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This band was created in 1950 from smaller groups within the Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, DC, and continues to play jazz music for the Air Force community and the general public. The legacy also continues through The United States Air Forces in Europe Band, [ 1 ] [ 124 ] stationed at Ramstein Air Base , Germany. [ 125 ]
Korla Pandit (September 16, 1921 – October 2, 1998), [1] [2] [a] born John Roland Redd, was an American exotica musician, composer, pianist, and organist. After moving to California in the late 1940s and getting involved in show business, Redd became known as "Korla Pandit", claimed as a French-Indian musician from New Delhi, India.
She was active as a jazz singer throughout the 1930s and 1940s. In 1950, she became the first black American to host her own TV show, The Hazel Scott Show . [ 3 ] Her career in the United States faltered after she testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1950 during the era of McCarthyism .
Władziu Valentino Liberace (known as Lee to his friends and Walter to family) [4] was born in West Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 16, 1919. His grandfather Valentino Liberace (1836–1909) was a casket maker from Formia in central Italy where his father, musician Salvatore ("Sam") Liberace (1885–1977), was born. [5]
Fort Worth was a frequent stop for some of Hollywood’s biggest movie stars during the 1940s and 1950s. These photos from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s archive capture some of the glitz and ...
Two of Britain's most famous female vocalists were with his orchestra in the 1930s: Vera Lynn and Welsh songstress Dorothy Squires. His best known crooner was George Barclay. Kunz was the pianist in a dance band which was led by the drummer, Ed Krick. The band came to London in 1922 to play a residency in the London Trocadero. The band returned ...
Frankie Laine (at piano) and Patti Page, c. 1950 Harry Belafonte, 1954 This is a partial list of notable active and inactive bands and musicians of the 1950s . Musicians
Maurice Rocco (born Maurice John Rockhold; June 26, 1915 – March 24, 1976) [1] was an American pianist, singer, and composer known for playing boogie-woogie piano and his disdain for using a piano bench. He was a top nightclub and theater draw in the 1940s, and made several film appearances.