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 1991

Farnon, Robert
Way, Chris
The big bands go to war
Introduction by Robert Farnon
Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, 1991, 288 p.


The above item has biographical information on:

  Beneke, Tex [Gordon] (b. 1914 a. 1946-1949)   tenor saxophone, singer
  Clinton, Larry (b. 1909 d. 1985)   arranger, trombone
  Crosby, Bob [George Robert] (b. 1913 d. 1993)   composer, leader
  Donahue, Sam (Koontz) (b. 1918 d. 1974)   tenor sax, arranger
  Farnon, Robert Joseph (b. 1917)   composer, orchestra
  Heffner, James [Jimmy]   tenor sax, clarinet
  King, Wayne Harold (b. 1901 d. 1985)   saxophone, bandleader
  Miller, Glen [Alton Glen] (b. 1904 d. 1944)   accordion, bandleader
  Shaw, Artie (b. 1910)   clarinet, conductor
  Thornhill, Claude (b. 1909 d. 1965)   bandleader, piano
  Vallee, Rudy (b. 1901 d. 1986)   bandleader, cast
  Willson, Meredith (b. 1902 d. 1984)   author, composer

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