1. Frederick Charles Slack was an American swing and boogie-woogie pianist and bandleader.
10 Facts About Freddie Slack
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Freddie Slack studied with a local teacher throughout high school.
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Freddie Slack met Rosy McHargue, a well-known clarinetist, who took him to hear many leading musicians, including Bix Beiderbecke and Earl Hines.
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Freddie Slack later moved to Los Angeles, where he worked with Henry Halstead, Earl Burtnett and Lennie Hayton, before joining Ben Pollack in 1934.
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Freddie Slack played with the Jimmy Dorsey Band in the 1930s and was a charter member of the Will Bradley Orchestra when it formed in 1939.
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Freddie Slack formed his own band in 1942 and signed with the newly founded Capitol Records.
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Freddie Slack recorded three songs at his third recording session for Capitol, on May 21,1942.
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Freddie Slack continued to record with Capitol until at least 1950, recording some 80 tracks for the label.
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Freddie Slack recorded as an accompanist for Big Joe Turner, Johnny Mercer, Margaret Whiting and Lisa Morrow.
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Freddie Slack co-wrote the 1945 classic "The House of Blue Lights", first recorded with singer Ella Mae Morse, and later by Chuck Miller, the Andrews Sisters, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Asleep at the Wheel.