. ▁ ▁We ers ma ▁played ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁with ▁The ▁Elect ori ans , ▁and ▁then ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁with ▁Juan ▁L oss as ▁and ▁Bobby ▁' t ▁S as . ▁From ▁late ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁to ▁early ▁ 1 9 3 2 ▁he ▁worked ▁in ▁Berlin ▁as ▁a ▁film ▁score ▁arr anger . ▁He ▁founded ▁his ▁own ▁short - l ived ▁large ▁ensemble ▁called ▁the ▁Red , ▁White ▁and ▁Blue ▁A ces ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 4 . ▁Early ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 5 ▁he ▁worked ▁with ▁Jack ▁H yl ton ▁in ▁London , ▁then ▁moved ▁to ▁Chicago ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁year , ▁where ▁he ▁did ▁arrang ements ▁for ▁Duke ▁Ell ington , ▁Ben ny ▁Good man , ▁and ▁Andre ▁Kost el an etz . ▁Return ing ▁to ▁England ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 6 , ▁he ▁took ▁a ▁position ▁as ▁an ▁arr anger ▁for ▁Henry ▁Hall ▁at ▁the ▁BBC . ▁ ▁We ers ma ▁moved ▁to ▁Argentina ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 8 , ▁working ▁with ▁dance ▁bands ▁and ▁radio ▁programs , ▁and ▁that ▁same ▁year ▁wrote ▁the ▁song ▁" P en ny ▁Ser en ade ", ▁a ▁hit ▁on ▁record ▁for ▁Nat ▁Gon ella . ▁During ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁he ▁did ▁a ▁st int ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Navy , ▁then ▁returned ▁to ▁Argentina ▁after ▁the ▁war , ▁where ▁he ▁composed ▁his ▁works ▁C ri ol lo ▁Su ite ▁and ▁Per uv ian