Benny Meroff

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Benny Meroff (* approx. 1901; † 1973 ) was an American musician (violin, clarinet, saxophone) band leader in the field of swing and popular music .

Life

Benny Meroff was mostly active as a stage musician in the course of his career; he also worked in the late 1920s and in the 30s with his own dance bands, in which u. a. Also Vernon Brown , Frank Tesche makers and Bill Davison played. Meroff acted as a talented MC in his show troupes ; his bands played mainly in the Chicago area. From the mid-1930s and 1940s, Meroff performed with his orchestra in New York hotels and theaters. At the end of the 1940s, he largely withdrew from the music business; eventually he broke up the band completely. He died in 1973 at the age of 72.

The signature tune of his orchestra was the title "Diane" composed by him. Meroff also wrote "What's the use of Cryin 'the Blues?" And "Wherever You Go". He recorded for the labels Okeh , Victor and Columbia .

Discography

  • Benny Meroff & His Orchestra; featuring Frankie Trumbauer's Augmented Orchestra . In: Bix Beiderbecke, Vol. 1 - Singin 'the Blues (Columbia).

literature

  • Leo Walker: The Big Band Almanac . Ward Ritchie Press, Pasadena. 1978

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personal data
SURNAME Meroff, Benny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician and big band leader
DATE OF BIRTH around 1901
DATE OF DEATH 1973