"Thrushes", "Canaries", and other Rara Avis Editor:    Mr. Larry Kloess     Kloess2@aol.com "M"    Russ MacIntyre    (Claude Thornhill) Eddie Mack    (Cootie Williams) Fred MacMurray    (George Olsen and Gus Arnheim) (This actor originally played sax and was a vocalist) "Red" Maddock    (Al Trace) Gordon Maile    (Lawrence Welk) Artie Malvin    ( Tex Beneke, Ray McKinley, Glenn Miller) Marion Mann    (Bob Crosby) Bob Manning    (Ziggy Elman, Art Mooney, Tommy Dorsey) Muzzy Marcellino    (Ted Fio Rito) George Marks    (Blue Steele) Bob Marlo    (Harry James) Joe Marne    (Duke Daly) Julio Maro    (Jimmy Palmer) Skip Marr    (Henry Busse) Scotty Marsh    (Orrin Tucker) Dave Marshall    (George Olsen, Orville Knapp) Peter Marshall    (Bob Chester) Dean Martin    (Dick Stabile, Sammy Watkins) Jack Martin    (Kay Kyser) Joe Martin    (Joe Reichman, Del Courtney, Irving Aaronson, Isham Jones, Jan Savitt, Charlie Spivak) Johnny Martin    (Art Mooney) Kenny Martin    (Dean Hudson, Jimmy Dorsey, Guy Lombardo) Tony Martin    (Tom Gerun, Anson Weeks, Glenn Miller Army Air Corps Band, Ray Noble, Tom Coakley, Anson Weeks,Bob Crosby and Ray McKinely). NOTE: Tony's birthname was Al Morris. He changed it while singing for the Gerun orch. Frank Marvin    (King Oliver,Fess Williams) Johnny Marvin    (Roger Wolf Kahn, Nat Shilkret, Ben Selvin, Fred Rich, Leonard Joy) Sully Mason    (Kay Kyser) Curt Massey    (Isham Jones) Ernie Mathias    (Red Nichols) Bob Matthews    (Sam Donahue) George Matthews    (Chick Webb) Don Matteson    (Jimmy Dorsey) Harry Maxfield    (Ray Miller) Jimmy McDonald    (Blue Barron) Gordon McRae    (Horace Heidt) Johnnny McAfee    (Leighton Noble, Tony Pastor, Harry James, Eddie Duchin, Johnny Hamp, Sammy Kaye) Bob McClure    (Tommy Reynolds) Bob McCoy    (Horace Heidt) Roger McCoy    (Glenn Miller, Buddy DeFranco) Ted McCrae    (Chic Webb) Ray McIntosh    (Dick Jurgens) Johnny McKeever    (Sonny Schuyler, George Hall) Marty McKenna    (Sammy Kaye) Red McKenzie    (Red Nichols, Benny Goodman, Eddie Condon, Paul Whiteman) Barry McKinely    (Emery Deutsch Frank Parrish, Nat Brandwynne, Al Donahue, Claude Thornhill, Benny Goodman) George Melachrino    (Carroll Gibbons) James Melton    (Francis Craig, Ben Selvin) Johnny Mercer    (Frankie Trumbauer) Tommy Mercer    (Eddie Duchin, Buddy Morrow, Jimmy Dorsey) Gene Merlino    (Shep Fields, Harry James) Dick Merrick    (George Paxton, Jerry Wald) Bobby Merrill    (Cootie Williams) Gil Mershon    ( Orrin Tucker, Harry Owens) Eddie Meyer    (Blue Barron) Ray McKenzie    (Paul Whiteman) Jimmy McPhail    (Duke Ellington) James Melton    (Freddie Rich, Ben Selvin ) Johnny Mercer    (Ray Anthony, Paul Whiteman, Freddie Slack, Charlie Spivak, Buddy Morrow, Richard Himber, Frank Trumbauer, Russ Carlson, Bob Crosby, Paul Whiteman and Richard Himber) Tommy Mercer    (Ray Anthony, Charlie Spivak, Eddie Duchin, Jimmy Dorsey, Dorsey Brothers Orch.) Dick Merrick    (McFarland Twins) Johnny Messner    (Vincent Lopez) George Metaxa    (Ray Noble) Ray Michaels    (Sammy Kaye) Phil Michelle    (Dean Hudson) Jack Millard    ( Horace Heidt) Clarence Miller    (Russ Morgan) Eddie Miller    (Bob Crosby) Jack Miller    (Ben Selvin) "Taps" Miller    (Count Basie) Tommy Miller    (Ray Anthony) Harold Minerve    (Buddy Johnson) Bob Mitchell    (Tex Beneke) Guy Mitchell    (Carmen Cavallaro) Jimmy Mitchell    (Erskine Hawkins) Don Molina    (Ray Herbeck) Edward Molloy    (Jack Hylton) "Toots" Mondello    (Benny Goodman) Jose Luis Monero    (Xavier Cugat) Vaughn Monroe    (Larry Funk, Austin Wylie, Sauter-Finegan) Joe Mooney    (Sauter-Finegan) Melvin Moore    (Lucky Millinder) Buddy Moreno    (Harry James, Dick Jurgens, Griff Williams) Russ Morgan    (Freddy Martin, Jack Shilkret, Freddy Martin) Freddie Morgan    (Spike Jones) Tommy Morgan    (Johnny Long Ed Morley    (Jimmie Grier) "Skip" Morr    (Henry Busse) Bill Moreing    ( Anson Weeks, Tom Coakley) Russ Morgan    (Bob Causer) Johnny Morris    (Vincent Lopez, Paul Specht) Abe Most [see Ralph Young] Billy Mozet    (Sterling Young) Hal Munbar    (Ray Herbeck, Richard Himber) Billy Munn    (Jack Hylton) Frank Munn    (Ben Selvin, Jean Goldkette, Ted Black, Victor Young, Nat Shilkret, Eddie Duchin, Abe Lyman, Roger Wolf Kahn, Vincent Lopez, Ted Weems, Leo Reisman, Bernie Cummins ) Dick Murphy    (Jack Hylton) Larry Murphy    (Joe Haymes) Billy Murray    (Jean Goldkette, George Olsen ) Charles Murray    (Johnny Johnson) Herb Muse    (Les Brown) Bill Mustard    (Vaughn Monroe,Charlie Spivak Teddy Powell, Horace Heidt, Gene Krupa) One of The Moon Men vocal quartet with the Vaughn Monroe Orch.. "N"    Ray Nance    (Horace Henderson, Duke Ellington, Earl Hines) Joey Nash    (Richard Himber) Ted Nash    (Enoch Light) Ken Nealy    (Herbie Kay) Phil Neely    (Abe Lyman) Larry Neill    (Shep Fields) Harmon Nelson    (Irving Aaronson) Marve Nelson    (Jan Garber) Skip Nelson    (Glen Gray, Glenn Miller, Guy Lombardo, Tommy Dorsey, Chico Marx, Teddy Powell ) Steady Nelson    (Woody Herman) Terry Nelson    (Larry Clinton) Jimmy Newell    (Eddie Duchin) Rusty Nichols    (Charlie Spivak) Joseph Nicolo    (Glenn Miller Orch under Buddy DeFranco) Phil Niely    (Abe Lyman) Irv Nielson    (Jan Garber) Al Nobel    (Carl Hoff, Hal McIntyre) Larry Noble    (Jimmy Dorsey) Leighton Noble    (Orville Knapp) Dick Noel    (Ray Anthony) Bob Nolan    (Blue Steele) Teddy Norman    (Ray McKinley) Lee Norton    (George Hamilton) Pat Noto    (Bob Chester) Donald Novis    (Gus Arnheim, Jimmie Grier) Dale Nunally    (Ray McKinely) "O"    Ted O'Hara    (Herman Kenin and his Multnomal Orch 1927-'29) Lester O'Keefe    (Ben Bernie) Sy Oliver    (Jimmy Lunceford, Tommy Dorsey) Peter Oprisko    (Teddy Lee) Ray Olson    (Ray Herbeck, Richard Himber) Wally Olsen    (Vaughn Monroe) Wally was one of "The Moon Men" vocal quartet with the Vaughn Monroe Orch. Pat O' Malley    (Jack Hylton) Ollie O'Toole    (Horace Heidt) Allen Overend    (Freddy Nagel) "P"    Oran "Hot Lips" Page    (Artie Shaw, Bennie Moten and Count Basie) Bob Paige    (Lawrence Welk) Aladdin Pallante    (Xavier Cugat) Jack Palmer    (Harry James) Jimmy Palmer - aka Jimmy DiPalma    (Blue Barron, Gracie Barrie (Stabile), Les Brown, Dick Stabile, Lou Breese,Reggie Childs, Bobby Byrne, Dick Stabile) "Skeeter" Palmer    (Joe Haymes) Del Parker    (Vaughn Monroe, Harry James) Frank Parker    (Paul Whiteman and Shep Fields) Jack Parker    (Vincent Lopez, Harry James, Teddy Powell) Sonny Parker    (Lionel Hampton); Terry Parker    (Les Elgart, Randy Brooks) Guy Pastor    (Tony Pastor) Tony Pastor    (Artie Shaw) Tony Pastor, Jr.    (Tony Pastor) Jack Pearle    (Artie Shaw) Jerry Perkins    (Mal Hallet) Pigmeat Peterson    (Lucky Millinder) Jack Pettis    (Ben Bernie) Gil Phelan    (Vaughn Monroe) (Gil was Monroe's first male vocalist in their early broadcasts from 'Seilers Ten Acres' near Boston, Massachusetts, during late 1930s-very early 1940s.) Howard Phillips    (Ray Noble) The Pied Pipers a vocal group consisted of John Huddleston, Jo Stafford (only female), Billy Wilson, Chuck Lowery, Clark Yokum. Followed by Hal Hopper and June Hutton (female). (John Huddleston later married Jo Stafford) John Pisano    (Ray Anthony) Jack Plant    (Carroll Gibbons) Del Porter    (Spike Jones) Lou Prano    (Ralph Marterie) Bud Prentiss    (Clyde McCoy, Anson Weeks) Walter Preston    (Jean Goldkette) Harry Prime    (Ralph Flanagan, Tommy Dorsey, Ralph Flanagan) Frank Prince    (Ben Bernie) Al Plant    (Lew Stone) Jack Plant    (Teddy Joyce) Gordon Polk    (Tommy Dorsey) Jack Powers    (Louis Prima) Manny Prager    (Ben Bernie) Harry Prime    (Randy Brooks, Jack Fina, Ralph Flanagan) Joe Prince    (Vincent Rose) Johnny Prophet    (Joe Venuti) Arthur Prysock    (Buddy Johnson) Curt Purnell    (one of the Stardusters who sang with- Charlie Spivak) "Q"    Currently No entries "R"    Boyd Raeburn    (Johnny Bothwell, Joe Venuti) Earl Randall    (Del Courtney) Tommy Randall    (Sonny Dunham) Carl Ravazza    (Anson Weeks) Joey Ray    (Ben Pollock) Billy Raymond    (Tex Beneke's Glenn Miller Orch.) Don Raymond    (Henry King, Orville Knapp) Sid Raymond    (Tommy Reynolds) Tim Reardon    (Jan Garber) Henry "Bubbles" Reber    (Bill Carlson) George Reed    (Horace Henderson) Claude Reese    (Ben Pollack) Don Reid    (Henry King, Xavier Cugat, Sammy Kaye) Les Reis    (Ambrose Orch) Dave Reiser    (Billy Butterfield) Leo Reisman    (Paul Whiteman, Victor Young, Frank Block, Lennie Hayton) Allen Reuss    (Jack Teagarden) Spencer Reuter    (Bill Carlson) Revelers, The    (Jean Goldkette) Bill Reynolds    (Bob Chester) "Dusty" Rhodes    (Ted Weems) Rhythm Boys    (Paul Whiteman, Gus Arnheim) (Note: Group had Bing Crosby, Al Rinker, and Harry Barris. Rinker's sister was singer Mildred Bailey) Rhythm Brothers, The    (Ambrose) Danny Ricardo    (Elliot Lawrence) Bob Rice    (George Olsen) Eddie Rice    (Orrin Tucker) Lee Richardson    ("Lucky" Millinder) George Richmond    (Johnny Long) Jack Richman    (Glen Gray) Hugo Ringold    (Jack Hylton) Al Rinker - singer Mildred Bailey's brother    (Paul Whiteman (Al was on of the 'Rhythm Boys' with Bing Crosby and Bill Challis), Bill Challis) Ray Robbins    (Chuck Foster) Orlando Robeson    (Claude Hopkins) Eddie Roberts    (Alvino Rey) Jim Roberts    (Lawrence Welk) Paul Roberts    (Russ Morgan) Roy Roberts    (Mart Kenney, Sammy Kaye) Dick Robertson    (Eddie Duchin, Ben Bernie,Roger Wolf Kahn, Henry King, Bennie Krueger,Vincent Lopez, Vincent Rose, Freddie Rich, Leo Reisman, Al Goodman, Abe Lyman, Gene Kardos, Henry King, Ben Selvin) "Corky" Robbins    (Lucky Millinder) Orlando Roberson    (Claude Hopkins) Jim Roberts    (Lawrence Welk) Dick Robertson    (Johnny Long, Abe Lyman, Ben Pollack, Gene Kardos, Will Osborne, Irving Aaronson, Russ Morgan, Shep Fields, Victor Young, Ben Selvin, Lloyd Keating, Adrian Rollini, Joe Moss) Robertson    (more orchestras than any other singer in the business (and no doubt without retirement benefits). Ed Robertson    (Leo Reisman) Art Robey    (Charlie Barnet) "Sugar Ray" Robinson    (Earl Hines) George Rock    (Spike Jones) "Rocky" Rockwell    (Lawrence Welk) Don Rodney    (Guy Lombardo) Tito Rodriguez    (Xavier Cugat) Clyde Rogers    (Freddie Martin, Eddie Miller) Dick Rogers    (Will Osborne) Harlan Rogers    (Frankie Masters) Timmie Rogers    (Benny Carter) Don Rodney    (Guy Lombardo) Frankie Ross    (Gene Krupa) James Ross    (Harlan Leonard) Jimmy Rushing    (Benny Moten, "Count" Basie, "Jelly Roll" Morton) Andy Russell    (Johnny Richards, Sonny Dunham, Gus Arnheim, Alvino Rey, Emil Coleman, Al Sack, Mitchell Ayres ) Guy Russell    (Richard Himber) Henry Russell    (Horace Heidt) Jack Russell    (Russ Morgan) Lee Russell    (Gene Kardos) Terry Russell    (Mal Hallet) Tony Russo    (Sammy Kaye) Norman Ruvell    (Art Kassell, Orville Knapp) Eddy Ryan    (Barney Rapp) Jack Ryan    (Johnny Messner) Johnny Ryan    (Ben Bernie) Tommy Ryan    (Sammy Kaye, Chuck Foster, Blue Barron) "S"    Tony Sacco    (Enric Madriguera, Red Nichols) Mike Sammes    (Johnny Gibbs) Bob Sampson    (Eddie Duchin) Frankie Sanders    (Lawrence Welk) Joe Sanders    (Coon-Sanders) Tom Sandoval    (Herman Kenin and his Multnomal Orch 1927-'29) Kenny Sargent    (Charlie Fulcher, Blue Steele, Francis Craig, Glen Gray and his Casa Loma) Jimmy Saunders    (Harry James, Charlie Spivak, Xavier Cugat) Phil Saxe    (Irving Aaronson) Donal Saxon    (Ben Bernie) Bill Scallen    (Alvino Rey) Bill Schallen    (Alvino Rey) Tony Scott    (Les Elgart) Sonny Schuylar    (George Hall, Abe Lyman, Vincent Lopez, Henry King) (aka: Sunny Schuyler) "Little" Jimmy Scott    (Lionel Hampton) Bill Seckler    (Gordon Jenkins) John Sellers    ("Lucky" Millinder) Terry Shand    (Freddy Martin, Richard Himber, Freddie Martin) Bob Shavers    (Tex Beneke) Charlie Shavers    (Tommy Dorsey) Bert Shaw    (Dick Stabile); Elliot Shaw    (Roger Wolf Kahn, Freddie Rich) Marion Shaw    (Joe Reichman, Richard Himber) Robert Shaw    (Fred Waring) Jack Sheldon    (Woody Herman) Billy Sherman    (Henry Busse, Abe Lyman) Frank Sherman    (Jack Jenney) Wray Sherrill    (Joe Reichman) Lew Sherwood    (Eddy Duchin) Alan Simms    (Sterling Young) Seymore Simons    (Jean Goldkette) Arthur Lee Simpkins    (Earl Hines) Seymore Simons    (Jean Goldkette) Arthur Lee Simpkins    (Earl Hines) Allen Sims    (Frankie Carle) Ray Sims    (Bobby Sherwood) Frank Sinatra    (Harold Arden, Harry James, Tommy Dorsey) Frank Sinatra Jr.    (Sam Donahue) Paul Small    (Fred Rich and Nat Shilkret) Johnny Smedberg    (Bill Challis) Bill Smith    (Harold Stern) Jack Smith    (Phil Harris) L.L. Smith    (Horace Heidt) Perry Smith    (Fess Williams) Willie Smith    (Jimmie Lunceford, Harry James) Charles Socci    (Johnny Hamp) Sophisticates, The    (Bernie Cummins) Larry Southern    (Will Bradley) Harry Stanton    (Richard Himber) Ted Stanford    (Ted Weems) The Stardusters    (Charlie Spivak) ( group included Dick Wylden, Glenn Gaylord, Curt Purnell, and "girl" singer June Hutton) Philip Steele    (Leo Reisman) Garry Stevens    (Don Bestor, Charlie Spivak, Tex Beneke, Paul Kain) Hal Stevens    (Artie Shaw) Darryl Stevens    (Frankie Carle) Hal Stevens    (Artie Shaw); Al Stewart    (Bob Chester) Buddy Stewart    (Charlie Ventura, Gene Krupa, Charlie Barnet, Claude Thornhill) (Note: Buddy married Martha Wayne who later sang as Martha Stewart-they    (Claude Thornhill as a group called "A Pair of Pairs", and later as "The Snowflakes".) Freddie Stewart    (Marion McKay, Tommy Dorsey, Clyde McCoy) Hall Stewart    (Bob Chester) Larry Stewart    (Phil Harris, Ray Noble, Leo Reisman) Phil Stewart    (Wayne King) Jeremy Still    (Phil Harris) Ray Stilwell    (Freddie Rich) Bill Stoker    (Freddy Martin, Kay Kyser) Bill Stokes    (Kay Kyser) Harold Stokes    (Jean Goldkette) Leonard Stokes    (Xavier Cugat) "Butch" Stone    (Van Alexander, Les Brown, Larry Clinton) Dick Stone    (Nat Brandwynne) Eddie Stone    (Freddy Martin, Isham Jones) Jerry Stone    (Bobby Byrne) Axel Stordahl    (Tommy Dorsey) --as part of a vocal group led by Jack Leonard and included Edythe Wright and Joe Bauer David Street    (Freddie Slack) Freddy Strong    (Dizzie Gillespie) Al Stuart    (Bob Chester) Jerry Stuart    (Hal McIntyre) Joseph Sudy    (Henry King) Sidney Sudy    (Henry King) Lee Sullivan    (Leo Reisman Kerwin Summerville    (Tommy Tucker) Ward Swingle    (Ted Fio Rito) Terry Swope    (Benny Goodman) Frank Sylvano    (Abe Lyman, Ben Pollack, Isham Jones, Fred Waring) "T"    Ziggy Talent    (Vaughan Monroe) Elmo Tanner    (Wayne King, Whistled for Ted Weems orch.) Larry Taylor    (Charlie Barnet) Tommy Taylor    (Teddy Powell, Benny Goodman, Mitchell Ayres) Frank Tennile (father of Tony Tennile)    (Bob Crosby, Ben Pollack) Billy Ternent    (Jack Hylton) Jack Teter    (Bill Carlson) Thal Taylor    (Art Kassell) The Three Barons    (Sammy Kaye) The Three Esquires    (Tommy Dorsey), they were Joe Bauer, Jack Leonard, and Axel Stordahl; Lee Throm    (Horace Heidt) Art Thorsen    (Horace Heidt) Pha Terrill    (Andy Kirk) Jack Tillson    (Marion McKay) The Sophisticates    (Bernie Cummins) Eddie Thomas    (Ben Bernie, William F. Wirges Orch) Joe Thomas    (Jimmy Lunceford) Eddie Tompkins    (Jimmie Lunceford) Dick Todd    (Larry Clinton) Jimmie Tolson    (Jimmie Grier) Pinkie Tomlin    (Hal Kemp, Jimmie Grier) Mel Torme    (Chico Marx, Ben Pollack, Artie Shaw, Jerry Gray) Ted Travers    (Freddy Nagel) Tommy Traynor    (Jerry Gray, Jan Garber, Frankie Masters and Benny Goodman) Bob Treaster    (Johnny Johnson) Claude Trenier    (Jimmie Lunceford) Bruce Trent    (Jack Hylton) Kenny Trimble    (Ray Anthony) George Tunnell    [see Bon Bon] Johnny Turnbull    (Vaughn Monroe, Hal McIntyre) Merle Turner    (Erskine Hawkins) Patrick Tuzzolino    (Ray Anthony) "U"    Billy Usher    (Sonny Dunhamm, Randy Brooks, Tommy Dorsey) "V"    Alfredo Valdez    (Xavier Cugat) Miguelito Valdez    (Xavier Cugat) Jimmy Valentine    (Will Bradley) Jacke Van    (Al Trace) Jesse Vance    (Russ Morgan) George Vann    (Ray Herbeck) Stan Vann    (Dick Jurgens) Gene Vaughan    (Freddy Martin) Wes Vaughn    (Ted Weems) Gil Vester    (Del Courtney) Johnny Victor    (Gray Gordon) Eddie Vinson    (Cootie Williams, Floyd Ray, Jay McShann) Bob Vincent    (Al Trace) Harry Von Zell    (Charlie Barnet) Carlos Vydal    (Charlie Barnet) "W"    Stuart Wade    (Freddy Martin, Bobby Byrne) Kirby Walker    (Jack Jenney) Gene Walsh    (Freddy Martin, Horace Heidt) Bill Walters    (Ralph Marterie) Teddy Walters    (Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey) Fred Waring    (Hal Kemp); Tom Waring    (Fred Waring,Jack Hylton) Paul Warner    (Dick Stabile) Earl Warren    (Count Basie) Frank Warren    (Harry James) "Country" Washburn    (Spike Jones, Red Ingle, Ted Weems) Phil Washburne    (Jimmy Dorsey, Bobby Sherwood) Sonny Washburn    (Shep Fields) Press Watkins    (Herman Kenin and his Multnomal Orch 1927-'29) Leo Watson    (Jimmy Mundy, Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw) Milton Watson    (Paul Ash, Gus Arnheim) Artie Wayne    (Freddy Martin) Jerry Wayne    (Nat Brandwynne) "Doodles" Weaver    (Spike Jones) Clifton Webb    (Leo Reisman) Webb later became a famous B'way and Hollywood actor. Dick Webster    (Jimmy Grier) Buddy Welcome    (Mal Hallet, Jan Savitt) Barry Wells    (George Hall) Henry Wells    (Jimmy Lunceford, Andy Kirk) Johnny Wells    (Johnny Long) John West    (Vaughn Monroe) West was one of "The Moon Men" vocal quartet with the Vaughn Monroe Orch. Cliff Weston    (Tommy Dorsey) Ray Wetzel    (Sonny Dunham) Nate Wexler    (Al Trace) Dick Wharton    (Henry Busse, Bunny Berigan) Eric Whitley    (Teddy Joyce) Alan Wiley    (Billy Butterfield) Billy Williams    (Sammy Kaye) Eddie Williams    (Horace Henderson) Ernest Williams    (Harlan Leonard) Gene Williams    (Claude Thornhill, George Paxton, Vincent Lopez, Johnny Long, Les Elgart, Bobby Sherwood, Sam Fletcher) Joe Williams    (Jimmy Noone, Andy Kirk, Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, Duke Ellington and Erskine Tate) Max Williams    (Kay Kyser) Charles Wilson    (Sammy Kaye) Gerald Wilson    (Jimmie Lunceford) Tiny Winters    (Lew Stone) Jimmy Witherspoon    (Jay McShann) Barry Wood    (Paul Ash, Vincent Lopez, Abe Lyman) (Barry Woods was younger brother of another band-leader, Barney Rapp.) Stanley Worth    (Eddie Duchin) Arthur Wright    (Sammy Kaye) Frank Wright    (Ray Miller) Dick Wylden    (one of the Stardusters who sang with- Charlie Spivak) "X"    Currently No entries "Y"    Bert Yarlett    (Jack Hylton) Norman Yarlett    (Harry Roy) Buddy Yeager    (Tex Beneke) Clark Yocum    (Mal Hallet) Note: Yocum later became a member of 'The Pied Pipers' vocal group. Austin "Skin" Young    (Paul Whiteman) Ralph Young    (Les Brown, Tommy Reynolds, Shep Fields) "Snooky" Young    (Count Basie) "Trummy" Young    (Jimmy Lunceford and Boyd Raeburn) "Z"    Sam Zotto    (Oscar Dumont)