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Miller "was a stickler for details and accuracy and always the truth. How delighted he would have been with Ed Polic's superbly documented report" wrote George Simon as he recommended, The Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band: Sustineo Alas / I Sustain the Wings to readers of the American Reference Books Annual. In 1314 pages, Polic covers a "small ...
David Wallis Reeves (February 14, 1838 – March 8, 1900), also known as D. W. Reeves or Wally Reeves, [1] was an American composer, cornetist, and bandleader.He developed the American march style, later made famous by the likes of John Philip Sousa, [2] and his innovations include adding a countermelody to the American march form in 1876. [3]
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)
The film follows big band leader Glenn Miller (1904–1944) from his early days in the music business in 1929 through to his 1944 death when the airplane he was flying in was lost over the English Channel during World War II. Prominent placement in the film is given to Miller's courtship and marriage to Helen Burger, and various cameos by ...
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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 [55] 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 [55] Michael Thomas Guitarist for Reba McEntire's road band: 34 ...
March 21, 1921 Danbury, Iowa, U.S. ... Lee (March 21, 1921 – December 6, 1978) was an American ... Howard Orchestra and later took over the group after Howard's ...
American composer, musical arranger, big band leader, and producer Joseph Francis " Sonny " Burke (March 22, 1914 – May 31, 1980) [ 1 ] was an American musical arranger, composer, Big Band leader and producer.