Busse hit his peak in 1930-45, playing dance music before the war and swing during it. His music was often berated by Downbeat magazine, which called his a ``sweet'' or ``Mickey Mouse'' band. He and his band appeared in an MGM color movie in 1935 called 'Starlit Days at the Lido' filmed at the Ambassador Hotel in Hollywood (sadly pulled down in 2006 after 85 long years) along with Clark Gable and MGM's stable of stars and in the movie ``Lady Let's Dance'', in which Busse had a speaking part. His personal life wound up in gossip columns when he partied one night with a woman at the Hotsy Totsy Club and woke up married.
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