
Mitch Miller
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Eddie Fisher
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Pat Boone
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Lawrence Welk
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Frankie Laine
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Stephen Leibowitz, 8 July 1935, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. The son of a cantor in a Brooklyn synagogue, Lawrence was in the Glee club at Thomas Jefferson High School, where he began studying piano, saxophone, composition and arranging. He made his recording debut...
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Johnny Horton
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