Shep Fields and Beneke, Glen Island Casino, New Rochelle, N.Y., May 16, 1947. Photograph by William P. Gottlieb.
Background information
Birth name
Gordon Lee Beneke
Born
(1914-02-12)February 12, 1914 Fort Worth, Texas, US
Died
May 30, 2000(2000-05-30) (aged 86) Costa Mesa, California, US
Genres
Big band, swing, jazz, blues
Occupation(s)
musician
Instrument(s)
Saxophone, vocals
Musical artist
Gordon Lee "Tex" Beneke (/ˈbɛnəki/BEN-ə-kee; February 12, 1914 – May 30, 2000[1]) was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader. His career is a history of associations with bandleader Glenn Miller and former musicians and singers who worked with Miller. His band is also associated with the careers of Eydie Gormé, Henry Mancini and Ronnie Deauville. Beneke also solos on the recording the Glenn Miller Orchestra made of their popular song "In The Mood" and sings on another popular Glenn Miller recording, "Chattanooga Choo Choo". Jazz critic Will Friedwald considers Beneke to be one of the major blues singers who sang with the big bands of the early 1940s.[2][3]
^"Tex Beneke, 86, A Leader of Glenn Miller's Band". The New York Times. May 31, 2000. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
^Friedwald, Will (2010). A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. New York: Pantheon. p. 613. ISBN 978-0-375-42149-5.
^Will Friedwald singles out the cover of "What's Your Story, Morning Glory?" by Mary Lou Williams that Beneke did with the Miller band, as one of Beneke's major artistic achievements. Friedwald, p. 613
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and His Orchestra in Hollywood on RCA Bluebird, the featured singer was TexBeneke, who was accompanied by Paula Kelly, the Modernaires (vocals), Billy May...
TexBeneke" finally became "The TexBeneke Orchestra". By 1950, Beneke and the Miller estate parted ways. The break was acrimonious, although Beneke is...
solo sections: a "tenor fight" or chase solo—in one recording between TexBeneke and Al Klink—and a 16-bar trumpet solo by Clyde Hurley. At the end of...
recordings were made at that time by Bob Crosby, TexBeneke, Harry Cool, Phil Brito, and The Three Suns. TexBeneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra recorded the...
Miller joined the Army in 1942, she went with fellow Miller performers TexBeneke and the Modernaires on a theater tour. The next important event in her...
1947–1970, including: Glenn Miller (with Ray McKinley) on the 1960s, TexBeneke (1956/57), Ray McKinley (1960s), Vaughn Monroe (1960s), Sammy Kaye (1960s)...
and his Orchestra in 1942 on RCA Victor with vocals by Marion Hutton, TexBeneke, and The Modernaires. The song was from the 1942 production Stars on Ice...
various vocalists, generally Ray Eberle or Marion Hutton before 1940, with TexBeneke, vocal group The Modernaires, and Skip Nelson all making studio vocal...
generation of tenor players that included Chu Berry, Charlie Barnet, TexBeneke, Ben Webster, Vido Musso, Herschel Evans, Buddy Tate, and Don Byas, and...
Record Research. "Victor matrix PBS-061245. Chattanooga choo choo / TexBeneke ; The Four Modernaires ; Glenn Miller Orchestra - Discography of American...
music, dixieland, and bluegrass repertoire. Artists such as Glenn Miller, TexBeneke, Louis Armstrong, Kay Kyser, Hal Kemp and the Dukes of Dixieland have...
he and Henry Mancini joined the Glenn Miller band when it was led by TexBeneke. Sperling drew attention with his performance on the song St. Louis Blues...
Vocalists Marion Hutton Ray Eberle TexBeneke Jack Lathrop Ernie Caceres Kay Starr Dorothy Claire Paula Kelly The Modernaires Skip Nelson Musicians Al...
recordings in 1942 by Glenn Miller on RCA Bluebird Records with vocals by TexBeneke, Marion Hutton, and The Modernaires, and Guy Lombardo and The Andrews...
was best known as a member of the second Glenn Miller Orchestra, led by TexBeneke, Ray McKinley and Buddy DeFranco. In addition to the Glenn Miller Orchestra...
the end of the tune." The performances included Billy May on trumpet, TexBeneke on tenor saxophone, Chummy MacGregor on piano, and Moe Purtill on drums...
the original performers such as singers Helen Forrest, Helen Ward and TexBeneke. The Time-Life label released these as boxed sets titled as "The Swing...
Vocalists Marion Hutton Ray Eberle TexBeneke Jack Lathrop Ernie Caceres Kay Starr Dorothy Claire Paula Kelly The Modernaires Skip Nelson Musicians Al...
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