The Modernaires
The Modernaires are a swing vocal group . You are particularly known from her time with Glenn Miller in the 1940s . They influenced The Four Freshmen and through them the Beach Boys and other vocal groups.
history
The Modernaires began in Buffalo, New York in 1935 as the vocal trio Three Weary Willies from Hal Dickinson, Chuck Goldstein and Bill Conway (they knew each other from high school), first with the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra and then as Three Wizards of Ozzie with Ozzie Nelson appeared. In 1936, Ralph Brewster completed the vocal quartet, which was now called Modernaires . It sang with Fred Waring , Paul Whiteman (from 1937 in his radio show) and from 1939 in the orchestra of Glenn Miller, originally for receiving the radio show theme Make Believe Ballroom as It's Make Believe Ballroom Time with the text of Martin Block took . From 1941 Paula Kelly (1919–1992), wife of Hal Dickinson, joined them. Her hits with Glenn Miller include Juke Box Saturday Night , Chattanooga Choo Choo , Serenade in Blue , Kalamazoo and Moonlight Cocktails . Chuck Goldstein left the Modernaires in 1942 and was replaced by Johnny Drake.
After Miller's disappearance, they also recorded vocal versions of his instrumental hits. In the 1950s they performed a lot on radio and television, including Bob Crosby . Hal Dickinson (died 1970) and Paula Kelly continued the Modernaires as part of the Glenn Miller Orchestra under the direction of Tex Beneke and alone until the 1970s (also with an appearance in the film The Glenn Miller Story ). From 1950 they were also Frank Sinatra's backing group .
In 1978 Paula Kelly resigned and her daughter Paula Kelly junior (who sang with the Modernaires from 1966 to 1971 and with her two sisters (Julie and Martha) in a vocal trio The Kelly Sisters ) took over the band. When she died in 2012, her sister Julie Dickinson followed her in the role of lead singer. The vocal group continues to sing to this day (2012), returning to the Glenn Miller repertoire.
In 1999 they were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame .
Web links
- Official website
- The Modernaires at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : The Rough Guide to Jazz. London 2004.
- ↑ Vocal Group Hall of Fame ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
