Ray Eberle

Ray Eberle ( born January 19, 1919 in Mechanicville, New York, † August 25 1979 in Douglasville, Georgia ) was a vocalist of the big band swing. He had his first hits with the orchestra of Glenn Miller and later continued his career as a bandleader on.

Life and work

Eberle, brother of singer Bob Eberly, Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra is a member of was, like his brother sang a self-taught on school festivals. When Glenn Miller founded his band, he took advice of Dorsey; this was the view that a big band definitely needed a singer. On demand Millers beat Bob Eberly, who was present at the interview, his brother before. Miller took Eberle, who has already recorded in 1937 with Eddie Miller, 1938 in his band and had success with his interpretations of Over the Rainbow, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, At Last, To You, Moonlight cocktails, some of which developed into hits. Also Eberle was seen in the films Sun Valley Serenade Music (1941 ) and Orchestra Wives ( 1942).

In June 1942, Eberle was forced to leave the Miller band, after he had come too late to the samples. He then became a member of the band by Gene Krupa. After he had completed his military service in 1943, he founded his own band in 1945, which initially played pieces such as Moonlight Serenade and arrangements in the Miller style. The band that played increasingly Easy Listening, had by the mid- 1950s inventory. Then he appeared on television and worked with The Modernaires. Before band in the early 1970s, went on tour with Tex Beneke and his original Glenn Miller. Then he worked with his own band in Las Vegas. In 1978 he was still playing at New York's Madison Garden.

In 1995, he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

The daughter Eberle Jan Eberle, is a singer and published in 2002 a biography of her father (The Eberle Named Ray ).