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3 unusual facts about Charlie Barnet


Charlie Barnet

:For other persons with this name, see Charlie Barnett.

Charlie Barnett

Charlie Barnet (1913–1991), band-leader and composer of the 1930s and '40s

Newark-Pompton Turnpike

Charlie Barnet recorded the song Pompton Turnpike, which was written by Will Osborne and Dick Rogers, about the Meadowbrook, a swing era performance venue on Pompton Avenue in Cedar Grove, NJ.


Dave Barbour

He found much work as a studio musician and played in ensembles with Teddy Wilson and Billie Holiday (1937), Artie Shaw (1939), Lennie Hayton, Charlie Barnet (1945), Raymond Scott, Glenn Miller, Lou Holden, and Woody Herman (1949).


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