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6. Dez. 2007 · This is the full clip of the Glenn Miller band with Tex Beneke and one of the greatest dance routines ever in movies by the Nicholas Brothers. From the 194...
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Tex Beneke was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader. He was best known for his association with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, which he joined in 1939 and led after Miller's disappearance in 1944. He was also a featured vocalist with the orchestra, singing on many of their hits, including "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo". Beneke was born in Fort Worth, Texas ...
Beneke was a singer and played with the orchestra. He became a celebrity in his own right. He remained until 1942 when Miller disbanded the band and he became a bandleader for the U.S. Army Air Force. Beneke was drafted to the navy, where he led a troupe of military dancers at an Oklahoma base. Beneke assumed the leadership of the Glenn Miller ...
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 ...
Tex Beneke is quite possibly the most under-appreciated pop “voices” of the 1940s. By “voice” we’re referring both to his smooth, understated vocal style, as well as his flawless lead saxophone. And although he’s under-appreciated, his “voice” actually defined the pop sound of the early 1940s. Unfortunately for Tex, his legacy ...
Theodore "Ted" Beneke is the former president and owner of Beneke Fabricators, a company he inherited from his father, Mr. Beneke. He was the former boss and brief affair partner of Skyler White. Ted gives Skyler her old job back as his accountant. Ted has always been attracted to Skyler but does not make any advances after she returns. Ted commits tax fraud to keep the company alive and save ...
The name Tex Beneke is inevitably linked to that of Glenn Miller, despite the fact that Beneke outlived Miller by over a half-century. As the most popular member of Miller's pre-World War II orchestra, featured on songs such as "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree," Beneke became a major fixture in the popular culture of the period, and following Miller's death in ...
