Benny Krueger

Bennie Krueger ( born July 17, 1899 in Newark, New Jersey; † July 29, 1967 in Orange, New Jersey ) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer and big band leader in the Chicago jazz and popular music.

Krueger worked the late 1910s with recordings of the Original Dixieland Jass band and formed his own band in the early 1920s in Chicago; she went there primarily as a theater band and was occasionally booked as a dance band. At this time there the record label Music Corporation of America began its activities; Krueger's Orchestra was one ( in addition to the Coon -Sanders Nighthawks, Charlie Straight, Isham Jones and Ted Weems ) of the first bands that were taken at MCA under contract. In it, among other things played temporarily the young Benny Goodman band singer was among other things, Al Bernard.

Bennie Krueger's band was known for his recordings soon outside of Chicago. In November 1931 Krueger took his orchestra "Where the Blue of the Night ( Meets the Gold of the Day ) " with singer Bing Crosby, who was selected for his radio show. Theme song of the band was It's getting Dark on Old Broadway, Honey. A popular song was in 1931 "I Do not Know Why (I Just Do ) " with singer Smith Ballew.

Krueger took over on his career for Gennett, Pathe, Brunswick, Embassy, Columbia Records; he contributed to the Jule Styne - tracks Go Home Sunday and as a composer.

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• Leo Walker: The Big Band Almanac. Ward Ritchie Press, Pasadena. 1978

• Jazz saxophonist
• Composer (Jazz)
• Big Band Leader
• American musician
• Born in 1899
• Died in 1967
• Man