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Tex Beneke, the Glossary

Gordon Lee "Tex" Beneke (February 12, 1914 – May 30, 2000) was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader.^[1]

69 relations: Al Klink, All About Jazz, Artie Malvin, Benny Goodman, Big band, Billy May, Blues, Bob Eberly, Cavalcade of Bands (TV series), Charlie Spivak, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Claude Thornhill, Columbia Records, Coral Records, Costa Mesa, California, Disneyland, DuMont Television Network, Eydie Gormé, Fort Worth, Texas, Gene Krupa, Glen Gray, Glenn Miller, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Hal McIntyre, Harry Warren, Helen O'Connell, Henry Mancini, High fidelity, Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Horace Heidt, IMDb, In the Mood, Jazz, Jerry Gray, Jerry Gray (arranger), Jimmy Dorsey, Joe Garland, Johnny Carson, Larry Clinton, Mack Gordon, Marion Hutton, Mary Lou Williams, Merv Griffin, Metronome (magazine), Norman Leyden, Oklahoma, Orchestra Wives, Paula Kelly (singer), Phonograph record, ... Expand index (19 more) »
Glenn Miller Orchestra members
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Al Klink

Al Klink (December 28, 1915 in Danbury, Connecticut – March 7, 1991 in Bradenton, Florida) was an American swing jazz tenor saxophonist. Tex Beneke and al Klink are 20th-century American saxophonists, American male saxophonists and Glenn Miller Orchestra members.

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All About Jazz

All About Jazz is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995.

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Artie Malvin

Artie Malvin (July 7, 1922 – June 16, 2006) was a composer and vocalist who was the baritone member of The Crew Chiefs.

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Benny Goodman

Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing". Tex Beneke and Benny Goodman are American jazz bandleaders, big band bandleaders and RCA Victor artists.

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Big band

A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section.

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Billy May

Edward William May Jr. (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. Tex Beneke and Billy May are big band bandleaders and Glenn Miller Orchestra members.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s.

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Bob Eberly

Robert Eberly (born Robert Eberle; July 24, 1916 – November 17, 1981) was an American big band vocalist best known for his association with Jimmy Dorsey and his duets with Helen O'Connell. Tex Beneke and Bob Eberly are big band bandleaders.

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Cavalcade of Bands (TV series)

Cavalcade of Bands is an early 1950s American television series which aired on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.

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Charlie Spivak

Charlie Spivak (February 17, 1907 – March 1, 1982) was an American trumpeter and bandleader, best known for his big band in the 1940s. Tex Beneke and Charlie Spivak are big band bandleaders.

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Chattanooga Choo Choo

"Chattanooga Choo Choo" is a 1941 song that was written by Mack Gordon and composed by Harry Warren.

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Claude Thornhill

Claude Thornhill (August 10, 1908 – July 1, 1965) was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. Tex Beneke and Claude Thornhill are American jazz bandleaders, big band bandleaders and RCA Victor artists.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of multinational conglomerate Sony.

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Coral Records

Coral Records was a subsidiary of Decca Records that was formed in 1949.

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Costa Mesa, California

Costa Mesa (Spanish for "Mesa Coast") is a city in Orange County, California, United States.

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Disneyland

Disneyland is a theme park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.

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DuMont Television Network

The DuMont Television Network (also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont Television, simply DuMont/Du Mont, or (incorrectly) Dumont) was one of America's pioneer commercial television networks, rivaling NBC and CBS for the distinction of being first overall in the United States.

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Eydie Gormé

Eydie Gormé (born Edith Gormezano; August 16, 1928 – August 10, 2013) was an American singer who achieved notable success in pop, Latin, and jazz genres.

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Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties.

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Gene Krupa

Eugene Bertram Krupa (January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973) was an American jazz drummer, bandleader, and composer. Tex Beneke and Gene Krupa are American jazz bandleaders, big band bandleaders and RCA Victor artists.

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Glen Gray

Glenn Gray Knoblauch (June 7, 1900 – August 23, 1963), known professionally as Glen Gray, was an American jazz saxophonist and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra. Tex Beneke and Glen Gray are 20th-century American saxophonists, American jazz saxophonists, American male saxophonists and big band bandleaders.

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Glenn Miller

Alton Glen "Glenn" Miller (March 1, 1904; disappeared December 15, 1944; declared dead December 16, 1945) was an American big band conductor, arranger, composer, trombone player, and recording artist before and during World War II, when he was an officer in the US Army Air Forces. Tex Beneke and Glenn Miller are American jazz bandleaders, big band bandleaders, Glenn Miller Orchestra members and RCA Victor artists.

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Glenn Miller Orchestra

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was an American swing dance band that was formed by Glenn Miller in 1938. Tex Beneke and Glenn Miller Orchestra are RCA Victor artists.

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Hal McIntyre

Hal McIntyre (born Harold William McIntyre; November 29, 1914, Cromwell, Connecticut – May 5, 1959 Los Angeles, California) was an American saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader. Tex Beneke and Hal McIntyre are 20th-century American saxophonists, American jazz bandleaders, American jazz saxophonists, American male saxophonists, big band bandleaders and Glenn Miller Orchestra members.

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Harry Warren

Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. Tex Beneke and Harry Warren are Glenn Miller Orchestra members.

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Helen O'Connell

Helen O'Connell (May 23, 1920 – September 9, 1993) was an American singer, actress, and hostess, described as "the quintessential big band singer of the 1940s". Tex Beneke and Helen O'Connell are RCA Victor artists.

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Henry Mancini

Henry Mancini (born Enrico Nicola Mancini; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist. Tex Beneke and Henry Mancini are big band bandleaders and RCA Victor artists.

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High fidelity

High fidelity (often shortened to Hi-Fi or HiFi) is the high-quality reproduction of sound.

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Hollywood Palladium

The Hollywood Palladium is a theater located at 6215 Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Hollywood Walk of Fame

The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a landmark which consists of 2,783 five-pointed terrazzo-and-brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in the Los Angeles, California district of Hollywood.

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Horace Heidt

Horace Heidt (May 21, 1901 – December 1, 1986) was an American pianist, big band leader, and radio and television personality. Tex Beneke and Horace Heidt are big band bandleaders.

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IMDb

IMDb (an acronym for Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews.

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In the Mood

"In the Mood" is a popular big band-era jazz standard recorded by American bandleader Glenn Miller.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Jerry Gray

Jerry Don Gray (born December 16, 1962) is an American football coach and former player who is the assistant head coach/defense for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL).

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Jerry Gray (arranger)

Jerry Gray (July 3, 1915 – August 10, 1976) was an American violinist, arranger, composer, and leader of swing dance orchestras (big bands) bearing his name. Tex Beneke and Jerry Gray (arranger) are big band bandleaders and Glenn Miller Orchestra members.

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Jimmy Dorsey

James Francis Dorsey (February 29, 1904 – June 12, 1957) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and big band leader. Tex Beneke and Jimmy Dorsey are 20th-century American saxophonists, American jazz bandleaders, American male saxophonists, big band bandleaders and swing saxophonists.

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Joe Garland

Joseph Copeland Garland (August 15, 1903, Norfolk, Virginia – April 21, 1977, Teaneck, New Jersey) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger, best known for writing "In the Mood". Tex Beneke and Joe Garland are 20th-century American saxophonists, American jazz saxophonists and American male saxophonists.

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Johnny Carson

John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television personality, comedian, writer and producer best known as the host of NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992).

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Larry Clinton

Larry Clinton (August 17, 1909 – May 2, 1985) was an American musician, best known as a trumpeter who became a prominent American bandleader and arranger. Tex Beneke and Larry Clinton are big band bandleaders.

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Mack Gordon

Mack Gordon (born Morris Gittler; June 21, 1904 – February 28, 1959) was an American lyricist for the stage and film. Tex Beneke and Mack Gordon are Glenn Miller Orchestra members.

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Marion Hutton

Marion Hutton (born Marion Thornburg; March 10, 1919 – January 10, 1987) was an American singer and actress. Tex Beneke and Marion Hutton are Glenn Miller Orchestra members.

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Mary Lou Williams

Mary Lou Williams (born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs; May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer.

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Merv Griffin

Mervyn Edward Griffin Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television show host and media mogul. Tex Beneke and Merv Griffin are RCA Victor artists.

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Metronome (magazine)

Metronome was a music magazine published from January 1885 to December 1961.

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Norman Leyden

Norman Fowler Leyden (October 17, 1917 – July 23, 2014) was an American conductor, composer, arranger, and clarinetist.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Choctaw: Oklahumma) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Orchestra Wives

Orchestra Wives is a 1942 American musical film by 20th Century Fox starring Ann Rutherford, George Montgomery, and Glenn Miller.

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Paula Kelly (singer)

Paula Kelly (April 6, 1919 – April 2, 1992) was an American big band singer. Tex Beneke and Paula Kelly (singer) are Glenn Miller Orchestra members.

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Phonograph record

A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), a vinyl record (for later varieties only), or simply a record or vinyl is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.

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Ralph Flanagan

Ralph Elias Flenniken (April 7, 1914 – December 30, 1995), known professionally as Ralph Flanagan, was an American big band leader, pianist, composer, and arranger for the orchestras of Hal McIntyre, Sammy Kaye, Blue Barron, Charlie Barnet, and Alvino Rey. Tex Beneke and Ralph Flanagan are big band bandleaders and RCA Victor artists.

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Ray Anthony

Ray Anthony (born Raymond Antonini; January 20, 1922) is a retired American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor. Tex Beneke and Ray Anthony are American jazz bandleaders, big band bandleaders and Glenn Miller Orchestra members.

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Ray Eberle

Raymond Eberle (January 19, 1919 – August 25, 1979) was a vocalist during the Big Band Era, making his name with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Tex Beneke and Ray Eberle are Glenn Miller Orchestra members.

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RCA Records

RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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Ronnie Deauville

Ronnie Deauville (August 28, 1925 in Miami, Florida - December 24, 1990 in Vero Beach, Florida) was a Sinatra-style singer who first became interested in singing while he was in naval air corps during the Second World War.

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Shep Fields

Shep Fields (born Saul Feldman, September 12, 1910 – February 23, 1981) was an American bandleader who led the Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm orchestra during the 1930s. Tex Beneke and Shep Fields are American jazz bandleaders and big band bandleaders.

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Sun Valley Serenade

Sun Valley Serenade is a 1941 American musical film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller, Milton Berle, and Lynn Bari.

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Swing music

Swing music is a style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s.

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The Crew Chiefs

The Crew Chiefs were a vocal group popular in the 1940s, known for accompanying Tex Beneke, Glenn Miller, and Ray McKinley.

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The Modernaires

The Modernaires were an American vocal group, best known for performing in the 1940s alongside Glenn Miller. Tex Beneke and the Modernaires are Glenn Miller Orchestra members.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Tonight Show

The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show that has been broadcast on NBC since 1954.

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The Tonight Show Band

The Tonight Show Band refers to the house band on the American television variety show The Tonight Show, which has created an important showcase for jazz on American television.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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Time Life

Time Life is an American company formerly known for its production company and direct marketer conglomerate known for selling books, music, video/DVD, and multimedia products.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Beneke

Also known as Gordon Beneke, The Tex Beneke Orchestra.

, Ralph Flanagan, Ray Anthony, Ray Eberle, RCA Records, Ronnie Deauville, Shep Fields, Sun Valley Serenade, Swing music, The Crew Chiefs, The Modernaires, The New York Times, The Tonight Show, The Tonight Show Band, Time (magazine), Time Life, United States Army Air Forces, Will Friedwald, William P. Gottlieb, (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo.

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Glenn Miller Orchestra members

Hep Records artists

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