Hall, described by George T. Simon as "an affable man who looked more like the chief buyer in a men's clothing store than a bandleader",[2] performed with his band In the 1920s in the Arcadia Ballroom in New York, as "George Hall and His Arcadians".
[1] In 1935 the vocalist Dolly Dawn joined the band, replacing Lee.
Often heard on the radio with the band, she became very popular, and they made hit records, the most successful being "You're a Sweetheart", released in 1938.
[3] On July 4, 1941, at the Roseland Ballroom in New York, Hall officially turned the band over to her, leaving the music business, and she renamed the band "Dolly Dawn and Her Dawn Patrol".
In March 1942 she continued without the band, whose members were drafted during the Second World War.