Harry James ~ Similar Artists

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Woody Herman - 98% match to Harry James

Genres:	Big Band & Swing, Jazz
Decades Active:	1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Woodrow Charles Herman, 16 May 1913, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, d. 29 October 1987, Los Angeles, California, USA. A child prodigy, Herman sang and tap-danced in local clubs before touring as a singer in vaudeville. To improve his act he took up the saxophone and later the... Read more

Artie Shaw - 86% match to Harry James

Genres:	Big Band & Swing, Jazz
Decades Active:	1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Arthur Jacob Arshawsky, 23 May 1910, East Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, d. 30 December 2004, Newbury Park, California, USA. The son of an Austrian mother and a Russian father, Arthur Arshawsky was born in New York but relocated with his family to New Haven,... Read more

Benny Goodman - 67% match to Harry James

Genres:	Big Band & Swing, Jazz, Vocals
Decades Active:	1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Benjamin David Goodman, 30 May 1909, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 20 June 1986, New York City, New York, USA. Born into a large, impoverished family of immigrants, Goodman experienced hard times while growing up. Encouraged by his father to learn a musical instrument, Goodman and... Read more

Jimmy Dorsey - 58% match to Harry James

Genres:	Big Band & Swing
Decades Active:	1950s, 1980s
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29 February 1904, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA, d. 12 June 1957, New York City, New York, USA. Musically active as a small child under the tutelage of his father, who was a coal miner turned music teacher, Dorsey switched from brass to reed instruments while still in his early... Read more

Glenn Miller - 50% match to Harry James

Genres:	Big Band & Swing, Easy Listening, Jazz
Decades Active:	1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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1 March 1905, Clarinda, Iowa, USA, d. 15 December 1944. Miller was the first artist to be credited with a million-selling disc (for "Chattanooga Choo Choo"), and was the toast of North American popular music during World War II for his uniformed orchestra's fusion of sober... Read more

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