Leading orchestra on The Jack Benny Program in the old-time radio era
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Don Bestor (September 23, 1889 - January 13, 1970) was an American bandleader, probably best known for directing the orchestra in the early years of The Jack Benny Program on old-time radio.[1]
^DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-2834-2. Pp. 32-33.
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Frankie Trumbauer, drummer Gene Krupa, and pianists Roy Bargy and, later, DonBestor, who served as its musical directors. The orchestra was established in...
Good Ship Lollipop", which was No. 2 for the year. It was recorded by DonBestor and his orchestra (Brunswick 7495) and Mae Questel, voice of Betty Boop...
Chorus also performed it in the film. Popular recordings in 1933 were by DonBestor (vocal by Maurice Cross) and by Hal Kemp (vocal by Skinny Ennis). The...
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Benson Orchestra of Chicago from 1920 to 1922 (when he was replaced by DonBestor), and later worked with the orchestras of Isham Jones and Paul Whiteman...
Don Grady (born Don Louis Agrati; June 8, 1944 – June 27, 2012) was an American actor and musician. He was best known as one of the Mouseketeers on the...
on July 1, 1933, reaching #6. A month later, a subsequent recording by DonBestor and His Orchestra also charted, reaching #8. AllMusic calls "Under a Blanket...
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as vocalist on the popular recording of the tune "42nd Street" by the DonBestor orchestra in 1933. "Mecum, Dudley, 1896-1978". Southern Folklife Collection...
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