Larry Wagner

He worked for the band of Paul Whiteman and was long associated with Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra.

His compositions "Whistler's Mother-in-Law", "No Name Jive" and "Turn Back the Hands of Time" became nationally popular.

[2] He dropped out of college in 1930[3] to play trumpet in the West Coast territory band of Johnny Robinson[2] at Jantzen Beach Amusement Park.

He moved to New York and existed in subsidence mode as a freelance arranger, including work for Cass Daley, George Hall, and the publishing company of Clarence Williams.

[11] Wagner was a member of Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra, doing arranging and composing for the band[1] between the years 1938 and 1942.