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MISCELLANEOUS
POLLS
Many of the big bands, such as Les Brown, were winners of
various magazine polls choosing the USA’s favorite dance band.
In the photo above, comedian Bob Hope, whom Brown was associated with since 1946,
presents him with an award in 1950.
ALL-AMERICAN DANCE ORCHESTRA TEAM, 1932
Choosing favorite musicians dates back to the early ‘30s.
At the invitation of Franke Burke of the Music Corporation of America (MCA), radio editors, columnists, and trade journal writers picked the members of a so-called “all-American dance orchestra,” in the form of a sports team.
Ben Bernie tied Guy Lombardo for the “band captaincy.”
left end Coon-Sanders
left tackle Vincent Lopez
left guard George Olsen
center Ted Weems
right guard Gus Arnheim
right tackle Fred Waring
right end Rudy Vallee
quarter back Guy Lombardo
left half back Ben Bernie
right half back Wayne King
full back Paul Whiteman
COLLIER’S ALL-AMERICAN SWING BAND, 1938 selected by Paul Whiteman
trumpet Louis Armstrong
trumpet Mannie Klein
trumpet Charlie Teagarden
trumpet Roy Eldridge
trombone Tommy Dorsey
trombone Jack Teagarden
trombone Jack Jenney
clarinet Benny Goodman
clarinet Artie Shaw
alto sax Jimmy Dorsey
alto sax Benny Carter
tenor sax Chu Berry
tenor sax Eddie Miller
C melody sax Frankie Trumbauer
violin Joe Venuti
violin Al Duffy
violin Matty Malneck
violin Eddie South
accordion Tito
piano Art Tatum
piano Bob Zurke
vibraharp Adrian Rollini
guitar Carl Kress
bass Bob Haggart
drums Gene Krupa
drums Ray Bauduc
ESQUIRE’S ALL-AMERICAN JAZZ BAND, 1946 Orchestra
1. Duke Ellington
2. Woody Herman
3. Count Basie
4. Lionel Hampton
5. Cootie Williams
6. Edmond Hall
7. Miff Mole
8. Benny Goodman
ORCHESTRA WORLD’S 1943 ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Orchestra Leaders
1. Harry James
2. Benny Goodman
3. Jimmy Dorsey
4. Charlie Spivak
5. Duke Ellington
6. Les Brown
7. Woody Herman
8. Jimmie Lunceford
9. Stan Kenton
10. Gene Krupa
11. Jan Savitt
12. Count Basie
13. Lionel Hampton
14. Vaughn Monroe
15. Bob Allen
Musicians
1. Frankie Carle
2. Corky Corcoran
3. Benny Goodman
4. Jimmy Dorsey
5. Harry James
6. Gene Krupa
7. Rex Stewart
8. Ziggy Talent
9. Count Basie
10. Barney Bigard
PARAMOUNT THEATRE, NEW YORK CITY POLL, 1936 1. Benny Goodman
2. Tommy Dorsey
3. Sammy Kaye
4. Guy Lombardo
5. Kay Kyser
6. Larry Clinton
7. Gene Krupa
8. Eddy Duchin
9. Hal Kemp
10. Glen Gray
PARAMOUNT THEATRE, NEW YORK CITY POLL, 1937 1. Benny Goodman
2. Guy Lombardo
3. Shep Fields
4. Tommy Dorsey
5. Eddy Duchin
6. Horace Heidt
7. Fred Waring
8. Hal Kemp
9. Glen Gray
10. Sammy Kaye
PARAMOUNT THEATRE, NEW YORK CITY POLL, 1938
1. Guy Lombardo
2. Glen Gray
3. Fred Waring
4. Benny Goodman
5. Shep Fields
6. Hal Kemp
7. Eddy Duchin
8. Louis Armstrong
9. Rudy Vallee
10. Ray Noble
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IMAGE ATTRIBUTION
Bob1951 (45worlds.com)
Rex Hardy, Jr.
Glenn Miller Archives, American Music Research Center, University of Colorado-Boulder, on behalf of The Glenn Miller Estate
Nexstar Media Group
Popa Family Collection
PoPsie Randolph
Susanne Schapowalow
Maurice Seymour
Time Warner Inc.