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Bandleader
A bandleader is the leader of a band of musicians. The term is most commonly, though not exclusively, used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music.
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Waldo de los Rios
Waldo de los Ríos (7 September 1934 - 28 March 1977) was an Argentine composer, conductor and arranger.
De los Rios was born as Osvaldo Nicholas Ferrara in Buenos Aires into a musical family; his father was a musician and his mother a well known...
Date of birth:
- Sep 7, 1934
Date of death:
- Mar 28, 1977 (age 42 years)
Franck Pourcel
Franck Pourcel ([[11 August )] 1913 in Marseille - 12 November , 2000) was a musician of the lounge or easy listening genre.
Born in Marseille 11 August , 1913
His father, a musician in the navy in Marseille, started teaching him music when he was 6...
Date of birth:
- Aug 14, 1913
Date of death:
- Nov 12, 2000 (age 87 years)
Paul Mauriat
Paul Mauriat (Marseille, 4 March 1925 – 3 November 2006 in Perpignan) was a French orchestra leader, specializing in light music. He is best known in the United States for his remake of André Popp's "Love is Blue," which was #1 for 5 weeks in 1968....
Date of birth:
- Mar 4, 1925
Date of death:
- Nov 3, 2006 (age 81 years)
Raymond Lefevre
Raymond Lefèvre (November 20, 1929 – June 27, 2008) was a French easy listening orchestra leader, arranger and composer.
Born in Calais, France, Lefèvre is best known for his 1968 theme "Soul Coaxing (Ame Caline)", which became an international hit....
Date of birth:
- Nov 20, 1929
Date of death:
- Jun 27, 2008 (age 78 years)
Max Raabe
Max Raabe (December 12, 1962 in Lünen) is a German singer and band leader of the Palast Orchester. He and his orchestra specialise in recreating the sound of German dance and film music of the 1920s and 1930s, especially by performing songs of the...
Date of birth:
- Dec 12, 1962 (age 47 years)
James Last
James Last (born Hans Last on 17 April 1929 in Bremen) is a German composer and big band leader.
Last's father was an official at the public works department of the city of Bremen and he grew up in the suburb of Sebaldsbrück. He learned to play the...
Date of birth:
- Apr 17, 1929 (age 80 years)
Bert Kaempfert
Bert Kaempfert (born Berthold Kämpfert; 16 October 1923 – 21 June 1980) was a German orchestra leader and songwriter. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records, and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, such as "Strangers in the...
Date of birth:
- Oct 16, 1923
Date of death:
- Jun 21, 1980 (age 56 years)
André Rieu
André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu (born October 1, 1949) is a Dutch violinist, conductor, and composer best known for creating an international revival in waltz music with his "Johann Strauss Orchestra".
André Rieu was born into a musical family on...
Date of birth:
- Oct 1, 1949 (age 60 years)
Erik van der Luijt
Erik van der Luijt (born August 22, 1970 in The Hague) is a Dutch jazz pianist / keyboard player, arranger, composer, producer and band leader.
Erik van der Luijt started playing the piano at the age of four. He studied jazz piano with Rob van...
Date of birth:
- Aug 22, 1970 (age 39 years)
Willem Breuker
Willem Breuker (b. Amsterdam, Netherlands, 4 November 1944) is a Dutch jazz bandleader, composer, arranger, saxophonist, and bass clarinetist.
In 1967, with percussionist Han Bennink and pianist Misha Mengelberg, he co-founded the Instant Composers...
Date of birth:
- Nov 4, 1944 (age 65 years)
Mantovani
Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (November 15, 1905 – March 29, 1980), known by the mononym Mantovani, was a popular conductor and light orchestra-style entertainer with a cascading strings musical signature. He is more associated with the light orchestra...
Date of birth:
- Nov 15, 1905
Date of death:
- Mar 29, 1980 (age 74 years)
Gorni Kramer
Gorni Kramer (22 July 1913 - 26 October 1995) was an Italian songwriter, musician and band leader.
He was born Kramer Gorni at Rivarolo Mantovano (Lombardy). Despite the exotic sound of Gorni Kramer in Italian language, which lead part of his...
Date of birth:
- Jul 22, 1913
Date of death:
- Oct 26, 1995 (age 82 years)
Renato Carosone
Renato Carosone (3 January 1920 – 20 May 2001) was among the greatest figures of Italian music scene in the second half of the 20th century. He was also a modern performer of the so-called canzone napoletana, Naples' song tradition.
Carosone was...
Date of birth:
- Jan 3, 1920
Date of death:
- May 20, 2001 (age 81 years)
Pippo Barzizza
Pippo Barzizza (15 May 1902 - 2 April 1994) was an Italian Maestro and composer.
Born in Genoa, he conducted the Italian radio's orchestra between 1935 and 1943, returned at work about in 1960s, after a long pause after the World War II.
Alberto...
Date of birth:
- May 15, 1902
Date of death:
- Apr 2, 1994 (age 91 years)
Les Reed
Les Reed O.B.E. (born Leslie David Reed, 24 July 1935 in Woking, Surrey, England) is an English songwriter, musician and light orchestra leader.
Reed was an accomplished musician by the age of fourteen, playing the piano, accordion and vibraphone....
Date of birth:
- Jul 24, 1935 (age 74 years)
Johnny Pearson
Johnny Pearson (born 18 June 1925, Plaistow, London) is a British composer and pianist. He has written a catalogue of library music, and has had many of his pieces used as the theme music to television series, including 3-2-1, All Creatures Great...
Date of birth:
- Jun 18, 1925 (age 84 years)
Geoff Love
Geoff Love (4 September 1917, Todmorden – 8 July 1991, London) was a British easy-listening orchestra leader.
Love was born in the industrial town of Todmorden in West Yorkshire. His father was a mixed race American born guitarist and dancer, and...
Date of birth:
- Sep 4, 1917
Date of death:
- Jul 8, 1991 (age 73 years)
Jack Hylton
Jack Hylton (2 July 1892, Bolton, Lancashire – 29 January 1965, London) was a British band leader and impresario. He was born as John Greenhalgh Hilton in the Great Lever area of Bolton, Lancashire.
In 1965 a televised tribute to Hylton called The...
Date of birth:
- Jul 2, 1892
Date of death:
- Jan 29, 1965 (age 72 years)
Spike Hughes
Patrick "Spike" Cairns Hughes (October 19, 1908 – February 2, 1987) was a British jazz musician, composer and music journalist. He was the son of Irish composer, writer and song collector Herbert Hughes. Hughes was a multi-dimensional musician,...
Date of birth:
- Oct 19, 1908
Date of death:
- Feb 2, 1987 (age 78 years)
Jools Holland
Julian Miles "Jools" Holland OBE, DL (born 24 January 1958) is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, songwriter, composer, and television presenter. He was a founder-member of the band Squeeze and his work has involved him with many of the biggest...
Date of birth:
- Jan 24, 1958 (age 51 years)
Ted Heath
George Edward "Ted" Heath (30 March 1902 – 18 November 1969) was the most famous English bandleader of the 40s, 50s and early 60s.
Heath was born at 76 Atheldene Avenue, Wandsworth, South London; he started playing the trombone at the age of...
Date of birth:
- Mar 30, 1902
Date of death:
- Nov 18, 1969 (age 67 years)
Billy Cotton
William Edward Cotton (6 May 1899 – 25 March 1969), better known as Billy Cotton, was a British band leader and entertainer, one of the few whose orchestras survived the dance band era. Today, he is mainly remembered as a 1950s and 1960s radio and...
Date of birth:
- May 6, 1899
Date of death:
- Mar 25, 1969 (age 69 years)
John Barry
John Barry, OBE (born John Barry Prendergast on 3 November 1933 in York, England) is an English film score composer. He is best known for composing 11 James Bond soundtracks and was hugely influential on the 007 series' distinctive style.
Barry was...
Date of birth:
- Nov 3, 1933 (age 76 years)
Acker Bilk
Acker Bilk MBE (born 28 January 1929), born Bernard Stanley Bilk (known more familiarly as Mr. Acker Bilk), is a clarinetist. He is known for his trademark goatee, bowler hat, striped waistcoat and his breathy, vibrato-rich, lower-register clarinet...
Date of birth:
- Jan 28, 1929 (age 80 years)
Bert Ambrose
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (15 September 1896 – 11 June 1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his...
Date of birth:
- Sep 15, 1896
Date of death:
- Jun 11, 1971 (age 74 years)
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American songwriter, singer and guitarist. He had recorded and toured with the E Street Band. Springsteen was widely known for his brand of heartland rock infused with pop hooks,...
Date of birth:
- Sep 23, 1949 (age 60 years)
Jimmie Lunceford
James Melvin "Jimmie" Lunceford (June 6, 1902 – July 12, 1947) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader of the swing era.
Lunceford was born in Fulton, Mississippi, but attended school in Denver where he was taught music by Wilberforce...
Date of birth:
- Jun 6, 1902
Date of death:
- Jul 12, 1947 (age 45 years)
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus, Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader and pianist. He was also known for his activism against racism.
Mingus is considered one of the most important composers and performers of jazz...
Date of birth:
- Apr 22, 1922
Date of death:
- Jan 5, 1979 (age 56 years)
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader and composer.
Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of...
Date of birth:
- May 26, 1926
Date of death:
- Sep 28, 1991 (age 65 years)
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914–September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" (1941), marked the rise...
Date of birth:
- Feb 9, 1914
Date of death:
- Sep 6, 1984 (age 70 years)
John Philip Sousa
John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era, known particularly for American military and patriotic marches. Because of his mastery of march composition and resultant...
Date of birth:
- Nov 6, 1854
Date of death:
- Mar 6, 1932 (age 77 years)
Artie Shaw
Arthur Jacob Arshawsky (May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004), better known as Artie Shaw, was an American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader. He is also the author of both fiction and non-fiction writings.
Born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky in New...
Date of birth:
- May 23, 1910
Date of death:
- Dec 30, 2004 (age 94 years)
B. A. Rolfe
Benjamin Albert Rolfe (October 24, 1879 - April 23, 1956) was an American musician known as "The Boy Trumpet Wonder" who went on to be a bandleader, recording artist, radio personality and film producer.
Born in Brasher, New York, Rolfe was the son...
Date of birth:
- Oct 24, 1879
Date of death:
- Apr 23, 1956 (age 76 years)
Arthur Pryor
Arthur Willard Pryor (September 22, 1870 – June 18, 1942) was a trombone virtuoso, bandleader, and soloist with the Sousa Band. In later life, he was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey, who served on the Monmouth County, New...
Date of birth:
- Sep 22, 1870
Date of death:
- Jun 18, 1942 (age 71 years)
Buck Owens
Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. (August 12, 1929–March 25, 2006), better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 number one hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos. Owens and the Buckaroos...
Date of birth:
- Aug 12, 1929
Date of death:
- Mar 25, 2006 (age 76 years)
Glenn Miller
Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – missing December 15, 1944), was an American jazz musician, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best known ...
Date of birth:
- Mar 1, 1904
Date of death:
- Dec 15, 1944 (age 40 years)
Woody Herman
Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987), better known as Woody Herman, was an American jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading various groups called "The Herd," Herman was one of the most...
Date of birth:
- May 16, 1913
Date of death:
- Oct 29, 1987 (age 74 years)
Benny Goodman
Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader, known as "King of Swing", "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's Senior Statesman".
In the mid-1930s, Goodman led...
Date of birth:
- May 30, 1909
Date of death:
- Jun 13, 1986 (age 77 years)
Percy Faith
Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian-born bandleader, orchestrator and composer, known for his lush arrangements of pop and Christmas standards. He is often credited with creating the "easy listening" or "mood music" format...
Date of birth:
- Apr 7, 1908
Date of death:
- Feb 9, 1976 (age 67 years)
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader.
Duke Ellington became one of the most influential artists in the history of recorded music, and is largely recognized as one of...
Date of birth:
- Apr 29, 1899
Date of death:
- May 24, 1974 (age 75 years)
Tommy Dorsey
Thomas Francis Dorsey (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, trumpeter, composer, and bandleader of the Big Band era. He was known as "The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing".. He was the younger brother of bandleader...
Date of birth:
- Nov 19, 1905
Date of death:
- Nov 26, 1956 (age 51 years)
Jimmy Dorsey
James "Jimmy" Dorsey (February 29, 1904 – June 12, 1957) was a prominent American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, and big band leader. He was known as "JD". He composed the standards "I'm Glad There is You (In This World of...
Date of birth:
- Feb 29, 1904
Date of death:
- Jun 12, 1957 (age 53 years)
Cab Calloway
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader.
Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular African American big bands from the start of...
Date of birth:
- Dec 25, 1907
Date of death:
- Nov 18, 1994 (age 86 years)
Dave Brubeck
David Warren "Dave" Brubeck (born December 6, 1920) is an American jazz pianist. He has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's...
Date of birth:
- Dec 6, 1920 (age 89 years)
Les Brown
Les Brown, Sr. (March 14, 1912 – January 4, 2001) and the Band of Renown are a big band that began in the late 1930s, initially as the group Les Brown and His Blue Devils that Brown led while a student at Duke University. The band now performs under...
Date of birth:
- Mar 14, 1912
Date of death:
- Jan 4, 2001 (age 88 years)
James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006), originally James Joseph Brown, Jr., also known as "The Godfather of Soul", was an American entertainer. He is recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music and...
Date of birth:
- May 3, 1933
Date of death:
- Dec 25, 2006 (age 73 years)
Count Basie
William "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. Widely regarded as one of the most important jazz bandleaders of his time, Basie led his popular Count Basie Orchestra for...
Date of birth:
- Aug 21, 1904
Date of death:
- Apr 26, 1984 (age 79 years)
Buddy Rich
Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Rich was billed as "the world's greatest drummer" and was known for his virtuosic technique, power, groove, and speed.
Rich was born in Brooklyn,...
Date of birth:
- Sep 30, 1917
Date of death:
- Apr 2, 1987 (age 69 years)
Bill Haley
Bill Haley (pronounced /ˈheɪliː/) (July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was one of the first American rock and roll musicians. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets...
Date of birth:
- Jul 6, 1925
Date of death:
- Feb 9, 1981 (age 55 years)
Elvis Costello
Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known by the stage name Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter of Irish heritage. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became...
Date of birth:
- Aug 25, 1954 (age 55 years)
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American pianist and composer. He is regarded not only as one of the greatest living jazz musicians, but also as one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century. His music...
Date of birth:
- Apr 12, 1940 (age 69 years)
John Coltrane
John William "Trane" Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.
Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the...
Date of birth:
- Sep 23, 1926
Date of death:
- Jul 17, 1967 (age 40 years)
Slavko Avsenik
Slavko Avsenik (born November 26, 1929 in Begunje near Bled, Slovenia) is a Slovenian composer and musician. His career accomplishments place him at the worldwide pinnacle of success among ethnic popular musicians. Over forty years, the Avsenik...
Date of birth:
- Nov 26, 1929 (age 80 years)
W. C. Handy
William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was a blues composer and musician, often known as the "Father of the Blues".
Handy remains among the most influential of American songwriters. Though he was one of many musicians who...
Date of birth:
- Nov 16, 1873
Date of death:
- Mar 28, 1958 (age 84 years)
Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was an American musician, accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, hosting The Lawrence Welk Show from 1955 to 1982. His style came to be known to his large number of radio, television, and...
Date of birth:
- Mar 11, 1903
Date of death:
- May 17, 1992 (age 89 years)
Eric Dolphy
Eric Allan Dolphy (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist. Dolphy was one of several groundbreaking jazz alto players to rise to prominence in the 1960s. He was also the first important...
Date of birth:
- Jun 20, 1928
Date of death:
- Jun 29, 1964 (age 36 years)
Sun Ra
Sun Ra (birth name: Herman Poole Blount, legal name Le Sony'r Ra; (b. May 22, 1914 - May 30, 1993) was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He was a prolific jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic...
Date of birth:
- May 22, 1914
Date of death:
- May 30, 1993 (age 79 years)
J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson (born James Louis Johnson) in Indianapolis, Indiana, (January 22, 1924 - February 4, 2001), was a United States jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. He was sometimes credited as Jay Jay Johnson.
Johnson was one of the first...
Date of birth:
- Jan 22, 1924
Date of death:
- Feb 4, 2001 (age 77 years)
