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Tex Beneke. Soundtrack: Babe: Pig in the City. The popular singer and saxophone player began with the Ben Young Orchestra (1935-1937), and joined the Miller band in 1938, becoming one of the bands's most popular personalities and soloists (though he was not seen or even referred to in The Glenn Miller Story). His personality and talents led him to the top of the Downbeat and Metronome magazine ...
Tex Beneke. Gordon "Tex" Beneke ( 12. helmikuuta 1914 Fort Worth, Texas – 30. toukokuuta 2000 Costa Mesa, Kalifornia) oli yhdysvaltalainen jazz saksofonisti ja -laulaja. Hän vaikutti Glenn Millerin orkesterissa ja lauloi muun muassa sen hitin "Chattanooga Choo Choo". Muita hänen laulamiaan kappaleita olivat "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo", "Ida!
Tex Beneke and his Orchestra became arguably the most successful of the postwar big bands during a period where singers and ballads became more popular on records and radio whereas bands and jazz were less economical to organize and operate. At end of 1948 economics required the elimination of the large string section. By 1950 there was a resurgence of bands that imitated the so-called "Glenn ...
11. Juni 2000 · It was Gordon Lee “Tex” Beneke’s signature arrangement--a song for which he earned the first gold record in history when it sold 1.2 million copies. During Saturday’s memorial service for ...
30. Mai 2000 · Gordon Lee " Tex " Beneke ( 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. His band is also associated with the careers of Eydie Gormé, Henry Mancini and Ronnie ...
27. Nov. 2006 · Beneke, Gordon Lee [Tex] (1914–2000). Gordon Lee “Tex” Beneke, swing-band tenor saxophonist and vocalist, was born in Fort Worth on February 12, 1914. He was the son of Dixie Lee (Delmage) Beneke and Frank Snyder Beneke, who was head of the press room at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Young Gordon started playing the saxophone at the age ...
31. Mai 2000 · Beneke was 86. The Texan, who headed the Miller Orchestra from 1946 to 1950, died Tuesday of respiratory arrest at the Assured Horizons rest home in Costa Mesa. A native of Fort Worth, young Tex ...
