People Around the Voice

Basie, Count William "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 - April 26, 1984) was a jazz pianist, organist, and bandleader. Basie was born in Red Bank, New Jersey. His father, Harvey Lee Basie, worked as coachman for ...

Cole Porter Cole Porter (June 9, 1891 - October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. His works include the musical comedies Kiss Me, Kate (1948) (based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew), ...

Costa, Don Costa began as a guitarist with theatre orchestras in Boston. He moved to New York and worked as a studio musician (he and Bucky Pizzarelli played the dual guitars behind Vaughn Monroe on his biggest hit, "Ghost Riders in the Sky") while trying to get established as an arranger. His big break came when Eydie Gorme and Steve Lawrence asked him to provide some arrangers for their early records on Coral. Soon, the...

Davis jr., Sammy Mastin and his father had shielded him from racism. Snubs were explained as jealousy, for instance, but during World War II, Davis served in the United States Army, where he was first confronted by...

Dorsey, Tommy Tommy Dorsey (November 19, 1905 - November 26, 1956) was a jazz trombonist in the Big Band era. Thomas Dorsey was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania and is the younger brother of Jimmy Dorsey. He w...

Farnon, Robert Superlative gab es zu Genüge über ihn. Als ungekrönten König der „Light Music“ hat man ihn bezeichnet; Kollegen wie André Kostelanetz, André Previn und Don Costa sahen in ihm „den besten Arrangeur für Streicher weltweit“; Frank Sinatra war am prägnantesten und nannte ihn einfach „The Guv’nor“...

Gardner, Ava Ava Gardner (December 24, 1922 January 25, 1990) was an American actress. Ava Lavinia Gardner was born in the small farming community of Grabtown, Johnston County, North Carolina, the last of se...

Jenkins, Gordon Gordon Hill Jenkins (12 May 1910-1 May 1984) was an American arranger who was an influential figure in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s, renowned for his lush string arrangements. Jenkins worke...

Martin, Dean Dean Martin (June 7, 1917 December 25, 1995) was an American singer, film actor, and comedian. He was one of the most famous music artists in the 1950s and 1960s. His hit singles included songs s...

May, Billy William E. May, better known as Billy May (10 November 1916 - 22 January 2004) was a United States composer, arranger and musician. May was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He played trumpet professionally in big bands such as those of Charlie Barnet starting in 1939, but became best known as a talented arranger. His arrangement of the Ray Noble composition Cherokee became a major hit of the swing music era...

Miller, Bill Sinatras Mann am Klavier: Bill Miller 1915-2006 von Bernhard Vogel (Alternativ kann der Artikel hier als PDF geladen und bei Bedarf ausgedruckt werden)

Rich, Buddy Buddy Rich wurde am 30.09.1917 in New York als Bernard Rich geboren. Bernhard "Buddy" Rich gilt als einer der besten, wenn nicht sogar als der beste Jazz-Schlagzeuger überhaupt. Er soll bereits mi...

Riddle, Nelson Nelson Riddle (June 1, 1921 - October 6, 1985) was a well-known American bandleader, arranger and orchestrator whose career spanned from the late 1940s until the early 1980s. Riddle is perhaps best...

Sinatra, Frank jr. Am 10. Januar 1944 wurde Franklin Wayne Sinatra in Jersey City, New Jersey, geboren. Frank Sinatra jr. erhielt seit seinem 5. Lebensjahr Musikunterricht, erlernte vor allem Violine und Klavier und...

Sinatra, Nancy Nancy Sinatra (June 8, 1940 - ) is an American singer and actress. She is the daughter of the legendary singer Frank Sinatra. She began her career as a singer and actress at the beginning of the 1...

Sinatra, Tina Christina Sinatra (born June 20, 1948) is a movie producer and former actress. She is the youngest child of three (and second daughter) of Nancy Barbato Sinatra and Frank Sinatra, who were divorce...

Stordahl, Axel Axel Stordahl (8 August 1913-August 30, 1963) was an arranger who was active from the late 1930s through the 1950s. He is perhaps best known for his work with Frank Sinatra in the 1940s at Columbia...

Thrasher, Edward Lee jr. Seine Werke stehen, wie auf der ganzen Welt, so sicher auch bei allen von uns in den Regalen denn er gab Frank Sinatra viele Gesichter. Allen voran die legendäre Pose in Smoking, weißem Schal, sc...

Viola, Al Al Viola wurde am 16. Juni 1919 in New York geboren. Bekannt wurde er vor allem durch seine Mandolinen-Soli im Soundtrack des Films Der Pate und als jahrzehntelanger Gitarrist von Frank Sinatra. V...