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Singer Born in Chicago Jon Hager: Aug 30, 1941: Jan 9, 2009 Singer Born in Chicago Terry Hanck: Blues saxophonist and singer Born in Chicago [13] Herbie Hancock: Apr 12, 1940: Jazz pianist, bandleader and composer Born in Chicago Eddie Harris: Oct 20, 1934: Nov 5, 1996: Jazz saxophonist Born in Chicago Elizabeth Eden Harris (a.k.a. CupcakKe ...
The Nord-Amerikanischer Sängerbund (English: North American Singers' Association) is an association which promotes the culture of German music, culture and song. Eligibility for the association is open to any independent Germanic singing society located in North America consisting of at least 12 singers at the time of their application.
Carl Laemmle – pioneer in American filmmaking and a founder of one of the original major Hollywood movie studios; Ernst Lubitsch – acclaimed film director, special Academy Award winner [428] [429] Anthony Mann – film director and actor [430] Richard C. Meyer – German-American television and film editor; Russ Meyer – director and ...
Eva Bartova (March 26, 1938, Bohemia - September 17, 1989, Chicago) emigrated to Germany in 1963, having studied classical ballet and voice in Czechoslovakia.She began recording with a group known as Eve Bartova & the Bartovs, where she met John Christian Dee (February 1944, Tonawanda - August 18, 2004, London), [2] an American who had moved to England in the 1950s.
Musicians from Chicago (either those who were born in the Chicago metropolitan area or those who have lived there). For musical groups from Chicago, see Category:Musical groups from Chicago Contents
German-American bands sometimes resist being termed "polka bands" because they perform not only polkas but also waltzes, schottisches, laendlers, and various other ethnic forms of music. [11] They prefer the term "old-time," but it is not to be confused with traditional American old-time music. Some of the modern day German-American bands have ...
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Harold Loeffelmacher, circa 1957. The Six Fat Dutchmen was an American polka band, formed around 1932 by Harold Loeffelmacher in New Ulm, Minnesota, United States.The band was known mostly for playing the German-American (sometimes called "oom-pah") style of polka music that originated from Germany and the German-speaking areas of Czechoslovakia.