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Russ Morgan
  • Date of Birth:
    April 29, 1904
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Taurus
  • Place of Birth:
    Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Place of Death:
    Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
  • Date of Death:
    August 7, 1969
  • Cause of Death:
    Cerebral Hemorrhage
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    American

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    • In 1922, Morgan decided to go to New York.
    • Three years later, at the age of twenty-one, he did arrangements for both John Philip Sousa and Victor Herbert.
    • He then joined Paul Specht's orchestra and toured throughout Europe with the orchestra.
    • Colleagues of Morgan in Specht's orchestra included Arthur Schutt, Don Lindley, Chauncey Morehouse, Orville Knapp, Paul Whiteman, Charlie Spivak and Artie Shaw.
    • On his return from Europe, Jean Goldkette invited Morgan to Detroit to organize, lead and arrange for his new band.
    • The band included Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Chauncey Morehouse, Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Bix Beiderbecke and Fuzzy Farrar.
    • Former coal miner turned popular "sweet" (as opposed to swing) bandleader and occasional actor from c. 1930 until his death. Recorded almost exclusively for American Decca (now MCA) records.
    • A talented multi-instrumentalist (trombone, piano, organ) and composer, whose compositions include such standards as "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You," "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place," "So Tired," and his theme song, "Does Your Heart Beat For Me?"
    • His band still tours some 40+ weeks per year under the direction of his son, Jack Morgan.
    • He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1751 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

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    Last Updated: Saturday, August 22, 2009

    Russ Morgan was into a Welsh family, Russ Morgan was encouraged to express himself musically from the tender age of seven. His ability had come naturally since his father, a coal-mine foreman, was a former musician who played drums in the local band in his spare time with his mother, before her marriage, had been a pianist in a vaudeville act. Almost at the same age that he began to study piano, he began to work in the mines in order to earn money to help support his family and pay for his lessons.

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