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    Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2290. ISBN 0-85112-939-0. Freddie Slack Discography, Discogs.com, Retrieved 2018-10-31. "Pop Chronicles 1940s...
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    with Freddie Slack and His Orchestra gave Capitol Records its first gold record. In 1943, her single "Get On Board, Little Chillun", also with Slack, charted...
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  • famous boogie woogie pianists of this peak era were Maurice Rocco and Freddie Slack. There were also many very notable women boogie woogie pianists during...
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    by the RIAA. Other recordings included "That Old Black Magic", with Freddie Slack and His Orchestra (1942) and "It Might as Well Be Spring", with Paul...
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  • woogie-style popular song written by Don Raye and Freddie Slack. Published in 1946, it was first recorded by Slack with singer Ella Mae Morse and Raye. The song's...
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  • Five", by The Dave Clark Five 1970 "Mr. Five by Five", a 1942 song by Freddie Slack and His Orchestra Jimmy Rushing, known as "Mr. Five by Five" and the...
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  • Sherwood and his orchestra recorded two tracks in the studio. On May 21, Freddie Slack and his orchestra recorded three tracks in the studio: one with the...
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  • "The House of Blue Lights" in 1946 with Freddie Slack, a song which was recorded originally by Freddie Slack with Ella Mae Morse on vocals, by The Andrews...
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  • vocalist of Count Basie's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948. Ella Mae Morse with Freddie Slack and His Orchestra had a hit recording with the song in 1942 (Capitol...
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    former child actress Virginia Weidler. As sideman, Weidler recorded with Freddie Slack, Les Brown, Charlie Barnet, Ike Carpenter, The Delta Rhythm Boys, Stan...
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  • addition to having his own group. He also sang with Bob Crosby and Freddie Slack. In 1942, Street signed a contract with Universal Studios. He moved...
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    Ellington, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, The Mills Brothers, Bob Crosby, Freddie Slack, and Ella Mae Morse. In his narration for the 1977 documentary film...
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  • College. From 1943 on he played tenor and baritone saxophone for the Freddie Slack big band. Abandoning a concert career as a pianist, he turned to popular...
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  • (1908–1985), American barrelhouse pianist, recorded "The Ma Grinder" Freddie Slack (1910–1965), American pianist and bandleader, originator of "Beat Me...
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  • 1930s. McKinley kicked off certain uptempo songs by asking pianist Freddie Slack (nicknamed "Daddy") to give him a boogie beat, or "eight to the bar"...
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  • Elvis Presley in 1954; "The House of Blue Lights" by Ella Mae Morse and Freddie Slack (1946); Wynonie Harris' "Good Rocking Tonight" (1948); Goree Carter's...
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  • "dogies" (motherless calves) to "get hip." The first recording was by Freddie Slack & his Orchestra, featuring vocalist Ella Mae Morse in 1942. The record...
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    Goodman, Buddy Rich, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Gene Krupa, Joe Venuti, Freddie Slack, Eddie Heywood, Bob Crosby (Bing's brother), Desi Arnaz, Guy Lombardo...
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    Rosenbloom, Arthur Rubinstein, Peggy Ryan, Randolph Scott, Dinah Shore, Freddie Slack and His Orchestra, Gale Sondergaard, Sophie Tucker, and Orson Welles...
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  • 1 for the week of May 29. The Margaret Whiting recording (with the Freddie Slack Orchestra, which got top billing on the label) was released by Capitol...
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  • refers to the pianist Freddie Slack (a reference to "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar", a hit recorded earlier in 1940 by Slack with the Bradley–McKinley...
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  • Sweetland, who dubbed it for actress Joan Leslie. The orchestra was led by Freddie Slack. "My Shining Hour" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song...
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    McKinley, a swing drummer and vocalist from Texas. The band included Freddie Slack (piano), Arthur Rollini (saxophone), Peanuts Hucko (clarinet), and Pete...
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  • Gene Krupa (1938–39), Benny Goodman (1939), Harry James (1939–40), Freddie Slack (1940–41), and Bob Crosby (1942). He was a studio musician after World...
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  • Aborigines Freddie Slack (1910–1965), American swing and boogie-woogie pianist and bandleader Paul Slack (born 1943), British historian Samuel Slack (1757–1822)...
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    legislator, soldier and lawyer Rudy Silbaugh, Wisconsin State Legislature Freddie Slack, American swing and boogie-woogie pianist and bandleader August E. Smith...
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  • Baby" Jordan, Wilson, Edmunds 3:55 9. "House of Blue Lights" Don Raye, Freddie Slack 2:19 10. "Blue Turns to Grey" Mick Jagger, Keith Richards 2:29 11. "Paint...
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  • Lelli, musician Robert Moevs, composer Robert Schulz, jazz cornetist Freddie Slack, musician and bandleader Gordon Bahr, college football coach George...
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    the Road a Piece," which he recorded as a trio with Will Bradley and Freddie Slack in 1940. This was the earliest recording of the song, which was written...
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    The Struts (redirect from Adam Slack)
    in 2012. The band comprises lead vocalist Luke Spiller, guitarist Adam Slack, bassist Jed Elliott, and drummer Gethin Davies. The band have released...
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