• early 1960s. Finegan later married to Rosemary O Reilly Finegan. They had a son James Finegan and a daughter Helen (Finegan) Dzujna. Bill Finegan died on Wednesday...
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  • include: Bernard Finegan (1837–1887), Irish Roman Catholic bishop Bill Finegan (1917-2008), American jazz musician Christopher Finegan (born 1971), English...
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    "Down for the Count" - written by Bill Finegan, performed over broadcast. "Conversation Piece" - written by Bill Finegan, performed over broadcast. "Tiger...
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    bulk of the work, were Jerry Gray (a former arranger for Artie Shaw), Bill Finegan (a former arranger for Tommy Dorsey), Billy May and to a much smaller...
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    professionally associated with Dorsey veteran Jo Stafford, was Paul Weston. Bill Finegan, an arranger who left Glenn Miller's civilian band, arranged for the...
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    and has been a favorite concert piece of bass singers ever since. Bill Finegan's jazz arrangement for the Glenn Miller band took the song to No. 1 in...
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  • (1924-1994) (Shorty Rogers and His Giants) Sauter-Finegan Orchestra led by Eddie Sauter (1914-1981) and Bill Finegan (1917-2008) Jan Savitt (1907-1948) (Jan Savitt...
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    Bluebird, as an A side 78 single, B-10286-A, in a new arrangement by Bill Finegan backed with "Pavanne". The recording was an early chart hit for Glenn...
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  • The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra was an American swing jazz band popular in the 1950s. The orchestra was led by Eddie Sauter and Bill Finegan, who were both...
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  • Bundock Tony Carlson Trigger Alpert Doc Goldberg Arrangers Jerry Gray Bill Finegan Glenn Miller Billy May Composers Glenn Miller Harry Warren Mack Gordon...
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  • signature hits, but he did write the beautiful left-field introduction to [Bill] Finegan's [arrangement of] 'Serenade In Blue'". Miller and May had a wary relationship...
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  • Entrepreneur Robert V. Bruce, 1988 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History Bill Finegan, jazz bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer. Seth Roland (born...
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    later arranging style: Bill Finegan, with whom he began arranging lessons. Despite being only four years older than Riddle, Finegan was considerably more...
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  • and Maurice Purtill (drums). The arrangement was by Jerry Gray and Bill Finegan. When RCA Victor issued two 10-inch LP soundtracks to Sun Valley Serenade...
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    Goehr. Morley's early work was also influenced by Robert Farnon and Bill Finegan. At the age of 26, Morley stopped playing in bands to instead work solely...
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  • Frank De Vol Jack Elliott Ray Ellis Gil Evans Percy Faith Robert Farnon Bill Finegan Clare Fischer Ernie Freeman Douglas Gamley Russell Garcia Robert Graettinger...
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    as "Midnight Sleighride", a jazz band arrangement by Eddie Sauter and Bill Finegan. In 1975 the "Troika" tune was used extensively in Greg Lake's best-selling...
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    "Eddie Sauter & Bill Finegan: the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra". Space Age Pop Music. White, Ted (September 1999). "The Forgotten Sauter-Finegan Orchestra". Dr...
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  • Brian Setzer; except where indicated. "Pennsylvania 6-5000" (Jerry Gray, Bill Finegan, Carl Sigman, Setzer, Mike Himmelstein) "Jumpin' East of Java" "Americano"...
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    Les and Larry started up their own ensemble, hiring Nelson Riddle, Bill Finegan and Ralph Flanagan to arrange tunes for them. Their ensemble was not...
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  • American rock and roll and blues singer, songwriter and guitarist June 4 – Bill Finegan, 91, American jazz pianist and arranger June 8 – Šaban Bajramović, 72...
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  • Tony Bennett Marty Paich – "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Sammy Davis Jr.) Bill Finegan – "My Ship" (Carol Sloane) Antonio Carlos Jobim – "Joao Gilberto" (Joao...
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  • Jackson, Clarence Johnston, string section arranged and conducted by Bill Finegan (Catalyst) 1979: A Woman Knows - Lorez Alexandria, Jack Wilson, Charles...
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  • 12 10 3 9 M McDermott 1908 1 Glebe v Balmain (8 August 1908) 0 0 0 10 Bill Finegan 1909–12, 1919–20 26 Newcastle v North Sydney (24 April 1909) 1 0 1 11...
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  • Hawkins, Gene Krupa, Mundell Lowe, Buddy Rich, Artie Shaw, and the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra. Alpert's only album as a leader was Trigger Happy (Riverside...
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    vibraphonist, pianist, composer, and arranger (died 1997). April 3 – Bill Finegan, American bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer (died 2008). 7...
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  • an EP by Title Fight "Down for the Count", a 1956 song composed by Bill Finegan Performed by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra "Down for the Count", a song...
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