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Light music master Billy Mayerl is fondly remembered as the “Marigold Man” (after his biggest hit), or perhaps “The English Gershwin.” Mayerl gave the London premiere of “Rhapsody in Blue” in 1925.

Here, Paul Jacobs performs one of his many delightful miniatures, “April’s Fool”:

A short film of Mayerl himself, horsing around, including a brisk rendition of “Marigold”:

PHOTO: Mayerl with his best friend, Bogey