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"Leader of the Band" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg for his 1981 album The Innocent Age. The song was written as a tribute to his father Lawrence Fogelberg, a musician and leader of a band who was still alive when the song was released.
Dan Fogelberg was born in Peoria, Illinois.He was the youngest of three sons born to Margaret (née Irvine), (1920–2015), a classically trained pianist, and Lawrence Peter Fogelberg, (1911–1982), a band director at Woodruff High School in Peoria, at Pekin Community High School in Pekin, Illinois, [2] and at Bradley University in Peoria. [3]
At that point, trombonist Warren Covington became leader of the band with Jane Dorsey's blessing [58] as she owned the rights to her late husband's band and name. Billed as the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Starring Warren Covington , they reached #7 on the Billboard charts and earned a gold record in the fall of 1958 with the hit single "Tea for Two ...
Buddy Rich (1917–1987) (Buddy Rich Big Band) Nelson Riddle (1921–1985) Shorty Rogers (1924-1994) (Shorty Rogers and His Giants) S.
B. Béla Babai; Paul Banks (jazz pianist) Harold Barlow (songwriter) Blue Barron; Lionel Belasco; Bob Belden; Rick Benjamin (conductor) Boyd Bennett; P. R. Bidez
The Glenn Miller Orchestra, led by Glenn Miller (front and center). A bandleader is the leader of a music group such as a dance band, rock or pop band or jazz quartet.The term is most commonly used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music. [1]
Paul Allen Wood Shaffer CM [2] (born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian [3] [4] singer, keyboardist, composer, actor, author, comedian, and musician who served as David Letterman's musical director, band leader, and sidekick on the entire run of both Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993) and Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015).
After Guy Lombardo's death in 1977, his surviving brothers Victor and Lebert took over the Royal Canadians, though Victor left the band early in 1978 over creative differences. [17] From 1980, the name was franchised out to various band leaders. Lebert died in 1993, passing rights to the band name to three of his six children. [18]