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    Horace Heidt (May 21, 1901 – December 1, 1986) was an American pianist, big band leader, and radio and television personality. His band, Horace Heidt...
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  • Heidt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Brad Heidt, Canadian curler Gary Heidt (born 1970), American conceptual artist Horace Heidt...
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  • meets Molly McCorkle, who welcomes him into her mother's boardinghouse. Horace Heidt's band practices there, adjacent to the Haskel factory. C.J. is infuriated...
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  • It was covered by several musicians and groups, most successfully by Horace Heidt on Columbia Records, whose version reached number one on the US pop chart;...
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  • lyrics by Herb Magidson and was published in 1937. A version recorded by Horace Heidt and his Brigadiers was a No. 1 song in 1937. The sheet music indicates...
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    leader Horace Heidt. Impressed by the young dancer's talent, Heidt asked him to join his popular traveling performance ensemble, "The Horace Heidt Youth...
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  • McMichael and Jack Owens. The first and most popular recording was by Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights. A 1941 Time magazine entry suggests the song...
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  • been released as a single by various artists besides Kassel, including Horace Heidt (1941), Lawrence Duchow's Red Raven Orchestra (1956), and Two Ton Baker...
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  • (born 1932) (Slide Hampton Ultra Big Band) Erskine Hawkins (1914–1993) Horace Heidt (1901-1986) Neal Hefti (1922-2008) Fletcher Henderson (1897–1952) Woody...
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    the roster. In 1935, the King Sisters accepted a job with bandleader Horace Heidt. Their employment was on-again, off-again, with the sisters leaving the...
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  • Thorsen (BMI Work #744156) and released by Standley (accompanied by Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights) on the Capitol Records label. The recording...
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    feting the athletes of the 1932 Olympics. The big bands of Harry James, Horace Heidt and Carmen Cavallero played through World War II when the venue became...
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    the rhythm of movement in heaving or hauling. The song was recorded by Horace Heidt and his Brigadiers, with vocal chorus sung by The Kings and Glee Club...
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  • during the Big Band era, singing with the orchestras of Xavier Cugat, Horace Heidt, and Ray Conniff. In the 1950s, she invented and patented a baby bottle...
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    Hannigan, actress Mariska Hargitay, actress Dan Harrington, poker player Horace Heidt, 1940s bandleader Julie Heldman (born 1945), tennis player, ranked #...
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  • boxer Ernest K. Gann, aviator and writer Blake Geoffrion, hockey player Horace Heidt, pianist and big-band leader James A. Henderson, chairman of Cummins...
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    694 in 2023 dollars ) a week at the age of 3 while touring with the Horace Heidt Orchestra. His father took him to audition for the part of Little Ricky...
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  • Healy (1923–1994), sports commentator Neal Hefti (1922–2008), composer Horace Heidt (1901–1986), bandleader Wanda Hendrix (1928–1981), actress Buck Henry...
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    cast in the short-lived police drama Nakia., She also appeared with Horace Heidt on his "Swift Family Show Wagon" in 1955. From January 1969 to February...
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    Mighty" with conductor and arranger LeRoy Holmes. Lowery whistled with Horace Heidt and Vincent Lopez in the 1930s and 40s. His 'Silent Night' and 'William...
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    Brothers and Hal McIntyre 22 "It's in the Book" Johnny Standley with Horace Heidt 23 "Slow Poke" Pee Wee King with Redd Stewart 24 "Walkin' My Baby Back...
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    band failed, he was in substantial debt to MCA. He joined the bands of Horace Heidt and then Glenn Miller in 1941 and 1942 to pay this debt. To make matters...
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    August 1942 to join the Army Air Force, Beneke played very briefly with Horace Heidt before joining the Navy himself, leading a Navy band in Oklahoma. While...
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    When Jergens was 16, she was a member of the Heidt Steppers dancing troupe, which was part of the Horace Heidt Show. Soon after Jergens graduated from Hollywood...
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  • Pennsylvania, US. He was an actor, comedian and impressionist with Horace Heidt and later known for his acting in "The Oregon Trail" in 1959 and "One...
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  • popular nonsense tune of that era, "The Hut-Sut Song" first recorded by Horace Heidt – words and music by Leo V. Killion, Ted McMichael and Jack Owens, sung...
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    discharged as a private in 1945. Carney was a comic singer with the Horace Heidt orchestra, which was heard often on radio during the 1930s, notably on...
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  • love because I feel so well." The song was a hit for the orchestras of Horace Heidt (vocal by Larry Cotton) and Benny Goodman (vocal by Martha Tilton) in...
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  • to Hollywood where he worked as a personal assistant for clients like Horace Heidt and Carmen Cavallaro. He became friends with actor Charles Laughton and...
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    played "Lady of Spain" (his signature piece) and won first place in the Horace Heidt/Philip Morris talent contest in Fresno which was broadcast on national...
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