1. Lester Elliott Elgart was an American swing jazz bandleader and trumpeter.
11 Facts About Les Elgart
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Les Elgart is said to have given a piano recital at Carnegie Hall, and at one time had her own music conservatory.
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At age 10, Les Elgart was attracted to bugling after joining the Cub Scouts.
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Les Elgart was playing professionally by the age of twenty.
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In mid-1946, Les Elgart signed with Musicraft Records but the recordings never made the hit parade.
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Les Elgart displaced Anthony for second place in 1955 and again in 1956.
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Les Elgart lived in Chicago for several years, and Santa Monica and Hollywood Hills on the West Coast.
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Les Elgart returned to Chicago, then relocated to Miami, and San Antonio, Texas.
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From his home in Dallas, Les Elgart continued to tour with his band, performing at colleges and conventions, and on cruises.
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In 1987 Les Elgart traveled to Brazil at the invitation of Brazilian radio program producer and Elgart biographer Joaquim Gaspar Machado.
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Les Elgart continued to work until his death from heart failure, in Dallas, Texas, at age 77.