Audrey Call

Audrey Call (1905–2001) was an American violinist and composer, writing for and soloing with studio orchestras for NBC and CBS in New York, Chicago, and Hollywood.

One of very few women composers writing in a jazz style for the violin, she performed on the "Fibber McGee and Molly", "Dennis Day", "Imogene Coca", and Ronald Colman's Halls of Ivy radio shows.

In the 1950s they moved to Sunland, California, where Call did Hollywood studio work (including playing for the sound track of "Around the World in 80 Days") and later taught violin and piano until she was in her late 80s.

[1] Audrey Call found her niche playing in studio orchestras, where her technique and sightreading skills made her a valuable player, and she often acted as concertmaster.

[citation needed] One work, "I Just Telephone Upstairs", written for the "Halls of Ivy" radio show,[3] was recorded and sung by Western crooner Hank Snow in 1952,[4] and made it to number 5 in the Billboard Magazine charts.