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Billy May
Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
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Red Nichols
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
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Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet
American saxophonist, composer, bandleader
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Sammy Nestico
Sammy Nestico
American composer and arranger
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Dick Manning
Dick Manning
Russian-born American songwriter
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Ralph Flanagan
Ralph Flanagan
American big band leader
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Cliff Leeman
Cliff Leeman
American musician
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Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
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Ernie Freeman
Ernie Freeman
American musician
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Al Killian
Al Killian
American jazz trumpet player and occasional bandleader
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Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Bill Holman
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
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Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
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Bobby Troup
Bobby Troup
American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (1918-1999)
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Nat Jaffe
Nat Jaffe
Jazz pianist
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Hot Lips Page
Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
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Larry Elgart
Larry Elgart
American jazz bandleader (1922-2017)
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Bud Shank
Bud Shank
American saxophonist and flautist
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Isham Jones
Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
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Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Chu Berry
Chu Berry
American musician
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Franklyn Marks
Franklyn Marks
composer (1911-1976)
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Conrad Gozzo
Conrad Gozzo
American musician
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George Siravo
George Siravo
American musician
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Red Norvo
Red Norvo
American musician
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Babe Russin
Babe Russin
American musician
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Buddy DeFranco
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
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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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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Frank Rehak
Frank Rehak
American musician
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Willie Smith
Willie Smith
American musician
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Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine
American musician
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
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Kay Starr
Kay Starr
American singer
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Wayne Bergeron
Wayne Bergeron
American musician
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Peanuts Holland
Peanuts Holland
American musician
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Tex Beneke
Tex Beneke
American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader
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Louie Bellson
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
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Doc Severinsen
Doc Severinsen
American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)
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Ronnie Scott
Ronnie Scott
British musician
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Alex Iles
Alex Iles
American musician
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Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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Chummy MacGregor
Chummy MacGregor
American musician
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Enoch Light
Enoch Light
American musician
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Joe Garland
Joe Garland
American musician
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Al Porcino
Al Porcino
American musician
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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Jerry Gray
Jerry Gray
American violinist, arranger, composer, and bandleader
Sammy Kaye
American big band leader and musician

Sammy Kaye

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American big band leader and musician
Record Labels
Awards Received
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Member of, past and present

Sammy Kaye (born Samuel Zarnocay Jr., March 13, 1910 – June 2, 1987) was an American bandleader and songwriter, whose tag line, "Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye", became one of the most famous of the Big Band Era. The expression springs from his first hit single in 1937, "Swing and Sway" (U.S. #15). His signature tune was "Harbor Lights," a number-one hit from late 1950.