16 Facts About Charlie Spivak

Charlie Spivak arrived with his family at Ellis Island on 31 August 1910, bound for New Haven, Connecticut to meet his older brother.

Charlie Spivak learned to play trumpet and played in his high school band, going on to work with local groups before joining Johnny Cavallaro's orchestra.

Charlie Spivak played with Paul Specht's band for most of 1924 to 1930, then spent time with Ben Pollack, the brothers Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, and Ray Noble.

Charlie Spivak played on "Solo Hop" in 1935 by Glenn Miller and the Glenn Miller Orchestra.

Charlie Spivak spent 1936 and 1937 mostly working as a studio musician with Gus Arnheim, Glenn Miller, Raymond Scott's radio orchestra, and others, followed by periods with Bob Crosby, Tommy Dorsey, and Jack Teagarden.

Charlie Spivak's band was one of the most successful in the 1940s, and survived until 1959.

Charlie Spivak scouted top trumpeter Paul Fredricks just as Fredricks left the service at the end of World War II, in 1946.

Charlie Spivak's experience playing with jazz musicians had little effect on his own band's style, which was straight dance music, made up mainly of ballads and popular tunes.

Charlie Spivak was known as "The Man Who Plays The Sweetest Trumpet In The World".

Charlie Spivak died in 1971 after a long illness with cancer.

Charlie Spivak played trumpet in the dance band that included a drummer, saxophonist, bass player and pianist.

Charlie Spivak continued to play and record until his death in Greenville in 1982, shortly after his 75th birthday.

Charlie Spivak subsequently married his vocalist, Irene Daye, in 1950.

Charlie Spivak married Wilma Hayes in 1974 - the third marriage for both of them.

Charlie Spivak's younger son, Steven Glenn Charlie Spivak, is a public relations manager in northern California.

Charlie Spivak is the owner of The Charlie Spivak Orchestra.