Hal McIntyre (born Harold William McIntyre; November 29, 1914,
Cromwell, Connecticut
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– May 5, 1959 Los Angeles, California) was an American saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader.
McIntyre played extensively as a teenager and led his own octet in 1935. Shortly thereafter, he was offered a temporary slot as an alto saxophonist behind Benny Goodman; this lasted only ten days, but Glenn Miller heard of his ability and drafted him as a founding member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, where he played from 1937 to 1941.
Miller encouraged McIntyre to start his own group again, and the McIntyre Orchestra first played in New Rochelle, New York in 1941; the ensemble included vocalists
Gloria Van
Gloria may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music Christian liturgy and music
* Gloria in excelsis Deo, the Greater Doxology, a hymn of praise
* Gloria Patri, the Lesser Doxology, a short hymn of praise
** Gloria (Handel)
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,
Ruth Gaylor
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Places
France
* Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France
Switzerland
* Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny
United States
* Ruth, Alabama
* Ruth, Ar ...
Eddie Safranski
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, and saxophonist
Allen Eager
Allen Eager (January 10, 1927 – April 13, 2003) was an American jazz tenor and alto saxophonist who also competed in auto racing and took part in LSD experiments.
Early life
Allen Eager was born in New York City on January 10, 1927. He grew up ...
. They played many major ballrooms throughout the United States, and played overseas for troops during
World War II
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. He toured extensively with songstress
Sunny Gale
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until the summer of '51. He maintained the orchestra into the 1950s, backing
The Mills Brothers
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for their 1952 smash hit "
Glow Worm
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".
He co-wrote the song "Daisy Mae" with Billy May which was recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra.
McIntyre was critically injured in an apartment fire in 1959, and died at a hospital a few days later.
Radio
Beginning January 2, 1945, McIntyre and his orchestra had a weekly broadcast on the Blue Network. One feature of the program was that on each program the orchestra would "play the theme song of one of America's college fraternities as a salute to some member of that fraternity who has distinguished himself in the war effort."
Collier Books
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West Nyack, New York
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(1973),
* Charles Eugene Claghorn (12-12-1911 – Oct 30, 2005), ''Biographical Dictionary of Jazz'', Prentice Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
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Colin Larkin
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Along wit ...
(born 1949), ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music,'' Third edition. Eight volumes. MUZE, London (1998); Grove's Dictionaries, New York (1998)
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Barry Dean Kernfeld
Barry Dean Kernfeld (born August 11, 1950) is an American musicologist and jazz saxophonist who has researched and published extensively about the history of jazz and the biographies of its musicians.
Education
In 1968, Kernfeld enrolled at U ...
(born 1950), ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz,'' First edition, Two volumes,
Macmillan Press
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, London (1988)
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Barry Dean Kernfeld
Barry Dean Kernfeld (born August 11, 1950) is an American musicologist and jazz saxophonist who has researched and published extensively about the history of jazz and the biographies of its musicians.
Education
In 1968, Kernfeld enrolled at U ...
(born 1950), ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz,''
St. Martin's Press
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, New York (1994)
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Barry Dean Kernfeld
Barry Dean Kernfeld (born August 11, 1950) is an American musicologist and jazz saxophonist who has researched and published extensively about the history of jazz and the biographies of its musicians.
Education
In 1968, Kernfeld enrolled at U ...
(born 1950), ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz,'' Second edition, Three volumes,
Macmillan Publishers
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, London (2002)
* Donald Clarke (born 1940), ''The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music,''
Viking Press
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