(1901-05-21)May 21, 1901 Alameda, California, U.S.
Died
December 1, 1986(1986-12-01) (aged 85) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Big band
Occupation(s)
Musician, bandleader
Instrument(s)
Piano
Musical artist
Horace Heidt (May 21, 1901 – December 1, 1986)[1] was an American pianist, big band leader, and radio and television personality. His band, Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights, toured vaudeville and performed on radio and television during the 1930s and 1940s.
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1123. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
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leader HoraceHeidt. Impressed by the young dancer's talent, Heidt asked him to join his popular traveling performance ensemble, "The HoraceHeidt Youth...
the roster. In 1935, the King Sisters accepted a job with bandleader HoraceHeidt. Their employment was on-again, off-again, with the sisters leaving the...
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Mighty" with conductor and arranger LeRoy Holmes. Lowery whistled with HoraceHeidt and Vincent Lopez in the 1930s and 40s. His 'Silent Night' and 'William...
during the Big Band era, singing with the orchestras of Xavier Cugat, HoraceHeidt, and Ray Conniff. In the 1950s, she invented and patented a baby bottle...
cast in the short-lived police drama Nakia., She also appeared with HoraceHeidt on his "Swift Family Show Wagon" in 1955. From January 1969 to February...
father's orchestra and appearances in a Chinese restaurant, he joined the HoraceHeidt Orchestra in the 1930s, being responsible for the arrangements. Later...
He was heard on national radio in 1949 on "Philip Morris Night with HoraceHeidt". In 1951, Faile joined Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith's Crackerjacks as...
When Jergens was 16, she was a member of the Heidt Steppers dancing troupe, which was part of the HoraceHeidt Show. Soon after Jergens graduated from Hollywood...
he played a solo recital at Carnegie Hall. After a period with The HoraceHeidt Orchestra in the late 1940s and early 1950s, Frontiere moved to Los Angeles...
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