Sammy Kaye was a famous U.S. bandleader and songwriter, whose tag line "Swing and sway with Sammy Kaye" became one of the most famous of the so-called Big Band Era. He graduated from Rocky River High School in Rocky River, Ohio in 1927. He attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio where he was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity. Kaye could play the saxophone and the clarinet, but he never featured himself as a soloist on either one.

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  • Sammy Kaye was a famous U.S. bandleader and songwriter, whose tag line "Swing and sway with Sammy Kaye" became one of the most famous of the so-called Big Band Era. He graduated from Rocky River High School in Rocky River, Ohio in 1927. He attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio where he was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity. Kaye could play the saxophone and the clarinet, but he never featured himself as a soloist on either one. A leader of one of the so-called "Sweet" bands of the Big Band Era, he made a large number of records for Vocalion Records, RCA Victor, Columbia Records, and the American Decca record label. He was also a hit on radio. Kaye was known for an audience participation gimmick called "So You Want To Lead A Band?" where audience members would be called onto stage in an attempt to conduct the orchestra, with the possibility of winning batons. Kaye was also known for his use of "singing of song titles", which was emulated by Kay Kyser and Blue Barron. Shortly after the Japanese attack December 7, 1941. Sammy Kaye wrote the music and Don Reid wrote the words to: Remember Pearl Harbor. His NBC radio show was interrupted by the announcement of the attack. On December 17, 1942, Decca Records recorded the song, with Sammy Kaye's Swing and Sway Band and The Glee Club. Musicians included Ralph Flanagan, Dale Cornell and Marty Oscard. Singers included Don Cornell (not related to Dale Cornell), Billy Williams, and Nancy Norman. In the musical Bye, Bye, Birdie he is mentioned in the lyrics of the song "Kids": "Why can't they dance like we did?/What's wrong with Sammy Kaye?" He was posthumously inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1992 and for his contribution to the recording industry has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
  • Sammy Kaye, geboren als Samuel Zarnocay Junior, war ein US-amerikanischer Orchesterleiter und Komponist. Er besuchte die Ohio University. Kaye spielte Saxophon und Klarinette. Kaye war bekannt für das Einbeziehen des Publikums in den Bandbetrieb. Mit „So You Want To Lead A Band?“ (engl. Sie möchten also eine Band führen?) wurden Freiwillige auf die Bühne gebeten und konnten durch Dirigieren einen Taktstock gewinnen. Musiker, mit denen er zusammen arbeitete, waren Ralph Flanagan, Dale Cornell und Marty Oscard, zu den Sängern gehörten unter anderem Don Cornell und Nancy Norman. Nach seinen Tod wurde er in die amerikanische Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame des Jahres 1992 aufgenommen.
  • Sammy Kaye était un chef de groupe et un parolier réputé. Il fit ses études au lycée de Rocky River dans l'Ohio, qu'il quitta en 1927. À l'Université d'Athens dans l'Ohio il fut membre de la Theta Chi Fraternity. Il pouvait jouer du saxophone et de la clarinette, mais il ne s'est jamais produit comme un soliste ni pour l'un ni pour l'autre. Chef d'un de ces groupes qu'on a appelé «sweet» pendant l'ère Big Band, il enregistra un grand nombre de disques pour Vocalion Records, RCA Victor, Columbia Records et the American Decca label. Kaye était connu pour un gimmick avec participation des spectateurs appelé « So You Want To Lead A Band ? » On y invitait des spectateurs sur la scène pour essayer de diriger l'orchestre, avec la possibilité de gagner des bâtons. Il était connu aussi pour sa façon de chanter des titres de chansons, qui a été imitée par Kay Kyser et Blue Barron. Parmi ses musiciens on compte Ralph Flanagan, Dale Cornell et Marty Oscard et parmi ses chanteurs Don Cornell (rien de commun avec Dale Cornell), Nancy Norman. Après sa mort il a été admis dans le Big Band et le Jazz Hall of Fame en 1992 et, pour sa contribution à l'industrie de l'enregistrement, il a son étoile sur le Hollywood Walk of Fame. Il est mentionné dans les paroles de la chanson « Kids » de Musical Bye Bye Birdie et aussi dans « Opus One » des Mills Brothers.
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  • Sammy Kaye was a famous U.S. bandleader and songwriter, whose tag line "Swing and sway with Sammy Kaye" became one of the most famous of the so-called Big Band Era. He graduated from Rocky River High School in Rocky River, Ohio in 1927. He attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio where he was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity. Kaye could play the saxophone and the clarinet, but he never featured himself as a soloist on either one.
  • Sammy Kaye, geboren als Samuel Zarnocay Junior, war ein US-amerikanischer Orchesterleiter und Komponist. Er besuchte die Ohio University. Kaye spielte Saxophon und Klarinette. Kaye war bekannt für das Einbeziehen des Publikums in den Bandbetrieb. Mit „So You Want To Lead A Band?“ (engl. Sie möchten also eine Band führen?) wurden Freiwillige auf die Bühne gebeten und konnten durch Dirigieren einen Taktstock gewinnen.
  • Sammy Kaye était un chef de groupe et un parolier réputé. Il fit ses études au lycée de Rocky River dans l'Ohio, qu'il quitta en 1927. À l'Université d'Athens dans l'Ohio il fut membre de la Theta Chi Fraternity. Il pouvait jouer du saxophone et de la clarinette, mais il ne s'est jamais produit comme un soliste ni pour l'un ni pour l'autre.
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