His band had a strong impact on classical composer Darius Milhaud and initially on Django Reinhardt.

[2] The composer Darius Milhaud heard the band in London, and encouraged Arnold to go to Paris, where he introduced him in avant garde music circles.

The French pianist and composer Jean Wiener gave a concert in which he paired Arnold band with a mechanical piano playing Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring.

There nothing is left to chance, everything is balance and proportion, revealing the touch of the true musician, perfect master of all the possibilities of every instrument.

Arnold's band performed with the Dolly Sisters, who were then internationally famous and were courted by King of Denmark among others.

"The government has passed laws strictly limiting the number of foreigners who may play in any one band or orchestra, and various local tricks and devices have been added to handicap the American player.

So the practical-minded chief of police reasoned that it would be a good idea if his "horrible examples" [of indecent exposure] were Americans, and what better choice than the wife of "Billy" Arnold, jazz-band director of the Hollywood Night Club, one of the few places that is making money in spite of the depression?

He ran a tavern in Glenns Falls, NJ before WWII, then in 1944 opened "Billy Arnold's Rendezvous" on rt.