Harry James

Harry James

Harry James was born in a rundown hotel next to the city jail in Albany, Georgia. His mother and father were members of a circus - she as a trapeze artist and he a band leader - with the Mighty Haag Circus. At seven, they settled in Beaumont, Texas where Harry learned yo play drums. By twelve, he was playing trumpet in the Christy Brothers circus band. In 1936 James joined Ben Pollack's band, soon leaving to lead the brass section of Benny Goodman's band. He even once applied to Lawrence Welk's band but was turned down because they said he played too loud and it was not Welk's style. After three years with Goodman, he wanted to leave, and with Goodman's backing, he formed the Music Makers. In 1943 he married pinup queen Betty Grable, his second of four wives. He had earlier married and divorced Louise Tobin, a singer. Grable kept appearing in movies and Harry kept playing while they raised horses. He made his debut in Philadelphia at the Ben Franklin Hotel and soon was a nationwide favorite of dance lovers and jazz addicts, rocking the rafters at the Hollywood Paladium, Chicago's famous College Inn at the Hotel Sherman, Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook in Cedar Cove, NJ, and then onto New York City. It was the Lincoln Hotel in NYC that the Music Makers called home, but James also starred at the Paramount Theater in the spring of 1943, with thousands of teenagers flocking to see him. His version of You Made Me Love You was a big hit and a favorite of many through the war years. James was a great discoverer of talent, finding Frank Sinatra working as a waiter in a New Jersey restaurant and giving him a job singing in his band. Dick Haymes, Kitty Kallen, Connie Haines and Helen Forrest can all thank James for giving them their first real break. In 1963 his band was featured at Disneyland, still known as the Music Makers. He played his last gig at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on June 26, 1983, just a few days before dying of lymphatic cancer.

  • 标题: Harry James
  • 人气度: 1.372
  • 闻名: Acting
  • 生日: 1916-03-15
  • 出生地: Albany, Georgia, USA
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  • 也称为: Harry Haag James
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Harry James 电影

  • 1961
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    猎艳高手

    猎艳高手

    6.332 1961 HD

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  • 1942
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    Springtime in the Rockies

    Springtime in the Rockies

    6.7 1942 HD

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  • 1938
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    Hollywood Hotel

    Hollywood Hotel

    5.4 1938 HD

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  • 1982
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    Showbiz Goes to War

    Showbiz Goes to War

    10 1982 HD

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  • 1947
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    卡耐基音乐厅

    卡耐基音乐厅

    5.2 1947 HD

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  • 1946
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    Do You Love Me

    Do You Love Me

    4.3 1946 HD

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  • 1946
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    If I'm Lucky

    If I'm Lucky

    6.5 1946 HD

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  • 1943
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    Swing Fever

    Swing Fever

    5 1943 HD

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  • 1950
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    I'll Get By

    I'll Get By

    5.5 1950 HD

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  • 1944
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    The Shining Future

    The Shining Future

    4 1944 HD

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  • 1944
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    水手寻芳

    水手寻芳

    5.7 1944 HD

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  • 1944
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    出水芙蓉

    出水芙蓉

    5.8 1944 HD

    流行音乐作曲家史蒂夫(Red Skelton)在加州与美丽多情的大学游泳课老师卡罗琳(Esther...

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  • 1957
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    西部女王

    西部女王

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1943
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    Best Foot Forward

    Best Foot Forward

    6 1943 HD

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  • 1956
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    异性

    异性

    5.2 1956 HD

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  • 1942
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    Private Buckaroo

    Private Buckaroo

    4.9 1942 HD

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  • 1940
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    Too Many Girls

    Too Many Girls

    5.7 1940 HD

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  • 1942
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    切分音

    切分音

    6.8 1942 HD

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  • 1948
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    On Our Merry Way

    On Our Merry Way

    5.5 1948 HD

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  • 1983
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    骗中骗2

    骗中骗2

    4.595 1983 HD

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  • 1994
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    娱乐世界3

    娱乐世界3

    6.9 1994 HD

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  • 1953
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    愿嫁金龟婿

    愿嫁金龟婿

    6.8 1953 HD

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  • 1945
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    The All-Star Bond Rally

    The All-Star Bond Rally

    5 1945 HD

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  • 1976
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    娱乐世界2

    娱乐世界2

    6.8 1976 HD

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  • 2017
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    This Is Bob Hope...

    This Is Bob Hope...

    8 2017 HD

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  • 1937
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    L'empreinte rouge

    L'empreinte rouge

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1943
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    Swing Fever

    Swing Fever

    5 1943 HD

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  • 1979
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    Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years

    Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1956
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    班尼古曼传

    班尼古曼传

    6.321 1956 HD

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  • 1942
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    Trumpet Serenade

    Trumpet Serenade

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1937
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    New Faces of 1937

    New Faces of 1937

    4 1937 HD

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  • 1950
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    双凰夺鸾

    双凰夺鸾

    6.24 1950 HD

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  • 1957
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    露西-德斯喜剧时间

    露西-德斯喜剧时间

    8.6 1957 HD

    继《我爱露西》(1951 年)之后,露西-里卡多(Lucy...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.5 1948 HD

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  • 1950
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    Cavalcade of Bands

    Cavalcade of Bands

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1964
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    The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

    4.5 1964 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    4 1956 HD

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  • 1962
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    约翰尼·卡森今夜秀

    约翰尼·卡森今夜秀

    7.4 1962 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    4.8 1961 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.5 1948 HD

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  • 1950
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    我的线路是什么?

    我的线路是什么?

    6.6 1950 HD

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