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It sits within the topics 1911 births, 2011 deaths and American bandleaders.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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Robert Orrin Tucker (17 February 1911 in St. Louis, Missouri – 9 April 2011 in South Pasadena, California) was an American bandleader born in St. Louis, Missouri, whose theme song was Drifting and Dreaming. His biggest hit was Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! (1939), sung by vocalist "Wee" Bonnie Baker. He founded his first band while a college student at North Central College near Chicago, Illinois. Orrin Tucker's big band, which he formed in 1933, specialized in a more relaxed style of swing <a hre
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Tucker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- St. Louis
- Place of death
- South Pasadena
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Vocalion Records
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- date of birth
- 1911-02-17
- date of death
- 2011-04-09
- start of work period
- 1939-00-00
- subject has role
- centenarian
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