Sammy Kaye (1910)
Sammy Kaye was an American bandleader and songwriter, whose tag line, “Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye”, became one of the most famous of the Big Band Era. The expression springs from his first hit…
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Carl Andre (1935)
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Kemal Monteno (1948)
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Jim Hearn (1921)
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