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The name Tex Beneke is inevitably associated with that of Glenn Miller, even though Beneke outlived Miller by more than a half-century. As the utmost popular person in Miller’s pre-World Battle II orchestra, highlighted on songs such as for example “Chattanooga Choo Choo” and “Don’t Sit down Beneath the Apple …

Trumpeter Teddy Buckner was a Louis Armstrong devotee whose enthusiasm for New Orleans styled jazz and golf swing took him all over the world during a profession that spanned a lot more than six years. He was distantly linked to the St. Louis centered Buckner family members that created pianist/organist …