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Tex Beneke

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American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader (1914-2000)

United StatesMusiciansLived 1914 to 2000 · aged 86
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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.

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Beneke (number"}]],"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Abbr","href":"./Template:Abbr"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"no."},"2":{"wt":"number"}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwQA">no. 19) with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, c. 1940-1941Beneke (number"}]],"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Abbr","href":"./Template:Abbr"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"no."},"2":{"wt":"number"}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwQA">no. 19) with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, c. 1940-1941"In the Mood" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, released February, 1944, by the U.S. War Department (V-Disc 123B)"In the Mood" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, released February, 1944, by the U.S. War Department (V-Disc 123B)

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star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Harold NicholasAlso in Sun Valley Serenade (1941)Marion HuttonAlso in Orchestra Wives (1942)Les BrownAlso in Musical Merry-Go-Round No. 6 (1948)Fayard NicholasAlso in Sun Valley Serenade (1941)Martin BlockAlso in Martin Block's Musical Merry-Go-Round No. 2 (1948)Lynn BariAlso in Orchestra Wives (1942)

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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.

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Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
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Lived 1914 to 2000 · aged 86
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16 languages

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