| LC control no. | n 91117984 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Elgart, Larry |
| Variant(s) | Elgart, Lawrence Joseph |
| Located | Pompton Lakes (N.J.) Longboat Key (Fla.) |
| Birth date | 1922-03-20 |
| Death date | 2017-08-29 |
| Place of birth | New London (Conn.) |
| Place of death | Sarasota (Fla.) |
| Field of activity | Swing (Music) |
| Profession or occupation | Band directors Saxophonists |
| Found in | Elgart, L. Les and Larry Elgart [SR] p1990: label (Larry Elgart) Palmer, R. Les and Larry Elgart and their orchestras, 1992?: t.p. (Larry Elgart) leaf 1 (b. 3-20-22) New York times WWW site, viewed Sept. 1, 2017 (in obituary published Aug. 31: Larry Elgart; b. Lawrence Joseph Elgart, Mar. 20, 1922, New London, Conn.; spent most of his childhood in Pompton Lakes, N.J.; d. Tuesday [Aug. 29, 2017], Sarasota, Fla., aged 95; lived in Longboat Key, Fla.; bandleader who, with his brother, Les, recorded the theme song for the long-running television dance show American bandstand, and who later scored a surprise hit with Hooked on swing, a medley of swing classics set to a disco beat; alto saxophonist) |
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