William McKinney was an American jazz drummer who led a series of musical groups, most notably McKinney's Cotton Pickers. William "Bill" McKinney was born in Cynthiana, Kentucky. He worked as a drummer in a circus band, then after serving in the United States Army in World War I settled in Springfield, Ohio where he took over leadership of the Synco Jazz Band. After hiring drummer Cuba Austin, McKinney worked as leader and business manager. After touring the U.S.

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  • William McKinney was an American jazz drummer who led a series of musical groups, most notably McKinney's Cotton Pickers. William "Bill" McKinney was born in Cynthiana, Kentucky. He worked as a drummer in a circus band, then after serving in the United States Army in World War I settled in Springfield, Ohio where he took over leadership of the Synco Jazz Band. After hiring drummer Cuba Austin, McKinney worked as leader and business manager. After touring the U.S. Midwest, they got a residency at the Arcadia Ballroom in Detroit, Michigan in 1926. In Detroit they were heard by bandleader and music promoter Jean Goldkette, who arranged a more lucrative home base for the band in Detroit's Greystone Hotel Ballroom. The band was renamed "McKinney's Cotton Pickers" (see also). After the band broke up in 1934 during the Great Depression, McKinney for a time led and played with a dance band in Boston, From 1937 on McKinney managed a Detroit Cafe with a dance floor and live bands who McKinney booked; he also booked bands for other locations on the side. Bill McKinney retired in the 1950s and spent his last years in his childhood hometown of Cynthiana.
  • William „Bill“ McKinney war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Schlagzeuger und Bandleader, Leiter von McKinney’s Cotton Pickers. McKinney arbeitete als Schlagzeuger in einer Zirkusband und leitete nach dem Wehrdienst im 1. Weltkrieg in Springfield, Ohio, die „Synco Jazz Band“, wobei er das Schlagzeugspiel Cuba Austin überliess. Nach Touren nicht nur im Mittleren Westen, sondern bis nach Kalifornien, residierten sie 1926 im Arcadia Ballroom in Detroit. Nachdem ihnen Jean Goldkette einen lukrativeren Auftritt im Greystone Hotel Ball Room verschafft hatte, nannten sie sich „McKinney´s Cotton Pickers“. Die Musikalische Leitung hatte Don Redman. Erste Aufnahmen machten sie 1928. Nach der Auflösung der Band in der Depressionszeit 1934 leitete er eine Tanzband in Boston, war aber ab 1937 Manager eines Cafes mit Tanzhalle in Detroit. Außerdem managte er Bands. In den 1950er Jahren zog er sich aus dem Musikgeschäft zurück, arbeitete in einer Autofabrik in Detroit und ging dann wieder in seine Heimatstadt Cynthiana. 1978 schrieb John Chilton seine Biographie.
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  • William McKinney was an American jazz drummer who led a series of musical groups, most notably McKinney's Cotton Pickers. William "Bill" McKinney was born in Cynthiana, Kentucky. He worked as a drummer in a circus band, then after serving in the United States Army in World War I settled in Springfield, Ohio where he took over leadership of the Synco Jazz Band. After hiring drummer Cuba Austin, McKinney worked as leader and business manager. After touring the U.S.
  • William „Bill“ McKinney war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Schlagzeuger und Bandleader, Leiter von McKinney’s Cotton Pickers. McKinney arbeitete als Schlagzeuger in einer Zirkusband und leitete nach dem Wehrdienst im 1. Weltkrieg in Springfield, Ohio, die „Synco Jazz Band“, wobei er das Schlagzeugspiel Cuba Austin überliess. Nach Touren nicht nur im Mittleren Westen, sondern bis nach Kalifornien, residierten sie 1926 im Arcadia Ballroom in Detroit.
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  • William McKinney
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