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In 1946 American operatic tenor and car enthusiast James Melton started the tradition of singing "( Back Home Again in ) Indiana " before the race when asked to do so on the spur of the moment by Speedway president Tony Hulman.
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1946 and operatic
In 1946 he even made an attempt at serious operatic acting in The Beggar's Opera, but received lukewarm reviews.
After serving in the Italian military ( and briefly taking lessons from the Swiss tenor Hugues Cuénod ), di Stefano made his operatic debut in 1946 in Reggio Emilia as Des Grieux in Massenet's Manon, the role in which he made his La Scala debut the following year.
Jerome A. Hines ( November 8, 1921 – February 4, 2003 ) was an American operatic bass who performed at the Metropolitan Opera from 1946 to 1987.
1946 and tenor
With a lineup of alto saxophone, tenor sax, piano, and string bass ( Willie Dixon played the instrument on the first session ), he signed with the Miracle label in the fall of 1946.
Modernists included Benny Harris, trumpet, on and off from 1941 to 1945, Cliff Smalls, trombone and second piano, 1942 to 1946 and Wardell Gray, tenor saxophone, 1943 to 1946.
Soon afterwards, King was replaced by Jimmie Nabbie ( tenor ) ( b. USA, d. September 1992 ) and, in late 1946, Nabbie, Best, and Gordon recruited Danny Owens to replace Watson.
It was his fascination with technology that inspired him to record three-part harmonies ( soprano, tenor, baritone ) for his role as a multiple-voiced singing whale in the animated Walt Disney feature, " The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met ", the concluding sequence in the 1946 feature film Make Mine Music.
At the height of his radio fame, and after leaving the Benny show in 1939 ( succeeded by Dennis Day, whose tenor was similar to Baker's ), he appeared in seventeen film musicals, including Mr. Dodd Takes the Air ( 1937 ), At the Circus ( 1939 ), and The Harvey Girls ( 1946 ).
Founded in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1946 as the " Oakateers ", the members were: Lawrence Coxson ( lead tenor ), Irving Turner ( tenor and baritone ), Earl Hurley ( first and second tenor and bongos ) and Norris “ Bunky ” Mack ( bass, piano, guitar, and drums ).
There have so far been only seven incumbents of the Elder Professorship of Music, all of whom have also served as Director and / or Dean of the Elder Conservatorium of Music and have provided the artistic and academic leadership for the institution: Professor Joshua Ives ( 1884 – 1901 ); Professor Matthew Ennis ( 1902 – 1918 ); Professor Dr. E. Harold Davies ( 1918 – 1948 ); pianist and arts administrator, Professor John Bishop, OBE ( 1946 – 1966 ); the tenor, Professor David Galliver, AM ( 1966 – 1983 ); German conductor, Professor Heribert Esser ( 1986 – 1993 ); and composer, Professor Dr. Charles Bodman Rae ( since 2001 ).
Mariano Eusebio González y García ( 13 August 1914 – 14 July 1970 ) aka Luis Mariano was a popular tenor of Spanish Basque origin who achieved celebrity in 1946 with « La belle de Cadix » (« The Beautiful Lady of Cadix ») an operetta by Francis Lopez.
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