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Also Known As William Wells • Dickie Wells
Born June 10, 1907 or June 10, 1909 • Texas
Died November 12, 1985 • New York City • New York
Glenn Miller, c. 1940.
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Chick Webb
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Harry James in the early 1940s.
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Harry Connick, Jr.
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Stan Kenton with Eddie Safranski
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Woody Herman.
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