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Can Bradley was a soft-spoken trombonist who got well-known for a couple of years simply by teaming up with Ray McKinley and forming a huge music group that spearheaded the boogie-woogie trend of the later ’30s and early ’40s. McKinley was even more suitable for the boogie than Bradley, who …

A high drummer through the golf swing period and a likable and personable singer who always displayed great laughter, Ray McKinley was most crucial in the 1940s in a number of settings. He performed in the beginning of his profession in territory rings, with Smith Ballew and the Dorsey Brothers …