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Although he received a BM and an MM in music theory in the University of Michigan, Benson is a self-taught composer. He spent some time working being a timpanist, and a conductor and instructor, keeping positions at Ithaca University as well as the Eastman College of Music. His compositions could …

Main Holley was most widely known for utilizing the Slam Stewart trademark of singing together with his bowed bass solos, although he sang together while Stewart vocalized an octave above his bass. Usually, Main Holley (referred to as “Mule”) was an excellent supportive bassist. He originally performed violin and tuba, …

Margaret Whiting was a prominent pop singer within the ’40s and ’50s, using a very clear, striking tone of voice and the type of quasi-innocent sensibility that done such tracks as “IT COULD as Well End up being Springtime” and “Moonlight in Vermont.” The girl of composer Richard Whiting (her …