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Perry Como
Perry Como
American singer, actor, television personality (1912-2001)
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Sammy Kaye
Sammy Kaye
American big band leader and musician
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Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye
American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian
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Tex Ritter
Tex Ritter
American country musician
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Dick Haymes
Dick Haymes
American actor and singer (1918-1980)
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The Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters
American close harmony singing group
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Walter Scharf
Walter Scharf
American composer (1910-2003)
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Vic Damone
Vic Damone
American singer (1928-2018)
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Stanley Black
Stanley Black
British composer
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Kaye Ballard
Kaye Ballard
American actress, singer (1925-2019)
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Daveed Diggs
Daveed Diggs
American actor and rapper
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George Paxton
George Paxton
American musician
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Philip Springer
Philip Springer
American composer, film score composer
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Paul Weston
Paul Weston
American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor
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Helen Forrest
Helen Forrest
American singer
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Paul Revere and the Raiders
Paul Revere and the Raiders
American band
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Rodgers and Hammerstein
Rodgers and Hammerstein
American songwriting team
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Dick Powell
Dick Powell
American actor
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Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski
Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski
Polish jazz musician
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Mandy Patinkin
Mandy Patinkin
American actor and tenor singer
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Rudy Vallée
Rudy Vallée
American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer (1901-1986)
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RZA
RZA
American rapper
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Billy May
Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
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Bobby Troup
Bobby Troup
American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (1918-1999)
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Bobby Short
Bobby Short
American cabaret singer and pianist (1924-2005)
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Adrienne Cooper
Adrienne Cooper
American musician
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Rocío Dúrcal
Rocío Dúrcal
Spanish singer and actress
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Maxine Sullivan
Maxine Sullivan
American blues and jazz singer (1911-1987)
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Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
American singer and jazz pianist (1919-1965)
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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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Darren Criss
Darren Criss
American actor and singer
Dick Manning
Russian-born American songwriter

Dick Manning

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Russian-born American songwriter
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Dick Manning (born Samuel Medoff (Самуил Медов), June 12, 1912 – April 11, 1991) was a Russian-born American songwriter, best known for his many collaborations with Al Hoffman. Manning composed the first full-length musical to be broadcast on television. The Boys From Boise aired on the DuMont Television Network in 1944.