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Bandleader and Bill
* Bill Elliot — Bandleader

Bandleader and had
Bandleader Mark Rivera remains, as does singing percussionist Sheila E. New to the mix are Paul Carrack of Squeeze and Mike + The Mechanics fame, Colin Hay from Australian band Men at Work and John Waite, a solo artist who also had fronted The Babys and Bad English.

Bandleader and ;
Bandleader Ted Weems saw the young Winchell while on tour ; he visited Winchell and made him an offer of employment.
Bandleader Tito Rodríguez, heard Feliciano play and offered him a job in his orchestra ; this he accepted but after playing for some time with Tito, he left the band to play the conga for Luis Cruz.

Bandleader and after
However, after winning an amateur talent contest in Memphis, Tennessee, he was given his start with popular Memphis Bandleader saxiphonist Dub Jenkins and His Playmates.
Bandleader Tommy Dorsey arranged a screen test at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer soon after.

Bandleader and version
* 2000: Bandleader Mickey Mouse ( 3rd version ), Ronald McDonald ( 2nd version ), Jeeves, Cassie Dragon Tales

Bandleader and ",
In 1999, he appeared as The Bandleader in season one episode 13, " Best Man ", of The King of Queens.
On July 4, 1893, in Chicago, the bell was serenaded with the first performance of The Liberty Bell March, conducted by " America's Bandleader ", John Philip Sousa.
Circus Bandleader Merle Evans is said to be the person who first spotted the flames, and immediately directed the band to play " Stars and Stripes Forever ", the tune that traditionally signaled distress to all circus personnel.

Bandleader and song
Bandleader Ray Conniff added lyrics and titled the song for his album I Will Survive in 1979.
Bandleader James Murphy has described the impetus of the song:

Bandleader and sound
Bandleader Sly Stone crafted a formula, blending the band's distinct psychedelic rock leanings with a more pop-friendly sound.

Bandleader and which
Bandleader Gordon Solomon thought that the sweater made him look like a bee, which prompted the nickname " Sting ".

Bandleader and .
Bandleader Count Basie has a cameo as himself.
Bandleader Paul Shaffer was among those who hosted, when he interviewed Jerry Seinfeld.
Bandleader Paul Whiteman was a pallbearer as well as two of her former lawyers and writer Heywood Broun.
* Bandleader Les Baxter founds the school of " Outer Space " exotica.
Bandleader Vic Meyers and others kept the speakeasies jumping through the Prohibition era, and by mid-century the thriving jazz scene in the city's Skid Road district would launch the careers of such luminaries as Ray Charles and Quincy Jones.
Bandleader Vic Meyers and others kept the speakeasies jumping through the Prohibition era, and by mid-century the thriving jazz scene in the city's Skid Road district would launch the careers of such luminaries as Ray Charles and Quincy Jones.
Bandleader and singer / songwriter / guitarist " Colorblind " James Charles Cuminale was originally from Rochester, New York but assembled early versions of what would become the Experience in Oswego, New York before relocating to San Francisco.
Bandleader Ray Conniff died at about the same time, and while Conniff's obituary in the Los Angeles Times rated an entire column, Lohman's took up nearly three pages.
* Bandleader Ted Heath appears, uncredited, as a bandleader.
Bandleader Phil Harris, a longtime regular on Jack Benny's radio program and his wife Alice Faye, who became radio stars with their own comedy show in 1948, appeared in a Lux presentation.
Bandleader Paul Whiteman appeared as himself.
Bandleader Dave Mustaine knew Behler because Gar Samuelson, the previous drummer for the band, used Behler as his drum tech.
Bandleader Harry James made an uncredited appearance as a radio vocalist.

Bill and Haley
* 1924 – Rudy Pompilli, American musician ( Bill Haley & His Comets ) ( d. 1976 )
Holly's transition to rock continued when he opened for Bill Haley & His Comets at a local show organized by Eddie Crandall, the manager for Marty Robbins.
William John Clifton " Bill " Haley (; 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 ( inspired by Halley's Comet ) and million selling hits such as, " Rock Around the Clock ", " See You Later Alligator ", and " Shake Rattle and Roll ".
Bill Haley was born in Highland Park, Michigan as William John Clifton Haley.
The sleeve notes continue: " When Bill Haley was fifteen he left home with his guitar and very little else and set out on the hard road to fame and fortune.
During the 1940s Haley was considered one of the top cowboy yodelers in America as " Silver Yodeling Bill Haley ".
The sleeve notes conclude: " For six years Bill Haley was a musical director of Radio Station WPWA in Chester, Pennsylvania, and led his own band all through this period.
Bill Haley and the Comets performing during 1974
During the Labor Day weekend in 1952, The Saddlemen were renamed Bill Haley with Haley's Comets ( inspired by a popular mispronunciation of Halley's Comet ), and in 1953, Haley's recording of " Crazy Man, Crazy " ( co-written by Haley and his bass player, Marshall Lytle although Lytle would not receive credit until 2001 ) became the first rock and roll song to hit the American charts, peaking at no. 15 on Billboard and no. 11 on Cash Box.
Soon after, the band's name was revised to Bill Haley & His Comets.
However this account is questionable as Bill Haley never performed in the United States in 1980.
In March 2007, the Original Comets pre-opened the Bill Haley Museum in Munich, Germany.
On October 27, 2007, ex-Comets guitar player Bill Turner opened the Bill Haley Museum for the public.
Married three times, Bill Haley had at least four children.
Bill Haley Jr. ( Haley's second son and first with Joan Barbara " Cuppy " Haley-Hahn ) publishes a regional business magazine in Southeastern Pennsylvania ( Route 422 Business Advisor ).
He sings and plays guitar with a band called " Bill Haley and the Satellites ," and released a CD in 2011.
In February, 2011, he formed a tribute band " Bill Haley Jr. and the Comets ," performing his father's music and telling the stories behind the songs.
* In 1980, Haley began working on an autobiography entitled The Life and Times of Bill Haley but died after completing only 100 pages.
* In 1982, John Swenson wrote Bill Haley: The Daddy of Rock and Roll ( published in the UK under the title, Bill Haley ).

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