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In this Podcast Extra of "The Big Band and Swing Podcast" we celebrate the birthday of bandleader, vocalist and entertainer - Ina Ray Hutton.  Ina Ray was born on March 13, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois. * All music in this podcast are Creative Commons.  Artists are credited within the podcast.

In this Podcast Extra of "The Big Band and Swing Podcast" we celebrate the birthday of bandleader, vocalist and entertainer - Ina Ray Hutton.  Ina Ray was born on March 13, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois. * All music in this podcast are Creative Commons.  Artists are credited within the podcast.

Big Band Birthdays - March 13: Ina Ray Hutton

In Part 9 of this ten part series, we are going back to a show that I did in 2019 on a very fine trumpet player by the name of Randy Brooks. He played with several big bands such as Claude Thornhill and Les Brown before starting his own band in early 1945. He married Ina Ray Hutton and moved to Los Angeles where he suffered a stroke and was unable to continue as a musician. He died at the age of 49 of smoke inhalation in a fire at his Sandford, Maine, apartment. I hope you enjoy the music by Randy Brooks and his then wife Ina Ray Hutton. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

In Part 9 of this ten part series, we are going back to a show that I did in 2019 on a very fine trumpet player by the name of Randy Brooks. He played with several big bands such as Claude Thornhill and Les Brown before starting his own band in early 1945. He married Ina Ray Hutton and moved to Los Angeles where he suffered a stroke and was unable to continue as a musician. He died at the age of 49 of smoke inhalation in a fire at his Sandford, Maine, apartment. I hope you enjoy the music by Randy Brooks and his then wife Ina Ray Hutton. Please visit this podcast at <a href="http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com</a>

Revisited Part 9 - Randy Brooks-Ina Ray Hutton

Randy Brooks was a phenomenal musician. At the age of 12, he was the winner in a competition of 2000 young trumpet aspirants. Two years later, he was asked to join Rudy Vallee's popular radio show. There Randy dazzled audiences with his superb classical trumpet solos. His real fame began when he joined the world famous Les Brown orchestra. When he started his own band, he set a long-run record at New York's famous Roseland Ballroom. However tragedy struck in 1950 when he suffered a cerebral stroke which left him partially paralyzed and unable to perform. Randy was married to fellow bandleader Ina Ray Hutton who led an all female big band. On the show today I divided it into two parts. The first half has music by the band of Randy Brooks and the second half has some recordings by the band of Ina Ray Hutton. I hope you enjoy this look at two great bandleaders from the swing era. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Randy Brooks was a phenomenal musician. At the age of 12, he was the winner in a competition of 2000 young trumpet aspirants. Two years later, he was asked to join Rudy Vallee's popular radio show. There Randy dazzled audiences with his superb classical trumpet solos. His real fame began when he joined the world famous Les Brown orchestra. When he started his own band, he set a long-run record at New York's famous Roseland Ballroom. However tragedy struck in 1950 when he suffered a cerebral stroke which left him partially paralyzed and unable to perform. Randy was married to fellow bandleader Ina Ray Hutton who led an all female big band. On the show today I divided it into two parts. The first half has music by the band of Randy Brooks and the second half has some recordings by the band of Ina Ray Hutton. I hope you enjoy this look at two great bandleaders from the swing era. Please visit this podcast at <a href="http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com</a>

Randy and Ina Ray

Ina Ray Hutton and her all-girl orchestra the Melodears

Ina Ray Hutton and her all-girl orchestra the Melodears

Ina Ray Hutton's Story

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