For most territory bands - whether black, white, integrated, male, female - the musicians were nearly always paid.

The published history of territory bands is thin.

The Great Depression, which hit bottom in 1933, was hard on territory bands.

There are many theories on why swing music and territory bands declined.

Fox had operated his ballrooms for territory bands, almost exclusively.

He began his career working with territory bands.

Dozens of territory bands played one-nighters at these halls from the 1920's through the 1960's.

They were one of the most successful territory bands of the American Midwest in the 1920s.

The territory bands of the 1920s and 30s brought a new style of music to Oklahoma.

He led his own Midwestern territory band for a time, then returned to play with Thornhill once more in 1947.