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Big Bands and Such Crossword Puzzle

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People, places and things related to the Big Band Era of music, with an occasional foray into other types of music.
Author: spanishliz - Diff: Harder

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      Across
      1. I love the little brown one!
      3. Elmer had one
      8. Boots Randolph number: '___ety Sax'
      10. First name of 28 Down
      12. Miss Hutton, who sang with The Modernaires and 28 Across
      13. Scott Joplin tune, 'Maple Leaf ___'
      14. Concerning
      16. 1920s jazz band leader and clarinetist Ted _____
      17. Bing's bandleader brother's full first name
      19. Saxophonist and band leader Pastor
      20. Said twice to Nanette?
      22. Song: '_____ Swell'
      23. Label that produces Big Band tributes: ____ Space
      26. Wartime favourite: 'When the Lights __ on Again'
      27. What we were dancing in?
      28. His theme was 'Moonlight Serenade' (5, 6)
      32. Half a Chattanooga train?
      34. Song: '___'s Funny That Way'
      35. Where to go dancing: a ball____
      36. Alternate name for 'Londonderry Air', initially
      37. Surname of Jimmy and Tommy, bandleading brothers
      39. With 30 Down, soprano whose voice replaced others in several movies
      41. Lyric: 'It's like heaven to be ____ you...'
      43. English bandleader who moved to USA in 1934: Ray ______
      45. Saxie Dowell's navy band served on ____ Franklin (abbrev.)
      47. Victor Herbert piano number, revived in 'thirties: '______ Summer'
      48. Chicago's Dreamland had an orchestra and a roller skating _____
      49. UK orchestra leader Joe ____ who died in 1990
      50. Tex Beneke had one in Kalamazoo

      Down

      1. What they were doing at one o'clock?
      2. Turkish symphony orchestra conductor _____ Aykal
      3. 28 Across's instrument
      4. City where Eddy Duchin's orchestra was located (abbrev.)
      5. Play by ___
      6. Sunrise or Moonlight?
      7. Song: 'I Only Have _____ for You'
      9. The Ol' Professor of Swing, ___ Kyser
      11. 29 Down's band was often heard on this Eve
      15. First name of jazz pianist Tatum
      16. Behold!
      18. What 28 Across's band was sometimes in?
      19. This song's English title is 'Your Heart': '__ Corazon'
      21. Early theme of Duke Ellington's band: 'East St. Louis Toodle-___'
      24. Where to find 32 Across? (abbrev.)
      25. Vocalist who worked with Ben Bernie's band: Lester _______
      28. Clarinet player who was also an excellent male?
      29. Guy who led the Royal Canadians
      30. With 39 Across, singer who married composer Ernest Gold in 1950
      31. 'Jingle Jangle Jingle' writer and family
      32. Sing like Bing
      33. Short Santa's laugh?
      38. Oscar-winning composer and bandleader Victor _____
      40. Jelly Roll Morton once played at The Jungle ____ in Washington, DC
      42. Cornet player Bix B___erbecke
      44. Hit song in 1938: '____ Hoo'
      46. Music type of which Rosco Gordon is sometimes called the father