Johnny Long Orchestra Scrapbook, 1931-1990

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Johnny Long Orchestra Scrapbook, 1931-1990

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/426483766

The scrapbook, created by C. Shelby Dale (Duke '35), bass player and original member of the Orchestra, contains material pertaining to the career of Johnny Long with the Duke Collegians and the Johnny Long orchestra with the inclusive dates 1931 through 1973. Material includes photographs, clippings, gig posters and advertisements, album liner notes and other assorted memorabilia. Additional material also covers reunions of the surviving members of the Duke Collegians and the careers of other big bands and band leaders such as Les Brown and His Band of Renown (formerly the Duke Blue Devils), a 1936 graduate of Duke; Jelly Leftwich, the first Director of Duke's Department of Music and conductor of the Duke University Club Orchestra; Hal Kemp, leader of the Carolina Club Orchestra formed while a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Joseph Franklin "Sonny" Burke, a 1937 graduate of Duke and leader of the Duke Ambassadors.

1 item (1.5 linear ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7451844

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Brown, Les, 1912-2001

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Les (Lester Raymond) Brown (b. March 14, 1912, Reinerton, PA - d. January 4, 2001, Los Angeles, CA) was a 1936 graduate of Duke University. There he led his first dance band, the Duke Blue Devils, for which he also played clarinet and saxophone. The band would go on to professional fame in the 1940s under the name Les Brown and His Band of Renown. During that decade Brown had several hit songs, most notably Sentimental Journey (1944) and I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (1946). He performed exte...

Les Brown Orchestra

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Dale, C. Shelby.

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Johnny Long was a native of Newell, North Carolina and a student at Duke University from 1931 to 1935. In 1931, Long and ten other Duke freshmen formed the Duke Collegians Orchestra, later the Johnny Long Orchestra. Long and the Orchestra recorded several hits and performed at jazz venues around the country. Long continued to perform until his death in 1972. From the description of Johnny Long Orchestra Scrapbook, 1931-1990 (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 426483766 ...

Burke, Sonny, 1914-1980

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Big band leader and arranger during the 1940's and 1950's. From the description of Sonny Burke papers, 1949-1951 and undated [195-?] (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 35199576 1914, March 22 Born Joseph Francis Burke in Scranton, Pennsylvania 1937 Graduated from Duke University ...

Long, Johnny, 1916-1972

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Duke University

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