Claude Thornhill
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1908-08-10
- Active to
- 1965-07-01
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Claude Thornhill (Terre Haute, Indiana, August 10, 1908 – July 1, 1965, Caldwell, New Jersey) was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. He composed the jazz and pop standards "Snowfall" and "I Wish I Had You", the last recorded by Billie Holliday. As a youth, he was recognized as an extraordinary talent and formed a traveling duo with Danny Polo, a musical prodigy on the clarinet and trumpet from nearby Clinton, Indiana. As a student at Garfield High School in Terre Haute, he
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Claude
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Terre Haute
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- jazz piano
- Record label
- RCA Victor
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Claude Thornhill (Gottlieb 08531).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1908-04-10
- date of death
- 1965-07-01
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Claude Thornhill
- start of work period
- 1924-00-00
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