Hal McIntyre (born Harold William McIntyre; November 29, 1914,

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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

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, and Al Nobel, bassist

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, and saxophonist

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. They played many major ballrooms throughout the United States, and played overseas for troops during

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. He toured extensively with songstress

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until the summer of '51. He maintained the orchestra into the 1950s, backing

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for their 1952 smash hit "

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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."

References

General references * Jason Ankeny, ''Hal McIntyre'' All Music Guide * George T. Simon (1912–2001), ''The Big Bands,'' revised edition, Macmillan Publishing Co.,

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(1974) * Charles Eugene Claghorn (12-12-1911 – Oct 30, 2005),
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(1973), * Charles Eugene Claghorn (12-12-1911 – Oct 30, 2005), ''Biographical Dictionary of Jazz'', Prentice Hall,

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(born 1950), ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz,'' First edition, Two volumes,

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, London (1988) *

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, London (2002) * Donald Clarke (born 1940), ''The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music,''

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