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The Modernaires sind eine Vokalgruppe des Swing. Sie sind besonders aus ihrer Zeit in den 1940er Jahren mit Glenn Miller bekannt. Sie beeinflussten die The Four Freshmen und über diese die Beach Boys und andere Vokalgruppen. Geschichte.
The Modernaires were an American vocal group, best known for performing in the 1940s alongside Glenn Miller . Career. The Modernaires began in 1934 as "Don Juan, Two and Three," a trio of schoolmates from Lafayette High School in Buffalo, New York. The members were Hal Dickinson, Chuck Goldstein, and Bill Conway. [3] (
- 1934–1970s
Kelly originally performed solo, but also soon became the female lead of The Modernaires, originally a male trio, then a quartet, resulting in the group becoming a quintet of four male singers and herself. Her first recording with the group was "Perfidia", on which they sang with Dorothy Claire.
In 1938, "The Modernaires" were honored to join the famous Paul Whiteman organization. In the 1920's Paul had been known as "The King of Jazz". Now, in the late 1930's the portly gentleman was being billed somewhat more accurately as, "The Dean of Modern American Music". The title was fitting, for no one in the Whiteman organization sounded ...
Perhaps the best remembered swing era vocal group, the Modernaires are most-famously associated with Glenn Miller. The singing ensemble, however, got its start in the mid-1930s and performed with several name orchestras before joining Miller in 1941. Though they only worked for Miller during the last year-and-a-half of his orchestra’s four ...
More images. Real Name: The Modernaires. Profile: American vocal group, best known for performing in the 1940s alongside Glenn Miller. They had their beginnings in the early 1930s as a trio in Buffalo, New York, in 1935. Their first engagement was with the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra.
Biography. The Modernaires. Jump to Edit. Mini Bio. This Buffalo-formed swing group originally consisted of (Harold) Harold Dickinson , Bill Conway and Chuck Goldstein when formed in 1935.
