A popular Chicago trio, the Sharps & Flats performed with the Great Lakes Radio Band in Chicago; they made at least one USO tour in Hawaii.

Al Monroe reported for the Chicago Defender that when Arvid Garrett left for the Navy in July 1943, his wife threw “the grandest party for a draftee” ever in Chicago.

Courtesy of Lisbeth Bock. Photo is autographed to her father, who had seen them perform in Hawai’i. Special Collections, Joyner Library, ECU, Greenville, NC.

Source:
Monroe, Al. “Swinging the News.” Chicago Defender. 31 July 1943: 18.

–February 15, 2025