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Today’s Music: Count Basie, James Burton, Jackie DeShannon

The big band Big Man, Count Basie, was born today in 1904 (d. 1984). In his heyday, he was as popular as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller or any of the other jazz orchestras of the Swing Era. A … Continue reading

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