Elgart, Larry
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- Elgart, Lawrence Joseph
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1922-03-20
Death Date
- 2017-08-29
Birth Place
- New London (Conn.)
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Sources
- found: Elgart, L. Les and Larry Elgart [SR] p1990:label (Larry Elgart)
- found: Palmer, R. Les and Larry Elgart and their orchestras, 1992?:t.p. (Larry Elgart) leaf 1 (b. 3-20-22)
- found: New York times WWW site, viewed Sept. 1, 2017(in obituary published Aug. 31: Larry Elgart; b. Lawrence Joseph Elgart, Mar. 20, 1922, New London, Conn.; spent most of his childhood in Pompton Lakes, N.J.; d. Tuesday [Aug. 29, 2017], Sarasota, Fla., aged 95; lived in Longboat Key, Fla.; bandleader who, with his brother, Les, recorded the theme song for the long-running television dance show American bandstand, and who later scored a surprise hit with Hooked on swing, a medley of swing classics set to a disco beat; alto saxophonist)
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Change Notes
- 1991-11-20: new
- 2017-09-01: revised
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