Before any of these, there was a band that remained the most popular musical act in the world for over 30 years. The first American musical organization to go on world tour. The first musical act to travel more than a million miles and perform for more than a million people. A band that whose members were the best in the world on their instruments. A band led by a world-famous composer and conductor.

The band was marketed under several names, but was known to people the world over as... Sousa's Band!

The Incredible Band of John Philip Sousa contains over 500 pages of background on the greatest band ever!  Author Paul Bierley documents every aspect of the Sousa Band: its history, its star performers, its appearances on recordings and radio, and the problems they faced on their 1911 trip around the world.  Photographs, statistical appendices detailing where the band played and what it played, a complete list of musicians, instrumentation of the band, program listings, and a discography.