• Ben Pollack (June 22, 1903 – June 7, 1971) was an American drummer and bandleader from the mid-1920s through the swing era. His eye for talent led him...
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  • musicologist Andrea Pollack (1961–2019), East German swimmer Andrew Pollack (b. 1966), American school safety activist Ben Pollack (1903–1971), American...
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    Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Pollack is known for directing commercially and...
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  • music he likes best. Benny begins his professional career by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band. Later in New York, where his new band gets a lukewarm...
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    1928 he played for the Ben Pollack band. Teagarden’s early career included significant milestones such as joining Ben Pollack’s band in 1928, where he...
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    including Ben Pollack's band. In Chicago on December 17, 1926, the Williams Sisters recorded the vocals on ‘He's The Last Word’ with Ben Pollack and his...
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    Michael Ross Pollack (born April 26, 1994) is an American songwriter and record producer. He has written songs for artists such as Miley Cyrus, Maroon...
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    Tormé met Miller in 1942, the meeting facilitated by Tormé's father and Ben Pollack. Tormé and Miller discussed "That Old Black Magic", which was just emerging...
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  • Bigard Cozy Cole Ray Conniff Gene Krupa Frances Langford The Modernaires Ben Pollack Babe Russin Arvell Shaw Trummy Young Universal-International's first...
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  • (1948–2000), singer, founder of the punk band, The Screamers (aged 52) Ben Pollack (1903–1971), drummer and bandleader (aged 67) Guy Bates Post (1875–1968)...
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  • S. Army Air Force Band and a member of big bands led by Bob Crosby, Ben Pollack, and Ray Noble. After World War II, he moved to Los Angeles. His friend...
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    appearance. Starr's first singles were released in collaboration with the Ben Pollack Orchestra. She signed to Capitol Records as a solo artist and had her...
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    Pollock (redirect from Pollack (fish))
    "Saithe", p. 682. ISBN 0-19-211579-0 Norum, Ben. The Big Book of Ben (2007), "pollock / pollack", p. 32 "Pollack" . Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921. "Coal-fish" ...
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    Kings first recorded in 1923. It was written by band members Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, Mel Stitzel, George Brunies and Leon Roppolo. The tune has become a...
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  • Big Band - hard bop, soul jazz, smooth jazz, post-bop Art Pepper + 11 Ben Pollack Lee Presson and the Nails - jazz, swing music (revival), jump blues,...
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    worked in a band featuring Bix Beiderbecke. Two years later he joined the Ben Pollack Orchestra and made his first recordings, in 1926. Goodman moved to New...
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  • bandleader Benny Goodman as his debut recording in December 1926 with Ben Pollack and His Californians. Ruth Etting's rendition of the song became a top...
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  • session of March 1923 – Mares, Roppolo, Brunies, Stitzel, and drummer Ben Pollack – are credited as co-writers of one of the band's best-known songs: "Tin...
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    popularized by Ben Bernie's recording. It was influential clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman's debut recording, made with Ben Pollack and His Californians...
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  • Pastor (1907–1969) George Paxton (1914-1989) Fats Pichon (1906–1967) Ben Pollack (1903–1971) Perez Prado (1916-1989) Louis Prima (1910-1978) Paul Whiteman...
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    are hot tunes by Luis Russell, Duke Ellington, small groups from the Ben Pollack orchestra, among others. Harold Arlen Sam Ash Franklyn Baur Al Bernard...
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    "China Boy" and "Nobody's Sweetheart". Finally, in 1927, he joined Ben Pollack's band for two years, and was one of the main soloists (with Benny Goodman...
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    2022. Ben Affleck at Wikipedia's sister projects Media from Commons Quotations from Wikiquote Data from Wikidata Ben Affleck at AllMovie Ben Affleck...
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    Livingston. Miller and Goodman were both in the Ben Pollack and his Californians band at that time. The Ben Pollack band was in Chicago, Illinois, to make studio...
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    tenor saxophone, Wingy Manone on trumpet, Jimmy McPartland on cornet, Ben Pollack on drums, Vic Briedis on piano, Harry Goodman on bass and tuba, and Benny...
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    Lanin, Fred Rich, and others, as well as a handful of name bands like Ben Pollack and Cab Calloway, who also appeared on other Plaza labels such as Banner...
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    Ellington and His Orchestra (under the pseudonym "Harlem Hot Chocolates"), Ben Pollack, Eddie Cantor (on a special 25 cent "Durium De Luxe" issue), Morton Downey...
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    "Tin Roof Blues" is a jazz composition by George Brunies, Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, Leon Roppolo and Mel Stitzel of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. The band...
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    versions in 1928 were by Earl Burtnett (vocal by the Biltmore Trio) and by Ben Pollack (vocal by Franklyn Baur). It has become a popular jazz standard, with...
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    "Sunday", was written in 1926. In 1929, Styne was playing with the Ben Pollack band. Styne was a vocal coach for 20th Century Fox until Darryl F. Zanuck...
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