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Tex Beneke

Fort Worth, United States • 1914-02-12 – 2000-05-30

Tex Beneke is credited on 1,155 releases across 232 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2017 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,155

Pressings credited

232

Albums

7

Decades active

62

In collections

Biography

Gordon Lee "Tex" Beneke ( BEN-ə-kee; February 12, 1914 – May 30, 2000) was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader. His career is a history of associations with bandleader Glenn Miller and former musicians and singers who worked with Miller. His band is also associated with the careers of Eydie Gormé, Henry Mancini, and Ronnie Deauville. Beneke also solos on the recording the Glenn Miller Orchestra made of their popular song "In the Mood" and sings on another popular Glenn Miller recording, "Chattanooga Choo Choo". Jazz critic Will Friedwald considers Beneke to be one of the major blues singers who sang with the big bands of the early 1940s.

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1,155 releases · 232 albums · active 1950–2017

  • Performance · 2,649
  • Other credits · 256

Studios: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium · Sahara Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas · Carnegie Hall · Cafe Rouge Hotel Pennsylvania, N.Y.C.

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