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Gordon Lee "Tex" Beneke (/ ˈ b ɛ n ə k i / BEN-ə-kee; February 12, 1914 – May 30, 2000) was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader. His career is a history of associations with bandleader Glenn Miller and former musicians and singers who worked with Miller.
Alton Glen "Glenn" Miller (March 1, 1904; [citation needed] 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.
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was an American swing dance band that was formed by Glenn Miller in 1938. Arranged around a clarinet and tenor saxophone playing melody , and three other saxophones playing harmony , the band became the most popular and commercially successful dance orchestra of the swing era and one of the greatest singles ...
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Glenn Miller. Soundtrack: Wild at Heart. Alton Glenn Miller was born on March 1, 1904, in Clarinda, Iowa; the son of Lewis Elmer and Mattie Lou Cavender Miller. He started his music studies when his father gave him a mandolin. He soon traded the mandolin for an old horn.
- March 1, 1904
- December 15, 1944
Jan 1, 2021 · GLENN MILLER’S CANADIAN CONNECTION. Discovering local ties to the day the music stopped. 2021-01-01 - by Robert Williamson, Hamilton. One contributor was thrilled to discover a local connection to the famous band leader.
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Nov 23, 2013 · After World War II ended, Dooley played trumpet in the Glenn Miller Orchestra and later joined Tex Beneke, playing “music in the Miller mood,” before moving to Colorado and starting his own 10...