biography
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Gray, Glen
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originally Glen Gray Knoblaugh, also known as Spike
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1906–63)
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| biography:
| Bandleader, born in Roanoke, Illinois, USA. He played saxophone in the Orange Blossom Band in Toronto (1928), and in New York City (1929) the band became the Casa Loma Orchestra with Gray as leader. The band's singer, Kenny Sargent, was a top romantic vocalist of the 1930s and 1940s, and arrangements by guitarist-arranger Gene Gifford helped usher in the swing era. In 1956 Gray initiated a series of all-star albums, recreating the sounds of big bands. |
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