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By the 1940s, he was an entertainment superstar who mastered all of the major media formats of the day, movies, radio, and recorded music. Other popular singers of the day included Cab Calloway and Eddie Cantor. Glenn Miller big-band trombonist, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era.
A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Big bands originated during the early 1910s and dominated jazz in the early 1940s when swing was most popular. The term "big band" is also used to ...
The channel mainly airs big band, swing, and hit parade music from 1936 to 1949, with occasional songs from the early-1950s. Until May 7, 2015, the station was known as ' 40 s on 4 , with programming being broadcast on channel 4, as part of the "Decades" line-up of stations.
While the Big Band Era suggests that big bands flourished for a short period, they have been a part of jazz music since their emergence in the 1920s when white concert bands adopted the rhythms and musical forms of small African-American jazz combos.
Their workload was just as heavy as the civilian band's had been. With a full string section added to a big band, the Major Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra [14] was the forerunner of many US military big bands. [15] [1] Miller went missing in action (MIA) on December 15, 1944, on a flight over the English Channel from England to France. [1]
Billboard Hot 100 & Best Sellers in Stores number-one singles by decade Before August 1958 1940–1949 1950–1958 After August 1958 1958–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–2029 US Singles Chart Billboard magazine Billboard number-one singles chart (which preceded the Billboard Hot 100 chart), which was updated weekly by the Billboard magazine, was the ...
Gordon Goodwin (born 1954) (Big Phat Band) Glen Gray (1900-1963) ( Casa Loma Orchestra ) (1927-1963) George Gee (George Gee Swing Orchestra; formerly known as the Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra)
Helen O'Connell (May 23, 1920 – September 9, 1993) was an American singer, actress, and hostess, [1] described as "the quintessential big band singer of the 1940s". [ 2 ] Early life