Monte Brooks, 67, theatrical producer and band leader, collapsed and died Thursday in a Lloyd Center restaurant.

Everywhere there are little touches of humor, and the leader of the on-stage band of musicians is an ebullient comedian who plays all sorts of odd instruments with winning warmth.

Alaric's first appearance was as the leader of a mixed band of Goths and allied peoples who invaded Thrace in 391, who were stopped by the half-Vandal Roman General Stilicho.

Marshall had a falling out with the Redskins band leader Barnee Breeskin.

* 1978 – Don Ellis, American jazz band leader ( b. 1934 )

* 1986 – Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born actor and band leader ( b. 1917 )

* 1914 – Ralph Marterie, American trumpet player and big band leader ( d. 1978 )

* 1995 – Ralph Flanagan – American band leader ( b. 1914 )

The " band " is actually a clear 35 mm film leader on which the dialogue is hand-written in India ink, together with numerous additional indications for the actor — including laughs, cries, length of syllables, mouth sounds, breaths, mouth openings and closings.

Her grandparents were in a band that played throughout Ireland, her father was the leader of the Slieve Foy Band before opening Leo's Tavern, and her mother played in a dance band and later taught music at Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair.

Sweetheart of the Rodeo was originally conceived by band leader Roger McGuinn as a sprawling, double album history of American popular music.

He took his place as the leader of his band and numerous tales are told of their adventures.

The second is that the pre-Galfridian Arthur was a figure of folklore ( particularly topographic or onomastic folklore ) and localised magical wonder-tales, the leader of a band of superhuman heroes who live in the wilds of the landscape.

Next Marvin performed in the hit Western The Professionals ( 1966 ), in which he played the leader of a small band of skilled mercenaries ( Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, and Woody Strode ) rescuing a kidnap victim ( Claudia Cardinale ) shortly after the Mexican Revolution.

On June 24, 1937, Pickford married her third and last husband, actor and band leader Charles ' Buddy ' Rogers.

* Miff Mole, ( Irving Milfred Mole, 1898 – 1961 ), American jazz trombonist and band leader

* 1935 – Herb Alpert, American trumpeter and band leader

Wichmann the Younger, a Saxon nobleman who was then a leader of a band of Polabian Slavs, defeated Mieszko twice, and ca.

* 1918 – Chubby Jackson, American jazz double-bassist and band leader ( d. 2003 )

* 1924 – Terry Gibbs, American jazz vibraphonist and band leader

By the 1930s, talkies brought in a range of powerful new draws: Miriam Hopkins, Marlene Dietrich, Mae West, Gary Cooper, Claudette Colbert, the Marx Brothers, Dorothy Lamour, Carole Lombard, Bing Crosby, the band leader Shep Fields and the famous Argentine tango singer Carlos Gardel among them.

Also in 1948, Wynonie Harris ' remake of Roy Brown's 1947 recording " Good Rockin ' Tonight " hit the charts in the # 2 spot, following band leader Sonny Thompson's " Long Gone " at # 1.

Also in that year, " The Huckle-Buck ", recorded by band leader and saxophonist Paul Williams, was the # 1 R & B tune, remaining on top of the charts for nearly the entire year.

The keyboard player was the leader, but several other band members weren't happy with the situation.

Duke Ellington's and Billy Strayhorn's arrangements for the Duke Ellington big band were usually new compositions, and some of Eddie Sauter's arrangements for the Benny Goodman band and Artie Shaw's arrangements for his own band were new compositions as well.

* Conspiracy ( band ), a progressive rock band founded by Billy Sherwood and Chris Squire

In this way, Ackerman provided inspiration to many who would later become successful artists, including Joe Dante, Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, Stephen King, Donald F. Glut, Penn & Teller, Billy Bob Thornton, Gene Simmons ( of the band Kiss ), Rick Baker, George Lucas, Danny Elfman, Frank Darabont, John Landis and countless other writers, directors, artists and craftsmen.

In 1944, the Billy Eckstine band visited East St. Louis.

A widely related story, attributed to Richard ( Prophet ) Jennings was that Davis, while in Detroit playing at the Blue Bird club as a guest soloist in Billy Mitchell's house band along with Tommy Flanagan, Elvin Jones, Betty Carter, Yusef Lateef, Barry Harris, Thad Jones, Curtis Fuller and Donald Byrd stumbled into Baker's Keyboard Lounge out of the rain, soaking wet and carrying his trumpet in a paper bag under his coat, walked to the bandstand and interrupted Max Roach and Clifford Brown in the midst of performing Sweet Georgia Brown by beginning to play My Funny Valentine, and then, after finishing the song, stumbled back into the rainy night.

Top musicians who played on Nirvana sessions include: Lesley Duncan, Herbie Flowers, Billy Bremner ( later of Rockpile / Dave Edmunds fame ), Luther Grosvenor, Clem Cattini and the full lineup of rock band Spooky Tooth, Pete Kelly ( Keyboards ) who also co-wrote ' Modus Operandi ' on the ' Local Anaesthetic ' album.

" Longtime fan Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins played guitar and sang back-up on the track " Turn My Way ", and in 2001 toured with the band on dates in the UK, US, and Japan for a short period of time.

In the 1980s, Crowe and friend Billy Dean Cochran formed a band, " Roman Antix ", which later evolved into the Australian rock band 30 Odd Foot of Grunts ( abbreviated to TOFOG ).

The band got their name from the folk tale featured in Billy Bragg's " The World Turned Upside Down ", on his 1987 album, Back to Basics.

Billy Zoom had also stated that he would leave the band unless its next album was more successful.

Billy Gibbons, who previously formed the Moving Sidewalks in 1966, had suggested " ZZ King " as a potential name for the band after looking at posters of Z.

Three tracks from Billy Gibbons ' pre-ZZ band, The Moving Sidewalks, were also included.

** Billy Rose, American composer and band leader ( b. 1899 )

The band embarked on the Shake The Cage tour in September 1987, with Buckingham replaced by Rick Vito and Billy Burnette.

" The band had also been working with Kansas singer Steve Walsh and with Billy Sherwood of World Trade, although the former only spent one day working with Yes, the latter worked well enough with the band to continue with writing sessions.

Once at the studio, producer Milt Gabler ( Uncle of actor Billy Crystal, who had produced Louis Jordan as well as Billie Holiday ), insisted the band work on a song entitled " Thirteen Women ( and Only One Man in Town )" ( previously written and recorded by Dickie Thompson ), which Gabler wanted to promote as the A-side of the group's first single for Decca.

After sessions with Ted Lewis ( 1930 ), Jack Teagarden ( 1931 ), and Billy Banks's Rhythmakers ( 1932 ), he began in May 1934 the voluminous series of recordings with a small band known as Fats Waller and his Rhythm.

Notable persons include Tataŋka Iyotake ( Sitting Bull ) from the Hunkpapa band ; Touch the Clouds from the Miniconjou band ; and, Tašuŋke Witko ( Crazy Horse ), Maȟpiya Luta ( Red Cloud ), Heȟaka Sapa ( Black Elk ), Siŋte Gleška ( Spotted Tail ), and Billy Mills from the Oglala band.