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Variants
- Beneke, Gordon
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1914-02-12
Death Date
- 2000-05-30
Birth Place
- Fort Worth (Tex.)
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Saxophone--Performance
Occupation
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Sources
- found: Garrod, C. Tex Beneke and his orchestra, 1986.
- found: New Grove dict. of jazz(Beneke, Tex (Gordon); b. Feb. 12, 1914, Fort Worth; tenor saxophonist, singer, and bandleader)
- found: New York times, May 31, 2000:p. A25 (Tex Beneke, 86, singer, saxophone player, leader of Glenn Miller Orchestra, d. May 30, 2000, Costa Mesa, Calif.; b. Gordon Beneke, Feb. 12, 1914, Fort Worth)
- found: IMDb, searched August 9, 2021(under The Crew Chiefs: Tex Beneke; led The Crew Chiefs, backing vocal sextet for Glenn Miller's Army Air Force band; performed from 1942 through 1946) - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1247934/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
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Change Notes
- 1987-04-20: new
- 2021-08-10: revised
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