| LC control no. | n 86057051 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Beneke, Tex |
| Variant(s) | Beneke, Gordon |
| See also | Conductor of: Crew Chiefs Corporate body: Glenn Miller Orchestra |
| Birth date | 1914-02-12 |
| Death date | 2000-05-30 |
| Place of birth | Fort Worth (Tex.) |
| Place of death | Costa Mesa (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Saxophone--Performance Singing Conducting Big band music Swing (Music) Jazz Jazz vocals |
| Profession or occupation | Saxophonists Jazz singers Band directors |
| Found in | Garrod, C. Tex Beneke and his orchestra, 1986. New Grove dict. of jazz (Beneke, Tex (Gordon); b. Feb. 12, 1914, Fort Worth; tenor saxophonist, singer, and bandleader) New York times, May 31, 2000: p. A25 (Tex Beneke, 86, singer, saxophone player, leader of Glenn Miller Orchestra, d. May 30, 2000, Costa Mesa, Calif.; b. Gordon Beneke, Feb. 12, 1914, Fort Worth) IMDb, searched August 9, 2021 (under The Crew Chiefs: Tex Beneke; led The Crew Chiefs, backing vocal sextet for Glenn Miller's Army Air Force band; performed from 1942 through 1946) <https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1247934/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm> |
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