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Cappy Barra Harmonica Band

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The Cappy Barra Harmonica Band was an American harmonica ensemble — originally a trio, then a quartet, then two groups — that played big band arrangements. [1]

47 relations: AuthorHouse, Beverly Hills, California, Billboard (magazine), Callicoon, New York, Capybara, Charles Leighton, Chicago Tribune, Deanna Durbin, Duke Ellington, Eddie Shu, Freeport, Texas, Gene Gifford, Harold Adamson, Helmond, Henry Nemo, Hoagy Carmichael, Hotcha Trio, Jefferson, North Carolina, Jimmy McHugh, King's College Harmonica Band, List of harmonicists, Los Angeles Times, Mad About Music, McFarland & Company, Pacific, Missouri, Phonograph record, Pot o' Gold (film), Richfield, Ohio, Rockin' in the Rockies, Rowman & Littlefield, Soundies, South America, Stan Harper, The Bachelors, The Desert Sun, The Harmonica Gentlemen, The Harptones, The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts), Trio Raisner, United Artists Records, United States, Universal Pictures, Variety (magazine), Vaudeville, World War II, (In My) Solitude, 1942–44 musicians' strike.

AuthorHouse

AuthorHouse, formerly known as 1stBooks, is a self-publishing company based in the United States.

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Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Hills is an affluent city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, surrounded by the cities of Los Angeles and West Hollywood.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Callicoon, New York

Callicoon is a town in Sullivan County, New York, USA.

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Capybara

The capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is a mammal native to South America.

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Charles Leighton

Charles Leighton (24 June 1921 – 26 June 2009) was an American classical and jazz harmonica player who performed from the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.

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Deanna Durbin

Edna Mae Durbin (December 4, 1921 – April 17, 2013), known professionally as Deanna Durbin, was a Canadian-born actress and singer, later settled in France, who appeared in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death in a career spanning over fifty years.

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Eddie Shu

Eddie Shu (né Edward Shulman; 18 March 1918 New York City — 4 July 1986 St. Petersburg, Florida, though he lived in Tampa) was an American swing and jazz multi-instrumentalist with high proficiency on tenor and alto saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, harmonica, and accordion.

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Freeport, Texas

Freeport is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States, located on the Gulf of Mexico.

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Gene Gifford

Harold Eugene Gifford (May 31, 1908 – November 12, 1970) was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and arranger.

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Harold Adamson

Harold Adamson (December 10, 1906 – August 17, 1980) was an American lyricist during the 1930s and 1940s.

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Helmond

Helmond (called Héllemond in the local dialect) is a municipality and a city in the Metropoolregio Eindhoven of the province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands.

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Henry Nemo

Henry Nemo (June 8, 1909 – November 26, 1999) was a musician, songwriter and actor in Hollywood films who had a reputation as a hipster and was sometimes referred to as the "creator of jive." He showcased some of this "jive talk" in a bit part as "The Neem" in the 1947 movie Song of the Thin Man.

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Hoagy Carmichael

Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader.

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Hotcha Trio

The Hotcha Trio was a harmonica ensemble from the Netherlands that made many records in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Jefferson, North Carolina

Jefferson is a town in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States.

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Jimmy McHugh

James Francis McHugh (July 10, 1894 – May 23, 1969) was an American composer.

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King's College Harmonica Band

King's College Harmonica Band (KCHB), founded in 1951, is one of the oldest harmonica ensembles in Hong Kong.

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List of harmonicists

This is a list of musicians that are notable for their harmonica playing.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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Mad About Music

Mad About Music is a 1938 American musical film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, and Gail Patrick.

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McFarland & Company

McFarland & Company, Inc. is an independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina that specializes in academic and reference works, as well as general interest adult nonfiction.

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Pacific, Missouri

Pacific is a city in Franklin and St. Louis counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.

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Phonograph record

A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English, or record) is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.

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Pot o' Gold (film)

Pot o' Gold is a 1941 American romantic musical comedy film starring James Stewart and Paulette Goddard, directed by George Marshall, and based on the radio series Pot o' Gold.

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Richfield, Ohio

Richfield is a village in Summit County, Ohio, United States.

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Rockin' in the Rockies

Rockin' in the Rockies is a 1945 musical western full-length movie starring the Three Stooges (not to be confused with their 1940 short subject Rockin' Thru the Rockies).

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Rowman & Littlefield

Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an independent publishing house founded in 1949.

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Soundies

Soundies were three-minute American musical 16mm films, produced in New York City, Chicago, and Hollywood, between 1940 and 1946, each containing a song, dance and/or band or orchestral number.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Stan Harper

Stanley Harper (né Stanley Theodore Wisser; 2 September 1921 – 29 June 2016) was an American virtuoso classical harmonica artist, arranger, and composer.

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The Bachelors

The Bachelors are a popular music group, originating from Dublin, Ireland.

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The Desert Sun

The Desert Sun is a local daily newspaper serving Palm Springs and the surrounding Coachella Valley in Southern California.

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The Harmonica Gentlemen

The Harmonica Gentlemen was a trio consisting of George Fields (chromatic harmonica), Leo Friedman (chord harmonica), and Don Ripps (bass harmonica).

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The Harptones

The Harptones are an American doo-wop group, which formed in Manhattan in 1953.

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The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts)

The Republican is a newspaper based in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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Trio Raisner

Trio Raisner was a French harmonica ensemble.

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United Artists Records

United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 to issue movie soundtracks.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios) is an American film studio owned by Comcast through the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Vaudeville

Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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(In My) Solitude

"(In My) Solitude" is a 1934 jazz standard, composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Eddie DeLange and Irving Mills.

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1942–44 musicians' strike

On August 1, 1942, the American Federation of Musicians, at the instigation of union president James Petrillo, began a strike against the major American recording companies because of disagreements over royalty payments.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cappy_Barra_Harmonica_Band

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