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Birthplaces
Anniston, Alabama
Lucky Millinder
Birmingham, Alabama
Erskine Hawkins
Marion, Alabama
Hal Kemp
Mobile, Alabama
Cootie Williams
Brinkley, Arkansas
Louis Jordan
Alameda, California
Horace Heidt
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Birthplaces
Long Beach, California
Spike Jones
Oakland, California
Del Courtney
Teddy Powell
Alvino Rey
Sacramento, California
Dick Jurgens
Woodland, California
Eddy Howard
Denver, Colorado
Paul Whiteman
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Cromwell, Connecticut
Hal McIntyre
Middletown, Connecticut
Tony Pastor
New Haven, Connecticut
Les Elgart
Buddy Morrow
New London, Connecticut
Larry Elgart
Washington, D.C.
Duke Ellington
Lake Worth, Florida
Dean Hudson
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2129 Ida Pl. NW, Washington, D.C. was the birth site of Duke Ellington in 1899.
Now renamed Ward Pl N.W. and numbered as “2121,” a post office stands in the spot.
The commemorative plaque was placed in 1989.
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Birthplaces
Albany, Georgia
Harry James
Cuthbert, Georgia
Fletcher Henderson
Horace Henderson
Beardstown, Illinois
Red Norvo
Chicago, Illinois
Benny Goodman
Ina Ray Hutton
Art Kassel
Gene Krupa
Abe Lyman
Richard Maltby
Ben Pollack
Muggsy Spanier
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Birthplaces
Freeport, Illinois
Gray Gordon
Roanoke, Illinois
Glen Gray
Rock Falls, Illinois
Louie Bellson
Savanna, Illinois
Wayne King
Sullivan, Illinois
Tiny Hill
Indianapolis, Indiana
Jan Garber
Bobby Sherwood
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Birthplaces
Linton, Indiana
Phil Harris
South Bend, Indiana
Bob Strong
Terre Haute, Indiana
Claude Thornhill
Clarinda, Iowa
Glenn Miller
Mason City, Iowa
Jack Jenney
Wichita, Kansas
Stan Kenton
Lexington, Kentucky
Edgar Hayes
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Birthplaces
Glenn Miller’s birthplace home is at 601 S. 16th St. in Clarinda Iowa.
His daughter, Jonnie Dee, purchased the property on March 1, 1989,
and The Glenn Miller Birthplace Society manages the maintenance of the home.
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Birthplaces
Louisville, Kentucky
Lionel Hampton
Clyde McCoy
Newport, Kentucky
Andy Kirk
New Orleans, Louisiana
Louis Armstrong
Louis Prima
Sanford, Maine
Randy Brooks
Baltimore, Maryland
Chick Webb
Boston, Massachusetts
Jerry Gray
Mal Hallett
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Birthplaces
The site of Louis Armstrong’s birth home in New Orleans, Louisiana was 723 James Alley.
Some called it Jane Alley, but in his autobiography, Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans,
(New York City: Prentice-Hall, 1954) Armstrong insisted the name was James Alley.
The small, single-story dwelling and everything else around it was torn down in 1964
to make way for a New Orleans Traffic court and police headquarters,
An historical marker in the plaza nearby designates what used to be.
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Birthplaces
Brockton, Massachusetts
Sonny Dunham
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Eddy Duchin
Dorchester, Massachusetts
Al Donahue
Springfield, Massachusetts
Paul Weston
Battle Creek, Michigan
Sy Oliver
Detroit, Michigan
Bob Chester
Sam Donahue
Bob Zurke
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Birthplaces
Fulton, Mississippi
Jimmie Lunceford
St. Joseph, Missouri
Coleman Hawkins
St. Louis, Missouri
Orrin Tucker
Hastings, Nebraska
Neal Hefti
Bayonne, New Jersey
Ben Bernie
Jersey City, New Jersey
Ozzie Nelson
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Birthplaces
Newark, New Jersey
Dolly Dawn
Ted Fio Rito
Richard Himber
Bill Finegan
Dick Stabile
Jerry Wald
Newton, New Jersey
Will Bradley
Passaic, New Jersey
Jack Fina
Red Bank, New Jersey
Count Basie
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Birthplaces
Count Basie was born at 229 Mechanic S. in Red Bank, New Jersey,
just blocks away from the theatre on Monmouth St. which today bears his name.
The bust of Basie was formerly tucked away inside Red Bank’s train station shelter,
but in 2004 it was moved outdoors for greater visibility.
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Birthplaces
New York, New York
Van Alexander (Harlem)
Charlie Barnet
Benny Carter (Harlem)
Lee Castle
Carmen Cavallaro
Larry Clinton (Brooklyn)
Eddie DeLange (Long Island)
Shep Fields (Brooklyn)
Henry Jerome
Vincent Lopez (Brooklyn)
Chico Marx
Buddy Rich (Brooklyn)
Eddie Sauter (Brooklyn)
Raymond Scott (Brooklyn)
Artie Shaw (Lower East Side)
Fats Waller (Harlem)
Si Zentner
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Birthplaces
Rochester, New York
Cab Calloway
Newell, North Carolina
Johnny Long
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Kay Kyser
Salisbury, North Carolina
Skinnay Ennis
Strasburg, North Dakota
Lawrence Welk
Souris, North Dakota
Tommy Tucker
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Birthplaces
The home where Lawrence Welk was born is 845 88th St. SE in Strasburg, North Dakota.
Curiously, Welk never returned to the site after he became famous.
He often donated money to the town of Strasburg, but specified that
none of it should go towards restoration of his birth home.
He also turned down several invitations to visit the property.
He died in 1992, the year the restoration of the place was completed.
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Birthplaces
Akron, Ohio
Vaughn Monroe
Tommy Reynolds
Canton, Ohio
Enoch Light
Circleville, Ohio
Ted Lewis
Coalton, Ohio
Isham Jones
Cleveland Ohio
Blue Barron
Freddy Martin
Columbus Ohio
Bobby Byrne
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Birthplaces
Lakewood, Ohio
Sammy Kaye
Lorain, Ohio
Ralph Flanagan
Middletown, Ohio
Billy Butterfield
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Jay McShann
La Grande, Oregon
Griff Williams
Bentleyville, Pennsylvania
Ray Anthony
Duquesne, Pennsylvania
Earl Hines
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Birthplaces
Jeanette, Pennsylvania
Chuck Foster
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gus Arnheim
Warren Covington
Ziggy Elman
Lester Lanin
Elliot Lawrence
Charlie Ventura
Joe Venuti
Pitcairn, Pennsylvania
Ted Weems
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Billy Eckstine
Jimmie Grier
Billy May
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Birthplaces
Reinerton, Pennsylvania
Les Brown
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Sonny Burke
Russ Morgan
Shenandoah, Pennsylvania
Jimmy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
Providence, Rhode Island
Frankie Carle
Bobby Hackett
Cheraw, South Carolina
Dizzy Gillespie
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Birthplaces
Darlington, South Carolina
Buddy Johnson
Faith, South Dakota
Boyd Raeburn
Austin, Texas
Teddy Wilson
Dallas, Texas
Jimmy Joy
Fort Worth, Texas
Tex Beneke
Ray McKinley
Vernon, Texas
Jack Teagarden
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Birthplaces
Ogden, Utah
Red Nichols
Island Pond, Vermont
Rudy Vallee
Alexandria, Virginia
Claude Hopkins
Winchester, Virginia
John Kirby
Spokane, Washington
Bob Crosby
Piedmont, West Virginia
Don Redman
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Saint Marys, West Virginia
Frankie Masters
Hilbert, Wisconsin
Bunny Berigan
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mitchell Ayres
Woody Herman
Westby, Wisconsin
Freddie Slack
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Abaco Island, The Bahamas
Al Cooper
Verdun, Montreal, Canada
Maynard Ferguson
Grimsby, Ontario, Canada
Will Hudson
London, Ontario, Canada
Guy Lombardo
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Georgie Auld
Will Osborne
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Desi Arnaz
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Montpelier, Brighton, England
Ray Noble
Wandsworth, London, England
Ted Heath
Silvertown, London, England
Little Jack Little
Shotton, Flintshire, England
Syd Lawrence
Magdeburg, Germany
Henry Busse
Acerra, Italy
Ralph Marterie
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Careening Cay, Panama
Luis Russell
Girona, Spain
Xavier Cugat
Kiev, Ukraine
Charlie Spivak
Odessa, Ukraine
Phil Spitalny
Shums’k, Ukraine
Jan Savitt
undetermined
George Hall
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source acknowledgements:
A Closer Walk (acloserwalknola.com)
“At Last: Busting Out The Basie Bust,” redbankgreen.com.
RoadsideAmerica.com.
image attribution:
Count Basie Center for the Arts (TheBASIE.org)
Brian Hanlon
Glenn Miller Birthplace Society, Clarinda, Iowa
History’s Homes (historyshomes.com)
Les Brown Big Band Festival (lesbrownfest.org)
Louisiana Digital Library (louisianadigitallibrary.org)
New Orleans Jazz Museum Collection, Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana
North Dakota State Historical Society
Popa Family Collection
The Red Bank Train Station Plaza, Redbank, New Jersey
Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, Iowa