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Sonny Burke
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American musical arranger, composer, big band leader and producer (1914–1980)
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Sonny Burke, born Joseph Francis Burke in 1914, was an American bandleader, composer, conductor, and jazz musician. He was educated at Duke University and played the piano. His work falls within the jazz genre, and he was a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
Burke was born in Scranton and died in Santa Monica in 1980. He was a male citizen of the United States who spoke and wrote in English. His name in his native language is recorded as Sonny Burke, J. Francis Burke.
He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This recognition is noted in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1914
- Active to
- 1980
Discography
- Mambo Jambo1951
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,725
- Total plays
- 9,709
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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Burke
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Scranton
- Place of death
- Santa Monica
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- Duke University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
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- date of birth
- 1914-03-22
- date of death
- 1980-05-31
- name in native language
- J. Francis Burke
- birth name
- Joseph Francis Burke
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- writing language
- English language
Sources (2)
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