Gene Puerling Collection, 1949-2006

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Gene Puerling Collection, 1949-2006

1949-2006

https://findingaids.library.unt.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=734

The collection consists of about 60 boxes of manuscripts of compositions and arrangements by Gene Puerling, an innovative vocal jazz arranger and leader of the Hi-Los and The Singers Unlimited vocal groups, along with sound recordings and memorabilia.

60 boxes

eng, Latn

University of North Texas. Music Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11642514

University of North Texas. Music Library

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Van Damme, Art, 1920-2010

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Farnon, Robert, 1917-2005

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Puerling, Gene, 1929-2008

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Eugene Thomas Puerling was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on March 31, 1929. Puerling worked as a disc jockey in Milwaukee before moving to Los Angeles, where he worked for Les Baxter and Gordon Jenkins. He was a founding member of the innovative jazz vocal group the Hi-Lo's, which got their first break from Jerry Fielding, who signed the group with Trend Records; they later moved on to Starlite Records, and the group was also briefly associated with Mitch Miller of Columbia Records. Puerling a...