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He led orchestras under the name Phil Spitalny and His All-Girl Orchestra, beginning with Hour of Charm Orchestra on his radio program ''Hour of Charm'' in 1934. Spitalny and Evelyn Kaye Klein auditioned over one thousand women to fill the twenty-two piece orchestra. Klein was the featured performer, a virtuoso violinist introduced as Evelyn and her Magic Violin. The program lasted for over ten years on radio. He and Klein married in 1946.<ref name="Eder">{{cite web|last1=Eder|first1=Bruce|title=Phil Spitalny|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/phil-spitalny-mn0001008311/biography|website=AllMusic|accessdate=1 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="Behrens2011">{{citation|last=Behrens|first=John|title=America's Music Makers: Big Bands & Ballrooms 1912-2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GKgJNIaWn1IC&pg=PA36|accessdate=August 31, 2017|date=March 2011|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=978-1-4567-2952-3|pages=36–}}</ref>
The orchestra made a guest appearance in the [[Abbot and Costello]] movie ''[[Here Come the Co-Eds]]'' in 1945.<ref name="Eder"
Spitalny wrote music with [[Gus Kahn]], jazz musician [[Lee Gordon|Lee "Stubby" Gordon]]<ref>[http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/files/archives/collections/guides/latesthtml/MUM00682.html [[Sheldon Harris (music historian)|Sheldon Harris]] Sheet Music Collection, University of Mississippi Libraries], olemiss.edu; accessed April 25, 2015.</ref>
==Last years and death==
In retirement in Miami Beach, Spitalny was a music critic for a Miami newspaper. He died of cancer in Miami Beach in 1970 at the age of 79.{{cn}}
==Legacy==
Spitalny has a Star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].
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