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- Bob_Chester abstract "Bob Chester (March 20, 1908 – June 14, 1977) was an American jazz and pop music bandleader and tenor saxophonist.Chester's stepfather ran General Motors's Fisher Body Works. He began his career as a sideman under Irving Aaronson, Ben Bernie, and Ben Pollack. He formed his own group in Detroit in 1939, with a Glenn Miller-influenced sound. This band was unsuccessful in local engagements and quickly dissolved. He then put together a new band on the East Coast under the direction of Tommy Dorsey and with arrangements by David Rose. This ensemble fared much better, recording for Bluebird Records.Chester's group, billed \"The New Sensation of the Nation,\" had its own radio show on CBS briefly in the fall of 1939. The fifteen-minute program aired from the Hotel van Cleve in Dayton, Ohio late on Thursday nights (actually 12:30 am Friday morning, Eastern Time); the September 21, 1939 edition can be heard on the famous One Day In Radio tapes, archived by Washington D.C. station WJSV.Chester's Bluebird records have proved excellent sellers, both for retail dealers and coin phonograph operators such as \"From Maine to California\"; \"Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie\"; \"Madeliaine\"; and two songs from \"Banjo Eyes\" - \"Not a Care in the World\" and \"A Nickel to My Name\".Chester's orchestra included trumpeters Alec Fila, Nick Travis, and Conrad Gozzo, saxophonists Herbie Steward and Peanuts Hucko, drummer Irv Kluger, and trombonist Bill Harris. His female singers included Dodie O'Neill, Kathleen Lane, and Betty Bradley; among his male singers were Gene Howard, Bill Darnell, Joe Harris, Stu Brayton, Hall Stewart, Peter Marshall, and Bob Haymes.The orchestra disbanded in the mid-1940s, due in part to the shrinking market for big band sound. Chester assembled another band for a short time in the early 1950s, but after it failed he retired from music and returned to Detroit to work for the rest of his life in auto manufacturing.".
- Bob_Chester activeYearsEndYear "1950".
- Bob_Chester activeYearsStartYear "1930".
- Bob_Chester associatedBand Tommy_Dorsey.
- Bob_Chester associatedMusicalArtist Tommy_Dorsey.
- Bob_Chester background "non_vocal_instrumentalist".
- Bob_Chester birthDate "1908-03-20".
- Bob_Chester birthYear "1908".
- Bob_Chester deathDate "1966-10-29".
- Bob_Chester deathDate "1977-06-14".
- Bob_Chester deathYear "1977".
- Bob_Chester genre Jazz.
- Bob_Chester instrument Saxophone.
- Bob_Chester occupation Bandleader.
- Bob_Chester occupation Musician.
- Bob_Chester recordLabel Bluebird_Records.
- Bob_Chester thumbnail Bob_Chester,_June_1947_(Gottlieb_01231).jpg?width=300.
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- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Alec_Fila.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink AllMusic.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Bandleader.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Ben_Bernie.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Ben_Pollack.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Betty_Bradley.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Big_band.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Bill_Darnell.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Bill_Harris_(musician).
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Bluebird_Records.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Bob_Haymes.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink CBS.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Category:1908_births.
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- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Category:20th-century_American_musicians.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_jazz_bandleaders.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_jazz_saxophonists.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Conrad_Gozzo.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink David_Rose_(songwriter).
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Dayton,_Ohio.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Detroit.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Dodie_ONeill.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Eastern_Time_Zone.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Gene_Howard.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink General_Motors.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Glenn_Miller.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Hall_Stewart.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Herbie_Steward.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Irv_Kluger.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Irving_Aaronson.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Jazz.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Joe_Harris_(musician).
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Kathleen_Lane.
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- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Nick_Travis.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Peanuts_Hucko.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Peter_Marshall_(entertainer).
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Saxophone.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Sideman.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Stu_Brayton.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Tommy_Dorsey.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink WJSV.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink Washington,_D.C..
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLink William_P._Gottlieb.
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLinkText "Bob Chester Band".
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLinkText "Bob Chester and His Orchestra".
- Bob_Chester wikiPageWikiLinkText "Bob Chester".
- Bob_Chester associatedActs Tommy_Dorsey.
- Bob_Chester background "non_vocal_instrumentalist".
- Bob_Chester born "1908-03-20".
- Bob_Chester caption "Bob Chester, photographed by William P. Gottlieb, June 1946".
- Bob_Chester dateOfBirth "1908-03-20".
- Bob_Chester dateOfDeath "1977-06-14".
- Bob_Chester died "1966-10-29".
- Bob_Chester genre Jazz.
- Bob_Chester imageSize "240".
- Bob_Chester instrument Saxophone.
- Bob_Chester label Bluebird_Records.
- Bob_Chester name "Bob Chester".
- Bob_Chester name "Chester, Bob".
- Bob_Chester occupation Bandleader.
- Bob_Chester occupation Musician.
- Bob_Chester shortDescription "American musician".
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- Bob_Chester yearsActive "1950.0".
- Bob_Chester description "American musician".
- Bob_Chester description "American musician".
- Bob_Chester subject Category:1908_births.
- Bob_Chester subject Category:1977_deaths.
- Bob_Chester subject Category:20th-century_American_musicians.
- Bob_Chester subject Category:American_jazz_bandleaders.
- Bob_Chester subject Category:American_jazz_saxophonists.