1. Russell Morgan was an American big band leader and arranger during the 1930s and 1940s.
19 Facts About Russ Morgan
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Russ Morgan was best known for being one of the composers of the song "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", with Larry Stock and James Cavanaugh, and was the first to record it in 1944.
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Russ Morgan's father, a coal mine foreman, was a former musician who played drums in a local band in his spare time.
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Russ Morgan's mother had been a pianist in a vaudeville act.
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Russ Morgan began to study piano and worked in the mines to earn money to help support his family and pay for his lessons.
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At the age of 14, Russ Morgan earned money as a pianist in a theater in Scranton.
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Russ Morgan purchased a trombone and learned to play it.
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Russ Morgan then joined Paul Specht's orchestra and toured throughout Europe with the orchestra.
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On September 12,1935, Russ Morgan, playing piano and Joe Venuti on violin recorded two sides for Brunswick: "Red Velvet" and "Black Satin".
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Russ Morgan's show, Music in the Morgan Manner, became one of the most popular radio shows.
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Russ Morgan joined the Freddy Martin Orchestra in 1934 as a pianist but worked chiefly as a trombonist and arranger with the band.
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Russ Morgan hosted The Russ Morgan Show on the Mutual Broadcasting System beginning in September 1949.
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Russ Morgan then invited Morgan to appear as a guest on his popular Fleishman Yeast radio show.
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The contract was extended, and Russ Morgan remained at the hotel for two years.
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Russ Morgan's band had regular engagements at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles; Claremont Hotel, Berkeley, California; Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago; Aragon and Trianon, Chicago; Strand, Chicago; the Statler Hotel, New York; Orpheum, Los Angeles; and the Palladium in Hollywood.
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In 1950, Russ Morgan hosted In the Morgan Manner on ABC television.
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Russ Morgan had another TV program on CBS in 1956 with Helen O'Connell as the featured singer.
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Russ Morgan died from a hemorrhagic stroke in 1969 in Las Vegas at the age of 65.
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Russ Morgan has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to recording.