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Gordon Beneke
Tex Beneke

Gordon

BENEKE, GORDON (TEX) (1914–2000). Gordon (Tex) Beneke, swing-band tenor saxophonist and vocalist, was born in Fort Worth on February 12, 1914. He started playing the saxophone at the age of nine. He worked with various bands until 1935, when he joined the Ben Young band. In 1937, on a recommendation by drummer Gene Krupa, Glenn Miller hired Beneke for his band...

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