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Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
US big band led by Glenn Miller (1937-1942)
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Ben Pollack
Ben Pollack
American musician
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Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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The Modernaires
The Modernaires
American vocal group
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Tex Beneke
Tex Beneke
American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader
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Glenn Miller
Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
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Chummy MacGregor
Chummy MacGregor
American musician
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Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
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Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
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Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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Jerry Gray
Jerry Gray
American violinist, arranger, composer, and bandleader
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Enoch Light
Enoch Light
American musician
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Freddy Nagel
Freddy Nagel
musical artist
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Bob Wills
Bob Wills
American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader (1905-1975)
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Lucky Millinder
Lucky Millinder
American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader
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Billy May
Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
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Ray McKinley
Ray McKinley
American musician
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Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet
American saxophonist, composer, bandleader
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The Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters
American close harmony singing group
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Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
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The Pied Pipers
The Pied Pipers
American popular singing group (formed in the late 1930s)
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Mildred Bailey
Mildred Bailey
American jazz singer
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Martha Tilton
Martha Tilton
American singer
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Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Panama Francis
Panama Francis
American musician
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Spade Cooley
Spade Cooley
Big band leader, Actor, Television personality (1910-1969)
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Lenny Hambro
Lenny Hambro
Jazz Musician
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Harry James
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
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Bob Chester
Bob Chester
American musician
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Tommy Duncan
Tommy Duncan
American musician
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Andy Kirk
Andy Kirk
American jazz saxophonist and tubist, bandleader
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Hal McIntyre
Hal McIntyre
American musician
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Bobby Hackett
Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
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Bill Finegan
Bill Finegan
American bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Ernie Freeman
Ernie Freeman
American musician
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The Ink Spots
The Ink Spots
American pop vocal band
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Jimmy Wakely
Jimmy Wakely
American actor, songwriter, country Western music vocalist, and one of the last singing cowboys (1914-1982)
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Johnny Desmond
Johnny Desmond
popular music singer (1919-1985)
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The Mills Brothers
The Mills Brothers
American jazz and pop vocal quartet
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Ray Noble
Ray Noble
English bandleader, composer, arranger, radio comedian, and actor (1903-1978)
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Tony Martin
Tony Martin
American actor and singer (1913-2012)
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Irene Manning
Irene Manning
actress, singer (1912-2004)
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Ray Anthony
Ray Anthony
American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor
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Ray Eberle
Ray Eberle
American singer (1919-1979)
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George Paxton
George Paxton
American musician
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Ray Conniff
Ray Conniff
American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s (1916-2002)
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Moe Purtill
Moe Purtill
American musician
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Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Roger Miller
Roger Miller
American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (1936-1992)
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Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw
American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader
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Wingy Manone
Wingy Manone
American musician
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The Vogues
The Vogues
American vocal group
Dick Jurgens
American swing music bandleader and composer

Dick Jurgens

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American swing music bandleader and composer
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Richard Henry Jurgens (January 9, 1910 – October 5, 1995) was an American swing music bandleader and composer who enjoyed great popularity in the late 1930s and early 1940s.