The Three Ambassadors

American backing group, including backing up singer Phil Harris. They first sang choral backgrounds for movies but they received little pay and no screen credit for their services. They returned to Cocoanut Grove in 1933 to perform with Phil Harris And His Orchestra and began singing on the radio with various large vocal groups. They sang in the chorus on The Kate Smith Hour, with the Hit Paraders on Your Hit Parade, and in the ranks of the Swing 14 on The Philip Morris Show. The group included high school friends Jack Smith, Martin Sperzel and Al Teeter. They disbanded in 1939 as Jack Smith persued a solo career.