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Harry James (I) (1916–1983)
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 to play drums. By twelve, he was playing trumpet in the Christy Brothers circus ...
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Born:in Albany, Georgia, USADied:(age 67) in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
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Soundtrack (58 credits)
2007
The Sopranos
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Remember When
(2007)
... (performer: "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)")
2004
Cold Case
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Factory Girls
(2004)
... (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light")
2001
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
(performer: "Flatbush Flanagan") / (writer: "Flatbush Flanagan")
2000
My Dog Skip
(performer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light") / (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light" - as H. James)
Baseball
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode, 1994) (writer - 1 episode, 1994)
- Home
(1994)
... (performer: "Dodgers' Fan Dance") / (writer: "Dodgers' Fan Dance")
1993
Lipstick on Your Collar
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.4
(1993)
... (writer: "I'm Beginning To See The Light")
1989
Valentina
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Caduta angeli
(1989)
... (performer: "Fontana di Trevi")
1980
Raging Bull
(music: "Two O'Clock Jump" (1939), "Flash" (1939)) / (performer: "Two O'Clock Jump" (1939), "All or Nothing at All" (1940), "Flash" (1939))
1980
The First 40 Years
(TV Special) (performer: "Two O'Clock Jump" - uncredited) / (writer: "Two O'Clock Jump" - uncredited)
1970
Happy Days
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.2
(1970)
... (performer: "Don't Be That Way" - uncredited)
1970
The Mike Douglas Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #9.104
(1970)
... (writer: "I'm Beginning To See The Light")
1967
Center Stage
(TV Mini-Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Barbara McNair and Duke Ellington Special
(1967)
... (music: "I'm Beginning to See the Light")
1961
Make Room for Daddy
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Trumpet Player
(1961)
... (performer: "Flight Of The Bumblebee" - uncredited)
1961
Glenn Miller Time
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.5
(1961)
... (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light" - uncredited)
1960
The Perry Como Show
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #13.11
(1960)
... (music: "The Music Makers" - uncredited)
1960
Peter Gunn
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Long, Long Ride
(1960)
... (writer: "I'm Beginning To See the Light")
1958
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Lucy Wins a Race Horse
(1958)
... (performer: "The Bayamo")
1957
The Lux Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.6
(1957)
... (writer: "I'm Beginning to See the Light" - uncredited)
1955
Shower of Stars
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- That's Life
(1955)
... (performer: "That's Entertainment")
1950
Young Man with a Horn
(performer: "Shadow Waltz", "The Very Thought of You", "Baby Face", "Get Happy", "Sweet Georgia Brown", "Silent Night, Holy Night", "Ain't She Sweet", "The Blue Room", "Can't We Be Friends?", "Tea for Two", "The Man I Love", "'S Wonderful", "Limehouse Blues", "Someone to Watch Over Me" - uncredited)
1946
Do You Love Me
(music: "AS IF I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ON MY MIND", "Back Beat Boogie" - uncredited)
1944
Bathing Beauty
(music: "Trumpet Blues and Cantabile" (1942), "Boogie Woogie" (uncredited)) / (performer: "I'll Take the High Note" (1943) (uncredited), "Trumpet Blues and Cantabile" (1942), "Hora Staccato" (1906) (uncredited))
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Actor (29 credits)
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Music department (3 credits)
Music department (3 credits)
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Composer (1 credit)
Composer (1 credit)
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Self (29 credits)
Self (29 credits)
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Archive footage (12 credits)
Archive footage (12 credits)
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TV commercial: demonstrated the strength of Kleenex tissue by playing his trumpet through a Kleenex while wife Betty Grable sang a jingle, in an early 1960s commercial.
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Some of our most popular numbers are by the great classical composers. Take our arrangements of 'The Flight of the Bumble Bee' or of 'The Afternoon of a Faun'. The kids go crazy over them In order to give them their proper rendering I added a string section to our band and, believe me, many people thought I was going nuts when when I hired those long-underwear boys. But it is not only the kids ... See more »Trivia:
Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1983. See more »Star Sign:
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