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Caterina Valente
Caterina Valente
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Ethel Smith
Ethel Smith
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Guy Lombardo
Guy Lombardo
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Cándido Camero
Cándido Camero
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Edmundo Ros
Edmundo Ros
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Tony Mottola
Tony Mottola
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The Surfaris
The Surfaris
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Billy Taylor
Billy Taylor
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Eydie Gormé
Eydie Gormé
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Peanuts Hucko
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Moondog
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Sammy Kaye
Sammy Kaye
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Machito
Machito
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Cy Walter
Cy Walter
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Connee Boswell
Connee Boswell
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The Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters
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David White
David White
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Gordon Jenkins
Gordon Jenkins
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Xavier Cugat
Xavier Cugat
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Bill Doggett
Bill Doggett
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Milt Gabler
Milt Gabler
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Mike Bernard
Mike Bernard
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Frank Rehak
Frank Rehak
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Will Hudson
Will Hudson
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Irving Mills
Irving Mills
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Tal Farlow
Tal Farlow
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Al Stillman
Al Stillman
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Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Duke Jordan
Duke Jordan
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Leroy Anderson
Leroy Anderson
American composer (1908-1975)
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Mark Murphy
Mark Murphy
American singer
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Carlos Chávez
Carlos Chávez
Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra (1899-1978)
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Red Callender
Red Callender
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Tito Puente
Tito Puente
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Arthur Prysock
Arthur Prysock
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Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin
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Ames Brothers
Ames Brothers
band
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Jimmy Wakely
Jimmy Wakely
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Panama Francis
Panama Francis
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Irving Fields
American cocktail pianist famous for fusion of Latin and Jewish music

Irving Fields

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American cocktail pianist famous for fusion of Latin and Jewish music
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Irving Fields (born Yitzhak Schwartz; August 4, 1915 – August 20, 2016) was an American pianist and lounge music artist who was born in New York City. Some of his most noteworthy compositions include "Miami Beach Rhumba"; "Managua, Nicaragua"; and "Chantez, Chantez," covered by Dinah Shore in 1957. From November 1, 1954 to January 3, 1955, he and his orchestra appeared on the DuMont Television Network series The Ilona Massey Show, hosted by Ilona Massey.