Sonny Burke
Sign in to saveAmerican musical arranger, composer, big band leader and producer (1914–1980)
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- Born
- 1914-03-22
- Died
- 1980-05-31
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Sonny Burke (born Joseph Francis Burke, March 22, 1914, Scranton, Pennsylvania – May 31, 1980) was an accomplished musical arranger, composer, big band leader and producer. In 1937, he graduated from Duke University, where he had formed and led the jazz big band known as the Duke Ambassadors. During the 1930s and 1940s he was a big band arranger in New York, worked with Sam Donahue's band, and during the 1940s and 1950s worked as an arranger for the Charlie Spivak and Jimmy Dorsey bands, among
Key dates
- Born
- 22 March 1914
- Died
- 31 May 1980
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Burke
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Scranton
- Place of death
- Santa Monica
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Duke University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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1914 births1980 deaths20th-century American jazz composers20th-century American male composersAmerican jazz bandleadersAmerican male jazz composersAmerican music arrangersAmerican people of Syrian descentBrass Fever membersBurials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver CityDeaths from cancer in CaliforniaDuke University alumni