Tex Beneke
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Biography
[Edit]The name Tex Beneke is inevitably linked to that of Glenn Miller, despite the fact that Beneke outlived Miller by over a half-century. As the most popular member of Miller's pre-World War II orchestra, featured on songs such as "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree," Beneke became a major fixture in the popular culture of the period, and following Miller's death in December of 1944, and the re-formation of the Glenn Miller Orchestra after World War II, he accepted the offer to lead the new band.
Beneke, however, had a lot to offer the music world beyond his vocals on some fondly remembered hit songs. He began playing the saxophone at age nine, first the alto and then the tenor, and played in local and regional bands in Oklahoma and Texas during the early and mid-'30s. A gig playing with a band led by Ben Young brought him to Detroit, where he was spotted by Sam Donahue, then a saxman in Gene Krupa's band — Krupa was unable to hire Beneke but informed a friend of his in New York of this promising new player. The friend was Glenn Miller, who'd recently begun forming a band of his own, and Beneke was hired, joining the orchestra in the spring of 1938 — it was with Miller's band that Beneke picked up the nickname "Tex."
The Miller orchestra struggled until the summer of 1939, when an engagement at the Glen Island Casino and a series of radio broadcasts made it a national sensation. Beneke played and sang with the orchestra, and became a star in his own right. He stayed until 1942, when Miller broke up the band to join the U.S. Army Air Force as a bandleader. Beneke was drafted into the navy and led a military dance outfit at a base in Oklahoma.
After the end of the war, when a new Glenn Miller Orchestra was formed, Beneke took on the leadership, debuting in January of 1946 at the Capitol Theater in New York City. The orchestra, formed under the auspices of Miller's widow and his estate, was intended to emulate the sounds of the pre-war Miller band and his Army Air Force band — this included the presence of 13 string players in the 31 piece outfit, making it, along with Harry James' orchestra, one of the few big bands to include strings.
They were an immediate success, compiling an enviable array of hits for five years. One gig in particular stood out — in December of 1947, a year after the near-collapse of the big-band business, at the Hollywood Palladium, Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra played to a record-breaking crowd of 6,750 dancers. Despite this extraordinary popularity, however, Beneke wasn't entirely happy with the restrictions placed by the estate on the band's music — they were required to stick entirely to the familiar reed-centered sound that Glenn Miller had practically trademarked. Although a reed player himself, Beneke saw other possibilities, but was never allowed to experiment, despite his protests that Miller himself had always been open to the idea of experimentation, and had expressed his intention to move away from his familiar reed sound after the war, having gone as far with it as he felt he could.
Finally, at the end of 1950, Beneke left the band and also parted company with Miller's estate. He later organized his own band which, like similar reconstituted big bands led by '40s music icons such as Harry James, managed to thrive amid the rock & roll, folk-rock, psychedelia, disco, and punk eras, right to the present day. More than 60 years after he became a professional musician, he continued to lead big bands, doing the music that he helped popularized two generations ago. Beneke died May 30, 2000 from respiratory failure at the age of 86.
Title: Five Minutes More - A Tribute
Artist: Tex Beneke
Genre: Electronica, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Dancefloor, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Greatest Classics: Xavier Cugat, Guy Lombardo, Tex Beneke
Artist: Xavier Cugat, Guy Lombardo, Tex Beneke
Genre: Jazz
Title: Christmas Serenade in the Glenn Miller Style (with Paula Kelly)
Artist: Tex Beneke, The Modernaires, Ray Eberle
Genre: Jazz
Title: Live At the Edgewater (Volume 2)
Artist: Stan Kenton, Stan Kenton And His Orchestra, Tex Beneke, Ralph Flanagan
Genre: Jazz
Title: Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree
Artist: Tex Beneke, The Modernaires, Marion Hutton, Ray Eberle
Genre: Jazz
Title: 1946 Live In Hi-Fi At The Hollywood Palladium
Artist: Tex Beneke, The Glenn Miller Orchestra
Genre: Electronica, Jazz, Dancefloor
Collections
Title: Christmas Jazz Greats - Smooth and Swinging
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Ultimate Nightmare Before Christmas
Genre: Kids
Title: A Big Band Christmas - Happy Jazzy Holidays
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: 100 Hits Vintage Nº4 / 100 Hits Vintage N?4
Genre: Pop
Title: 20 Swingin' Christmas Jazz Hits
Genre:
Title: Christmas for Lovers
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Christmas Goldtimer
Genre:
Title: A Big Band Christmas
Genre:
Title: Live Performances of Glenn Miller, 1940 - 1942 (Live)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Live Performances of Glenn Miller, 1942 - 1944 (Live)
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Hollywood Canteen (Songs That Won the War)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Oldies Mega Hits of the Jazz Era
Genre: Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Title: 1950's Hits & Highlights, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: The 50 Best Christmas Songs Ever
Genre:
Title: Martha Stewart Living Music: Jazz for the Holidays
Genre: Jazz
Title: Some Other Christmas Tunes
Genre:
Title: Jingle Bell Swing
Genre:
Title: Vocal Jazz 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Swing - The Best of the Big Bands
Genre: Jazz
Title: All-American Patriotic Music
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Last of the Romantics
Genre:
Title: The Great Songwriters - Frank Loesser
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: From the Sony Vault: Christmas With the Big Bands
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1941, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Swing Hits - Polvere Di Stelle
Genre: Pop
Title: A Big Band Christmas
Genre:
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1946 Volume 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1946 Volume 8
Genre: Pop
Title: A Retrospective Jule Styne (Volume 1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Wicked Swing
Genre: Jazz
Title: Hits Of '42
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1949, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Those Days Of Christmas
Genre:
Title: Hits of The Late 40's Vol 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights Of 1950, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Happy Holidays With the Big Bands
Genre:
Title: A Jazz Christmas! Great Mood Music Vol. 2
Genre:
Title: Christmas With the Big Bands
Genre:
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1946 Volume 6
Genre: Pop
Title: Hits of The Late 40's Vol 6
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1946 Volume 9
Genre: Pop
Title: World War II Era Christmas
Genre:
Title: Flag Waver - 21 Red, White & Blue Favorites
Genre: Country
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1946, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Popular Hits of the 40's, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Radio Hits Of The 40's 1946
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1948, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Swinging Santa - Christmas Jazz
Genre:
Title: Essential Doo-Wop
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz Hits of The Early 40's Vol 5
Genre: Jazz
Title: Songs Of The States
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Hot 100 - Swing Jazz, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: More Big Band Greatest Hits
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest Hits Series: Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Greatest Hits of the Forties, Volume One
Genre:
Title: Oldies But Goodies - Novelty Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Band Jazz Favorites
Genre: Jazz
Title: Funny Songs For Children
Genre: Kids
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1946 Volume 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1949, Vol. 7
Genre: Pop
Title: Christmas Jazz Nights, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Christmas Jazz Vocals (Vol. 1)
Genre: Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: Glenn Miller--A Memorial (1944-1969)
Artist: Glenn Miller
Genre: Jazz, Alternative Rock, Indie
Title: The Roaring 20s - Songs & Melodies from the Great Gatsby Era: The Twenties
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz