Artie Shaw
Full Name: Arthur Jacob Arshawsky
Birth Date: May 23, 1910
Deceased Date: December 30, 2004
Artist Bio:
Big Band-era bandleader, composer and one of the most-renowned clarinetists of all time, his version of Cole Porter‘s “Begin The Beguine” (#3, 1938) is one of the most popular and enduring songs of the Swing Era, retired from touring in the early 50s, returned briefly in the mid-80s and died of natural causes on 12/30/2004, age 94
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