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Oct 25, 2010 · Harry James, premier trumpet virtuoso, Jazz superstar and Big Band leader performs his arrangement of the Rimsky-Korsokov classic, FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE, in this clip from the hit MGM musical...
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- Dick Bobnick
Nov 7, 2014 · The great Harry James and his orchestra were reunited with Helen Forrest for this 1958 edition of the Patti Page "Big Record" show, which was broadcast live every Wednesday night from what is...
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- Alan Eichler
Dec 1, 2011 · In April 1983, just three months before his passing, Harry James recorded three tunes for Japanese singer/actress Kei Marimura's album "The Man I Love." The ...
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- Chuck Par-Due
Performance (stylised in promotional material as performance. ) is a 1970 British crime drama film directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg , written by Cammell and filmed by Roeg. The film stars James Fox as a violent and ambitious London gangster who, after killing an old friend, goes into hiding at the home of a reclusive rock star ( Mick ...
James played regularly with Herman Waldman's band, and at one performance was noticed by nationally popular Ben Pollack. [8] . In 1935 he joined Pollack's band, but left at the start of 1937 to join Benny Goodman 's orchestra, where he stayed through 1938. He was nicknamed "The Hawk" early in his career for his ability to sight-read.
The song was introduced by Harry James and his orchestra, with vocals by Helen Forrest, in the film Springtime in the Rockies (1942). Chart performance. James and Forrest recorded the song for Columbia Records (catalog No. 36659) on July 23, 1942 and their recording topped the Billboard charts during a 22-week stay.
May 23, 2019 · Next to Louis Armstrong, Harry James was not only the most famous trumpeter of the 1940s but remains a household name decades after his death. A brilliant virtuoso, James was criticized by some in the jazz world due to his pop hits but, in his prime, he had only a handful of equals.
