American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, and arranger
Sam Donahue
At the Aquarium in New York City, c. December 1946
Background information
Birth name
Samuel Koontz Donahue
Born
(1918-03-18)March 18, 1918 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died
March 22, 1974(1974-03-22) (aged 56) Reno, Nevada, U.S.
Genres
Jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Saxophone, trumpet
Musical artist
Samuel Koontz Donahue (March 18, 1918 – March 22, 1974)[1] was an American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, and musical arranger. He performed with Gene Krupa, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Billy May, Woody Herman, and Stan Kenton.[2]
^Larkin, Colin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 715/6. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
^Carr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby; Priestley, Brian (1995). Jazz: The Rough Guide. The Rough Guides. pp. 175–176. ISBN 1-85828-137-7.
2021. "SamDonahue - The SamDonahue Collection 1940-48 (2021)". IsraBox - Music is Life. Retrieved July 22, 2022. Ansell, Derek. "SAMDONAHUE - Collection...
baseball player SamDonahue (1918–1974), American saxophonist Terry Donahue (1944–2021), American football coach and executive Terry Donahue (baseball) (1925–2019)...
trumpeter. He first performed with SamDonahue. (In an article written by Mike Zirpolo, for Swing and Beyond, Donahue was described as "a superlative tenor...
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Byrns). The song became popular again in 1948 and 1949 when versions by SamDonahue and the George Shearing Quintet briefly reached the charts. On January...
trio The Hellecasters. Donahue was born in New York, the son of big band saxophonist SamDonahue and actress Patricia Donahue and grew up in Los Angeles...
voiced the title role in the animated television series The Adventures of Sam. He has appeared in Home and Away three times, in 1988 as Ben McPhee, the...
Dobson, composed the song I'll Never Tire of You. It was performed by the SamDonahue Orchestra on November 12, 1941, during a recording session at Bluebird...
2014-05-29. "Victor matrix BS-068193. I'll never tire of you / Andy Blaine ; SamDonahue Orchestra". DAHR. Retrieved 23 July 2022. "Bluebird records | Big Road...
Quinn Davis Vinnie Dean Jay Daversa Ted Dechter (Trombone) Don Dennis SamDonahue Red Dorris Peter Erskine Don Fagerquist Maynard Ferguson Mary Fettig...
Crosby Dallas Jazz Orchestra John Dankworth Big Band - jazz, film music SamDonahue and his orchestra Pierre Dørge's New Jungle Orchestra The Dorsey Brothers...
startup Bell Records, Helen sang with Tommy Dorsey's orchestra, led by SamDonahue, in the early 1960s. Helen continued to make occasional records and perform...
children's block The Den. Set in 1840, it follows a sea-faring boy named SamDonahue as he goes on many adventures around the world while trying to find his...
written and directed by Francis Galluppi and starring Jim Cummings, Jocelin Donahue, Richard Brake, Faizon Love, and Michael Abbott Jr. It is Galluppi's feature...
served in the Army during World War II. Severinsen was a member of SamDonahue's band between 1946 and 1951. In 1946, he played trumpet on radio station...
Chakachas Messer Chups (Russia) King Curtis Martin Denny Mink DeVille SamDonahue Lou Donaldson Steve Douglas Terry Edwards & The Scapegoats (paired in...
"Hippdeebip", "Krupa's Wail", "Swing is Here", "Quiet and Roll 'Em" with SamDonahue, and "How 'Bout That Mess". Norman Granz hired Krupa and drummer Buddy...
Deppa Jimmy Deuchar Josh Deutsch Bill Dillard Bill Dixon Natty Dominique SamDonahue Kenny Dorham Dave Douglas Louis Dowdeswell Johnny Dunn Jim Dvorak Jon...
soprano) Eric Dolphy (1928–1964) (alto) Arne Domnérus (1924–2008) (alto) SamDonahue (1918–1974) (tenor) Lou Donaldson (born 1926) (alto) Jimmy Dorsey (1904–1957)...
Mitzi Kapture (born Mitzi Gaynor Donahue; May 2, 1962) is an American actress, known for her role as Sgt. Rita Lee Lance in the CBS/USA Network crime...
Captain Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra / SamDonahue And The Navy Dance Band "St. Louis Blues March" recorded 29 October 1943...
killed in a crash while preparing for the 1974 South African Grand Prix. SamDonahue, 56, American big band jazz saxophonist, died of pancreatic cancer.[self-published...
Dorsey's death in 1956. After Covington led the band, tenor saxophonist SamDonahue led it from 1961, continuing until 1966. Frank Sinatra Jr. made his professional...
out with Buddy Morrow in 1947, and then played with Lee Castle (1948), SamDonahue (1949), Artie Shaw (1949–50), Art Mooney (1950), Tito Puente, Jerry Wald...
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