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Ray Anthony “The Young Man with a Horn”

Louis “Satchmo” / “Satch” / “Pops” / “Dippermouth” Armstrong

“Swing and Sweat with Charlie Barnet”

Count Basie “The Kid From Red Bank”

“Tex Beneke and his Music in the Miller Mood”

Bunny Berigan “Miracle Man of Swing”

Ben Bernie “The Old Maestro”

Randy Brooks “The Golden Trumpet”

Les Brown and his Band of Renown

Henry Busse “Hot Lips”

Cab Calloway “The King of Hi-De-Ho” / “The Hi-De-Ho Man”

Frankie Carle “The Wizard of the Keyboard”

Benny Carter “King”

Carmen Cavallaro “The Poet of the Piano”

Larry Clinton “The Old Dipsy Doodler”

“Al Cooper ‘s Savoy Sultans”

Del Courtney “Old Smoothie”

“Bob Crosby and his Bob-Cats”

Xavier Cugat “The Rhumba King”

“Those Fabulous Dorseys”

Tommy Dorsey “The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing”

Sonny Dunham “Man from Mars”

Billy Eckstine “Mr. B”

Roy Eldridge “Little Jazz”

“Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra”

Maynard Ferguson “Fox”

“Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm”

Chuck Foster “Music in the Foster Fashion”

Jan Garber “The Idol of the Air Lanes”

Dizzy Gillespie “The Ambassador of Jazz”

Benny Goodman “The King of Swing”

“Gray Gordon and his Tic-Toc Rhythm”

“Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra”

Jerry Gray and his Band of Today

Jimmie Grier “The Musical Host of the Coast”

Lionel Hampton “Gate” / “King of the Vibes” / “Vibe President”

Phil Harris “Old Curly”

Coleman Hawkins “Bean”

Erskine Hawkins “The Twentieth Century Gabriel”

“Ted Heath and his Music”

“Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights”

Fletcher Henderson “Smack”

Woody Herman “Herman’s Herd” / “The Ol’ Woodchopper”/ “Woody Herman and his Young

Thundering Herd” / “Road Father”

Tiny Hill “America’s Biggest Bandleader”

Earl “Fatha” Hines

Claude Hopkins “Crazy Fingers”

“Ina Ray Hutton and her Melodears”

Harry James “The Hawk” / “Harry James and his Music Makers” / “Harry James and his Swingin’

Band

Henry Jerome and his Brazen Brass”

Buddy Johnson “King of the Savoy”

“Spike Jones and his City Slickers”

“Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five” / “King of the Jukebox”

Dick Jurgens “Here’s That Band Again”

“Art Kassel and his Kassels-in-the-Air”

“Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye”

“Stan Kenton and his Artistry in Rhythm”

Wayne King “The Waltz King”

“Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy”

Gene Krupa “America’s Ace Drummer Man”

“Kay Kyser’s College of Musical Knowledge” / “Makes You Want To Dance Music”

Lester Lanin “The Debutantes’ Delight”

Ted Lewis “Mr. Entertainment” / “The High Hat Tragedian of Song”

“Enoch Light and the Light Brigade”

“Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians” / “Mr. New Year’s Eve”

Johnny Long “The Man Who’s Long On Music”

“Abe Lyman and his Californians”

Freddy Martin “Mr. Silvertone”

Ray McKinley “Mac”

Jay McShann “Hootie”

Vaughn Monroe “The Baritone with Muscles” / ‘The Voice with Hair On Its Chest” / “Ol’ Leather

Tonsils” / “Old Leather Lungs”

Russ Morgan “Music in the Morgan Manner”

“Buddy Morrow and his ‘Night Train’ Orchestra”

“Red Nichols and his Five Pennies”

Red Norvo “Mr. Swing”

“Will Osborne and his Slide Music”

“Ben Pollack and his Californians”

“Louis Prima and The Witnesses”

Don Redman “The Little Giant of Jazz”

Buddy Rich “Traps”

Jan Savitt “The Stokowski of Swing” / “Jan Savitt and his Top Hatters”

Artie Shaw “The King of the Clarinet”

“Muggsy Spanier and his Ragtimers”

“Phil Spitalny and his All-Girl Orchestra” / “Phil Spitalny’s Hour of Charm Orchestra”

Charlie Spivak “The Sweetest Trumpet in the World”

Jack Teagarden “Big T”

Claude Thornhill “Moonface”

“Tommy Tucker Time”

“Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees”

“Fats Waller and his Rhythm”

“Lawrence Welk and his Champagne Music”

“Paul Weston and his Music From Hollywood”

Paul Whiteman “The King of Jazz” / “Pops”

Bob Zurke “Tom Cat On the Keys”

IMAGE ATTRIBUTION:

Paul Cemmick—Roy Eldridge, Artie Shaw, Jack Teagarden illustrations

Columbia Pictures Publications—Cab Calloway illustration (Mills Artists Inc.)

Comcast—Guy Lombardo illustration (Music Corporation of America)

Murphy Elliott—Louis Armstrong illustration

JJ Martin—Stan Kenton illustration

“Personal Papers of Xavier Cugat,” Biblioteca de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain—

Xavier Cugat illustration

Ronald Searle—Benny Goodman illustration

Welk Music Group—Lawrence Welk illustration