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Gene Krupa 01.15.1909 - 10.16.1973 (64 years old)

Gene Krupa was a pioneering jazz drummer who made drum solos a key part of the Big Band sound. He started playing drums at a young age and worked with various bands before joining the Benny Goodman Orchestra. Krupa was known for his innovative drumming style and his contributions to drum kit technology. He faced challenges, including an arrest for marijuana possession, but continued to perform throughout his career. Krupa's legacy includes his influence on jazz music and his role in elevating the status of drummers in the industry. Click here to read more about Gene Krupa

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This actor appeared in the following radio shows

Series	Episode title	Date
saturday night swing club, the	first anniversary	1937-06-12
camel caravan	camel caravan	1937-08-17
One Night Stand	one night stand (0053) first song at the darktown strutters ball	1943-11-17
One Night Stand	one night stand first song at the darktown strutter's ball	1943-11-17
eddie condons jazz concert	first song this ladys in love with you	1944-07-01
eddie condons jazz concert	first song fidgety feet	1944-07-22
eddie condons jazz concert	first song swing that rhythm	1944-07-29
eddie condons jazz concert	first song i got rhythm	1944-08-05
eddie condons jazz concert	first song everybody loves my baby	1944-08-12
eddie condons jazz concert	first song clarinet marmalade	1944-08-19
eddie condons jazz concert	first song california here i come	1944-08-26
eddie condons jazz concert	first song walking the dog	1944-09-02
eddie condons jazz concert	first song love nest	1944-09-09
eddie condons jazz concert	first song rosetta	1944-09-16
eddie condons jazz concert	first song poor as a churchmouse	1944-09-23
command performance	command performance (161) jeannie crain, william bendix, gene krupa	1945-02-08

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Krupa, Gene (birth name was Eugene Bertram Krupa) Born in Chicago, Illinois 1/15/1909; died 10/16/1973 of leukemia and a heart ailment in Yonkers, New York. Married to Ethel May Fawcett (?-? her death); Patti Bowler (1959-?). The "Drummer Dean" or, the "Percussion King" as he was nicknamed, began his drumming career at age twelve. Studied to be a priest at St. Joseph's College, but quit to return to music.

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Krupa was a drummer with bands of Joe Kyser (1926); Red Nichol (1929); Benny Goodman during the early to middle 1930's, appearing at Chicago's Congress Hotel and New York's Paramount Theater. In 1938, he formed his own group, The Gene Krupa Orchestra, which appeared on radio in band remotes broadcast on CBS from the Steel Pier in Atlantic City. Guest star on radio programs including The Story Of Swing for WMCA-New York (1939); Matinee At Meadowbrook for CBS (1941); Eddie Condon's Jazz Concerts for NBC-BLUE and ABC (1944-1945)

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Guest star on television programs including All Star Jazz for NBC (1957-1958); The Golden Age Of Jazz for CBS (1958).

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Krupa appeared in some twenty-five movies. He also provided his drumming for the 1959 sound track of, The Gene Krupa Story (starring Sal Mineo as Krupa).

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Gene Krupa 01.15.1909 - 10.16.1973 (64 years old)

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