# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tex-beneke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:25:04.884Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tex-beneke"
name: "Tex Beneke"
slug: "tex-beneke"
description: "Gordon Lee \"Tex\" Beneke 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 Deauville. Beneke also solos on the recording the Glenn Miller Orchestra made of their popular song \"In the Mood\" and sings on another popular Glenn Miller recording, \"Chattanooga Choo Choo\". Jazz critic Will Friedwald considers Beneke to be one of the major blues singers who sang with the big bands of the early 1940s."
tagline: "American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader (1914-2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tex_Beneke%2C_ca._Jan._1947_(William_P._Gottlieb_00641).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1914-02-12"
deathDate: "2000-05-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.26
  momentum:             3.375
  historical:           15.41152533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0070878/"
    handle:    "nm0070878"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7e9843xr17L5hRYAti3dtG"
    handle:    "7e9843xr17L5hRYAti3dtG"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "تيكس بينيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Beneke"
    title: "Tex Beneke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Beneke"
    title: "Tex Beneke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Beneke"
    title: "Tex Beneke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Beneke"
    title: "Tex Beneke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Beneke"
    title: "Tex Beneke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Beneke"
    title: "Tex Beneke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Beneke"
    title: "Tex Beneke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Beneke"
    title: "Tex Beneke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Beneke"
    title: "Tex Beneke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%8D%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC"
    title: "テックス・ベネキー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Beneke"
    title: "Tex Beneke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Beneke"
    title: "Tex Beneke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Beneke"
    title: "Tex Beneke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81"
    title: "Бенеке, Текс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Beneke"
    title: "Tex Beneke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/45878222-97a1-414f-9a93-13ff8de5f83f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q488352"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237015"
    title: "Tex Beneke"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump