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Irving Aaronson (1895–1963); Louis Armstrong (1901–1971) (Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, 1928–1947); Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929) (Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band)
Their workload was just as heavy as the civilian band's had been. With a full string section added to a big band, the Major Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra [14] was the forerunner of many US military big bands. [15] [1] Miller went missing in action (MIA) on December 15, 1944, on a flight over the English Channel from England to France. [1]
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Musical director/Keyboardist for Reba McEntire's road band: 28: March 16, 1991: Otay Mountain, San Diego, California, U.S. Plane crash [58] Paula Kaye Evans Back-up Singer for Reba McEntire's road band: 33: March 16, 1991: Otay Mountain, San Diego, California, U.S. Plane crash [58] Michael Thomas Guitarist for Reba McEntire's road band: 34 ...
Paul Samuel Whiteman [1] (March 28, 1890 – December 29, 1967) [2] was an American Jazz bandleader, composer, orchestral director, and violinist. [3]As the leader of one of the most popular dance bands in the United States during the 1920s and early 1930s, Whiteman produced recordings that were immensely successful, and press notices often referred to him as the "King of Jazz".
In 1952–53, Brown was the orchestra leader on Day's radio program, The Doris Day Show, on CBS. [5] Les Brown and the Band of Renown performed with Bob Hope on radio, stage and television for almost fifty years. [3] They did 18 USO Tours for American troops around the world, and entertained over three million people. Before the Super Bowls ...
Rich was born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish parents Bess Skolnik and Robert Rich, both American vaudevillians. [5]: 6 At 18 months old, he became part of his parents' vaudeville act, dressed in a sailor suit playing an arrangement of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" behind a large bass and snare drum - an act which concluded with him emerging from behind the drums tap-dancing ...
The style of the band was heavy metal at the time and did not change to death metal until Kam Lee joined. [2] Andrews joined Death in 1987 alongside Massacre bandmates Rick Rozz and Terry Butler. [3] Andrews has lived in Japan since "the early 1990s". [1]