found: Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus Band [SR] 197-:label (Merle Evans)
found: Heritage encyc. band mus.(Evans, Merle; b. Dec. 26, 1891, Columbus, Kan.; d. Dec. 31, 1987, Sarasota, Fla.)
found: Merle Evans Circus Band. Music from the big top [SR] 1974:label (Merle Evans Circus Band)
found: Grove music online, June 11, 2015(Evans, Merle Slease; American circus bandmaster, composer, and cornetist; conductor of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Band (1919-1969); wrote 8 circus marches)