Maree Lee's birth certificate is digitally indexed as "Marge L. Alm" born April 11, 1924, in Delaware County, Ohio (www.ancestry.com. Retrieved July 28, 2016, subscription required)
"On The Bandwagon," by Maurice Granger, Movie and Radio Guide, Vol. 10, No. 19, February 15–21, 1941, pg. 36
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During the swing era, most big bands featured a female and male vocalist; generally one singer primarily sang straight renditions of ballads, while the other was more of a rhythm singer, someone who swung tunes and, as was the case with Marylin Duke, sang the blues (Bebop, by Scott Yanow, Miller Freeman, Inc., 2000, pg. 172; OCLC47008488)
The Frolic Theatre and Restaurant operated as a bar until the Harry Della Russo (1907–1973) and Cella (James, 1892–1962; and Michael, 1895–) families acquired it in the 1930s, turning it into a world-class entertainment complex. (Revere by William J. Craig, Arcadia Publishing, 2004; OCLC57495324)
Sam Braverman (né Sam William Braverman; 1898–1960) was a Russian-born American musician-songwriter and tenor from Rochester, New York; in the mid- to late 1920s, he sang on WHAM radio, and, from 1919 to 1959, he was associated with Neisner Bros., Inc., namely as head buyer of sheet music and records ("Braverman Dies at 61,", Billboard, April 18, 1960)
Dick "Stinky" Rogers (aka Dick Robertson; 1912–1970), not to be confused with Richard Rodgers, was a lyricist, vocalist, comedian, band leader, and pianist. He had been a pianist and vocalist with Will Osborne; Osborne gave up his band to go to Hollywood in the latter part of 1940, Rogers took over as leader and continued its high musical quality through 1945, thanks in part to fine arrangements by Jerry Bittick (né Gerald R. Bittick); Stan Getz, at age 15, made his professional debut with Dick Rogers at the Roseland Ballroom in December 1942, and shortly after getting his AFM Local 802 union card on January 14, 1943, a truant officer yanked him off the job; meanwhile also in 1942, Osborne formed a new big band, and, in 1946, recorded for the Black & White Records, featuring vocalist Eileen Wilson, then disbanded after his last return to the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago in 1948; Rogers, as lyricist, and Earle Hagen, as composer, wrote "Harlem Nocturne," which, as an instrumental, became a jazz standard
"Lights of New York" (Bell Syndicate column), by L.L. Stevenson (né Louis Lacy Stevenson; 1879–1953) (longtime New York correspondent for The Detroit News), Amsterdam Evening Recorder and Daily Democrat, October 14, 1944, pg. 4, col. 5
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"Couple, Recently Wed, to Make Home in Iran," Sandusky Register (Ohio), August 3, 1946, pg. 3 (retrieved July 27, 2016, via www.newspapers.com; fee required)
David George Whitney (born 1952) of Billerica, Massachusetts, is a Boston-area jazz trumpeter, vocalist, band leader, educator, and jazz musicologist; he is an influential exponent of traditional jazz and swing
Phyllis Lynne (born 1919, Alameda, California) was a featured vocalist with Russ Morgan (1941–1943), Chico Marx (pre-cinema entertainment at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles (1943); Vaughn Monroe (1943–1944), Frankie Carle (1944–1945), and Bob Crosby (1945–1946); in line with her having done screen tests in Hollywood, Lynne left Crosby late 1946 to accept a role in the musical comedy Toplitzky of Notre Dame (George Marion, Jr., book and lyrics; Sammy Fain, music) which had pre-Broadway tryout performances (beginning October 31, 1946) in Boston at the Shubert Theatre and (beginning December 2, 1946) in Philadelphia at the Forrest Theatre, then went to the New Century Theatre on Broadway, where it ran for 60 performances over 7 weeks; at some point, Lynne also was a featured vocalist with Tex Williams... and also Freddy Martin; Lynne quit show business to raise dalmatians, but found that her hobby was so expensive that she returned to singing, joining Carl Cotner (né Carl Benjamin Cotner; 1916–1986), Gene Autry's musical director, as vocalist with his band; also in 1950, Lynne sang on ABC from San Francisco in a show called Melody Promenade, with Phil Bavero (né Philip Martin Bavero; 1908–1985) and His Orchestra; Lynne got her first job in 1939 on the West Coast as soloist with Paul Pendarvis(né Paul Plumley Pendarvis; 1907–1987) (de) — before that, Lynne was in a trio called "The Boys and a Blonde;" Lynne was blonde, blue-eyed, and 5 ft. 1/2 in. tall; Lynne received her primary and secondary education at Sarah Dix Hamlin School (founded 1863) in San Francisco (through mid-11th grade) and graduated from Beverly Hills High School around 1937; she attended UCLA for 1 year
During the swing era, most big bands featured a female and male vocalist; generally one singer primarily sang straight renditions of ballads, while the other was more of a rhythm singer, someone who swung tunes and, as was the case with Marylin Duke, sang the blues (Bebop, by Scott Yanow, Miller Freeman, Inc., 2000, pg. 172; OCLC47008488)
The Frolic Theatre and Restaurant operated as a bar until the Harry Della Russo (1907–1973) and Cella (James, 1892–1962; and Michael, 1895–) families acquired it in the 1930s, turning it into a world-class entertainment complex. (Revere by William J. Craig, Arcadia Publishing, 2004; OCLC57495324)
Johnny Watson (né John Kluczko; 1912–1977) (ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, 1980; OCLC12259500)
Harry DeCosta (né Harry Milton DeCosta; 1885–1964) (ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, 1980; OCLC12259500)
Don Reid (né Donald Reid; born 1915) (ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, 1980; OCLC12259500)
Arnold Ross (ne Arnold Rosenberg; 1921–2000) was a prolific jazz pianist, organist, and arranger, and studio musician (ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, 1980; OCLC12259500)
Jack B. Reynolds (born 1904) was a pianist at a hotel in Miami Beach owned by James Henry Brennan (1878–1960) (ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, 1980; OCLC12259500)
Dick "Stinky" Rogers (aka Dick Robertson; 1912–1970), not to be confused with Richard Rodgers, was a lyricist, vocalist, comedian, band leader, and pianist. He had been a pianist and vocalist with Will Osborne; Osborne gave up his band to go to Hollywood in the latter part of 1940, Rogers took over as leader and continued its high musical quality through 1945, thanks in part to fine arrangements by Jerry Bittick (né Gerald R. Bittick); Stan Getz, at age 15, made his professional debut with Dick Rogers at the Roseland Ballroom in December 1942, and shortly after getting his AFM Local 802 union card on January 14, 1943, a truant officer yanked him off the job; meanwhile also in 1942, Osborne formed a new big band, and, in 1946, recorded for the Black & White Records, featuring vocalist Eileen Wilson, then disbanded after his last return to the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago in 1948; Rogers, as lyricist, and Earle Hagen, as composer, wrote "Harlem Nocturne," which, as an instrumental, became a jazz standard
