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Lennie Hayton’s profession could be easily split into two. In early stages he was a jazz-oriented pianist and arranger involved with classic jazz schedules of the past due 1920’s. With the middle-1940’s he was mainly an arranger for orchestras and quite active as a studio room musician. Hayton excelled during …

Vic Schoen was among busiest arranger/conductors in well-known music in the late ’30s with the ’60s. Although not as acclaimed as contemporaries Nelson Riddle or Gordon Jenkins, he amassed a fantastic record of successes dealing with Dinah Shoreline, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Ethel Merman, Andy Williams, and, especially, the Andrews …

Paul Robeson excelled seeing that an athlete, professional, vocalist, and activist, qualifying him being a modern renaissance guy. His early achievements as a specialist football participant, Columbia law college graduate, and an professional on Broadway within the 1920s appeared but a prologue to sustained achievements to arrive. Involvement using the …