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Lew Stone
Lew Stone
British bandleader and arranger
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Ray Noble
Ray Noble
English bandleader, composer, arranger, radio comedian, and actor (1903-1978)
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Roy Fox
Roy Fox
American musician, bandleader
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Owen Pallett
Owen Pallett
Canadian musician
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Jack Hylton
Jack Hylton
British band leader and impresario
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Al Hirt
Al Hirt
American trumpeter and bandleader
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Isham Jones
Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
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Sam Browne
Sam Browne
English dance band singer
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Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet
American saxophonist, composer, bandleader
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Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
10
Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
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Leo Reisman
Leo Reisman
American musician
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John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Percival Mackey
Percival Mackey
British composer
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Jimmie Lunceford
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
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Jesse Stone
Jesse Stone
American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter
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Noble Sissle
Noble Sissle
African-American jazz musician
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Woody Herman
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
English rock band
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Billy May
Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
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Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
British band
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Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Ted Heath
Ted Heath
British musician
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Peter Grant
Peter Grant
British music manager (1935-1995)
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Leopold Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski
British conductor
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Red Nichols
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
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Ray Bauduc
Ray Bauduc
American musician
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Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
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Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)
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Red Allen
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
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Lonnie Donegan
Lonnie Donegan
Scottish-born skiffle musician
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Anton Fig
Anton Fig
American musician
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Nat Gonella
Nat Gonella
British musician
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Tex Beneke
Tex Beneke
American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader
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Ian Gillan
Ian Gillan
English musician
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Jeff Lynne
Jeff Lynne
British rock musician; songwriter, singer, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist
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Vincent Rose
Vincent Rose
Italian-born American violinist, pianist, composer, and bandleader
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Deep Purple
Deep Purple
English rock band
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Carl Fenton
Carl Fenton
American musician
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John Altman
John Altman
composer
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Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Bert Kaempfert
Bert Kaempfert
German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger and composer (1923-1980)
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The Last Shadow Puppets
The Last Shadow Puppets
English supergroup
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Johnny Green
Johnny Green
American conductor, arranger, composer, pianist; Harvard AB 1928, achieved early fame as a songwriter and orchestra leader in the 1920s and 1930s
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Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
British-American rock band
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Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
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Freddy Gardner
Freddy Gardner
British musician
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Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker
English recording artist; rock and blues singer (1944-2014)
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Ted Lewis
Ted Lewis
American singer (1890-1971)
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The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues
English band
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Buddy Greco
Buddy Greco
American singer and pianist
Al Bowlly
Mozambican-born South African-British vocalist and jazz guitarist

Al Bowlly

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Mozambican-born South African-British vocalist and jazz guitarist

Albert Allick Bowlly (7 January 1898 – 17 April 1941) was a Mozambican-born South African/British vocalist and jazz guitarist, who was popular during the 1930s in Britain. He recorded more than 1,000 songs.

His most popular songs include "Midnight, the Stars and You", "Goodnight, Sweetheart", "Close Your Eyes", "The Very Thought of You", "Guilty", "Love Is the Sweetest Thing" and the only English version of "Dark Eyes" by Adalgiso Ferraris as "Black Eyes" with words of Albert Mellor.