His hits Somebody Stole My Gal; Cobble-Stones; Piccolo Pete , and The Man from the South join Blue Rose; Big Boy; Siberia; She"s Got "It"; What a Day , and more including a couple of unissued delights!