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Frank Chirkinian was born on 3 June 1926 in the USA. He was a producer and director, known for Tin Cup (1996), The 1970 Masters Tournament (1970) and Major League Baseball on CBS (1955). He was married to Mary Jane Chirkinian. He died on 4 March 2011 in North Palm Beach, Florida, USA.- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Studied playing the cornet while attending school in Wyoming, then switched to violin, bass and trombone before settling on trumpet as his instrument of choice. For a while, it seemed that Billy would embark on a medical career at Transylvania College in Kentucky, but he became so popular performing with the college dance orchestras that, in January 1937, he landed a job with Austin Wylie in Pittsburgh. From there, he went on to a trumpet chair with Bob Crosby and the Bobcats and eventually played for several of the great swing bands: Artie Shaw and His Orchestra (1940-41), Benny Goodman (1941-42) and Les Brown (briefly, until called up for wartime service).
Billy's trumpet playing was noted for powerful emotional phrasing and a rounded, 'fat' sound which ideally suited ballads such as the Bob Haggart hit "What's New" or his solo of Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust" with the Artie Shaw band. In the motion picture Second Chorus (1940), he can be heard on Shaw's "Concerto for Clarinet". In early 1946, Billy organised his own outfit in conjunction with ex-Crosby band member William Stegmeyer, who, in addition to playing alto sax and clarinet, also furnished many of the arrangements. While the band made several good recordings, it failed as a financial enterprise and Billy returned to doing studio work in New York. He accompanied Louis Armstrong's vocal of "Blueberry Hill" in 1949. During the 1950's and 60's, he led several small Dixieland-oriented combos and appeared at the famous 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. In 1968, he joined the World's Greatest Jazz Band , along other luminaries, such as ex-Bobcats Bob Haggart and Yank Lawson.- Violet Axzelle was born on 3 February 1911 in Highland Town, Maryland, USA. She was an actress, known for Java Head (1923), The Girl from Bohemia (1918) and The Gulf Between (1917). She died on 28 October 1997 in North Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
- Sprinter Mildred Jeanette Dolson was born on August 13, 1918 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dolson took up track and field in the 1930's. Mildred was a member of the women's relay team that represented Canada at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where she helped her relay team win the bronze medal in the women's 4x100m relay. However, Dolson was eliminated in the 100m competition in the semi-finals of the 1936 Olympics. In the wake of her Olympic victory Mildred went on to win a silver medal in the 110-220-110 yards relay contest as well as bronze medals in both the 220-110-220 yards relay and the 100 yards competition at the 1938 British Empire Games. In 1939 Dolson was awarded the Velma Springstead Trophy (Canada's Outstanding Female Athlete) for Track and Field. Mildred's athletic career was ended by the offset of World War II and she eventually moved to the United States. Dolson died at age 85 on July 17, 2004 in North Palm Beach, Florida.
- Carl King was born on 30 July 1921 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Man Against Crime (1949), Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949) and The Favor (1994). He was married to Jean King. He died on 16 January 2001 in North Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
- Music Department
- Actor
Composer, bandleader, songwriter, pianist and arranger, educated at Washington and Lee University. He was the orchestra leader for Cincinnati radio station WLW, and appeared with his orchestra at several Cincinnati theatres and ballrooms, and he also recorded for several labels, including Fraternity Records. Joining ASCAP in 1958, his chief musical collaborator was Peter Lind Hayes.