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Homesick James
Homesick James
American blues musician
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Leonard Feather
Leonard Feather
British musician
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Memphis Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band
band
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Sam Chatmon
Sam Chatmon
American blues musician
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Tampa Red
Tampa Red
American Chicago blues musician
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George Williams
George Williams
musician and an arranger for a number of major big bands
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Max Jones
Max Jones
British jazz author, radio host, and journalist
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Bill Medley
Bill Medley
American singer and songwriter, record producer
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Babe Russin
Babe Russin
American musician
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Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Don Henley
Don Henley
American singer, lyricist, producer and drummer
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Jan Garber
Jan Garber
American musician
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Robert Wilkins
Robert Wilkins
American country blues guitarist and singer
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Eddie Taylor
Eddie Taylor
American electric blues guitarist and singer
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Ray Eberle
Ray Eberle
American singer (1919-1979)
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Will Shade
Will Shade
African American Memphis blues musician
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Glenn Miller
Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
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Lucille Hegamin
Lucille Hegamin
American singer and entertainer
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Tommy Johnson
Tommy Johnson
American musician
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Tex Beneke
Tex Beneke
American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader
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Henry Jerome
Henry Jerome
American musician
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Big Maceo Merriweather
Big Maceo Merriweather
American Chicago blues pianist and singer
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The Righteous Brothers
The Righteous Brothers
American singing duo
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Noah Lewis
Noah Lewis
American jug band and country blues musician
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Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
Fran Frey
American singer and saxophonist

Fran Frey

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American singer and saxophonist
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Fran Frey (December 23, 1903 in Indiana - December 1, 1962 in California) was a singer and saxophonist best known for his work for George Olsen and His Music in the 1920s and early 1930s. Among his better known songs are "The Varsity Drag" of 1927; "Big City Blues" of 1929, and "A Garden in the Rain", also of 1929. Frey sang on 77 songs with the George Olsen band on recordings and on the radio. "Who?" sold more than a million copies.

Frey was heard on the Oldsmobile Program on CBS radio in 1933.

Although he played for several other bands after Olsen's, including Victor Young's, he never achieved the level of fame he had in earlier years.

Frey died of a heart attack in his home on December 2, 1962 at the age of 58. At the time of his death, he was writing music for the Ice Capades and for Columbia Pictures.