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  1. Tony Bennett -- Count Basie
    These 26 episodes presented legends such as Tony Bennett, Lena Horne, Count Basie, Ethel Merman, Mel Torme, Peggy Lee, Bobby Darin, andDonald O'Connor among others. Look for a deluxe multi-disc DVD box set from Pioneer Entertainment this Fall of "The Judy Garland Show."
  2. Jon Hendricks -- Count Basie
    Living Toledo jazz legend Jon Hendricks celebrated his 86th birthday with the Lucas County Commissioners on Tuesday, September 18 at One Government Center. With his daughter Aria — a noted jazz performer in her own right — leading the chorus of “Happy Birthday,” many of Hendricks’ students showed up to help their mentor celebrate his special day. Looking good, Jon.
  3. Dracula (Work) -- Count Dracula
    Dracula has been the basis for countless films and plays. Three of the most famous are Nosferatu (1922), Dracula (1931), and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Nosferatu, a film directed by the German director F.W. Murnau, was produced while Stoker's widow was alive, and the filmmakers were forced to change the setting and the characters' names for copyright reasons. The vampire in Nosferatu is called Count Orlok rather than Count Dracula. Bram Stoker's Dracula, by Francis Ford Coppola, reimagines Count Dracula as a tragic figure instead of a monster.
  4. Barnet -- Charlie Barnet
    Charlie Barnet was an outspoken fan of both Duke Ellington and Count Basie giving his tip of the hat to the two in titles like The Count’s Idea and The Dukes Idea. Charlie was mainly a tenor player, forming his style out of the Coleman Hawkins school, but ... played alto and soprano sax, his style on the former influenced by Ellington’s alto man Johnny Hodges. Listen to his cover of the Ellington tune The Gal From Joe’s for a fine example of Barnet emulating the style of Johnny Hodges.
  5. Jon Hendricks -- Dave Lambert
    Jon Hendricks is one of the originators of "vocalese," a musical style that replaces the sounds of instruments with a vocal chorus by using multi-track recording methods pioneered by Les Paul. Hendricks, with his group, Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross, launched vocalese to the forefront of jazz with their innovative debut album "Sing a Song of Basie" in 1957.
  6. Ella Fitzgerald -- Duke Ellington
    In 1942 Ella Fitzgerald became a freelance singer and since then has worked with some of the biggest names in jazz and band leading, names like Armstrong, Basie, Priven, Riddle, the Mills Brothers, Ellington, etc. The same year Billboard magazine surveyed the most popular female band vocalists and Ella ranked seventh, but had ranked second in 1939, third in 1940 and sixth in 1941. In 1943 she became the youngest ever to be admitted to membership in the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
  7. Warner Brothers -- Warner Brothers Records
    After getting into some trouble for its early marketing practices in the blogosphere, Warner Brothers Records is dipping its toes in the blog waters once again. The company will sponsor podcasts of the Eric Rice Show and provide exclusive audio content from one of its bands.
  8. Daughter -- Bad Dad
    Do you know the consequences of every mistake, every angry moment, every time you neglect your son or daughter? You can get a preview of what it could be like. Now, you can learn from this Bad Dad's mistakes. See what happens when it all goes wrong? As a Dad — or Mom — you may think you're doing the right thing by your sons and daughters— but are you sure? You don't have to make the same mistakes this Bad Dad made.
  9. Johnnie Johnson -- West Virginia
    The son of a coal miner, Johnnie Johnson was born on July 8 1924 at Fairmont, West Virginia. His parents bought him a piano when he was four and, as he later recalled: "the moment the movers brought it into the house, I sat down and started playing."
  10. Johnny -- Years
    Johnny Socko is a five piece band featuring ROCK, HORNS, MELODIES, and RHYMES. Featured in CMJ's Top 100 Album chart, XM Radio's Unsigned, Adam Sandler's 8 Crazy Nights, MTV's Undressed, and a town near you, Socko has scored the Indianapolis "Album of the Year" honor for their Nov. 2002 independent release!
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