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3 unusual facts about Kenton


Dawson v. Delaware

After burglarizing one home in Kenton, Dawson entered the home of Richard and Madeline Kisner.

Kenton, Oklahoma

Foy Vance, a popular Northern Irish singer/songwriter, spent his early childhood living in Kenton during the late nineteen seventies.

William Randell

In 1840 W. B. Randell purchased 566 acres as a "Special Survey", then another tranche, totalling 966 acres which he called "Kenton Park" (probably named for Kenton, Devon).


Charles Roser

Charles Roser had part interest in a cheese business in Wellington, Ohio, before he went into the business of making candy and cookies in Kenton, Ohio.

Chico Alvarez

Alfred "Chico" Alvarez (1920–1992), Canadian trumpeter and session musician with Stan Kenton

Dick Shearer

Shearer is most famous for his work as lead trombonist and music director for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, since taking over the lead chair from Jim Trimble in the late 1960s until Kenton's death in 1979.

Gene Roland

He worked briefly with Lionel Hampton and Lucky Millinder and then rejoined Kenton in 1945, this time as a trombonist and writer (he arranged the hit "Tampico").

After leading a giant rehearsal band in 1950 that included Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, Roland wrote for Kenton in 1951, Dan Terry in 1954, and Woody Herman from 1956–58, for whom he contributed 65 arrangements.

Geoffrey Bennett

Over the next two decades he produced about twenty such novels for both adults and children and also wrote a number of radio plays for the BBC, including several serials for Children's Hour which featured the adventures of two Midshipmen, "Tiger" Ransome and "Snort" Kenton.

June Christy

In 1972, she sang at the Newport Jazz Festival in New York City, where she was reunited with the Kenton Orchestra.

Kenton County Police Department

The Kenton County Police Department is the secondary law enforcement agency for Kenton County, Kentucky.

Kenton Library

The Portland Development Commission carried out a $2.85 million urban-renewal project in Kenton in 2010.

Kentucky Route 17

The old section of KY 17 continues through the heart of Independence, containing landmarks such as Simon Kenton High School and the Kenton County Courthouse where it is know called KY 17 Business.

Lou Kenton

After the Lidice massacre in Czechoslovakia in 1942, Kenton joined the British "Lidice Shall Live" organisation.

New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm

Long regarded as one of the finest Kenton recordings, this studio album captures the energy and fire of one of Kenton's hardest-swinging bands, including soloists like Frank Rosolino, Lee Konitz, Conte Candoli, Maynard Ferguson, and Sal Salvador.

No. 13 Group RAF

The 13 Group HQ was at Kenton, near Newcastle upon Tyne with the Filter Room at nearby Blakelaw Quarry (not Blakelow, as erroneously mentioned previously).

Paleontology in Oklahoma

In 1931, University of Oklahoma geologist J. W. Stovall received word that a road crew grading for the construction of U.S. Route 64 uncovered a rich deposit of fossils east of Kenton.

Ponteland Railway

Authorised in 1899 as the Gosforth and Ponteland Light Railway, the line was built to provide a passenger service to link the communities to the north west of Newcastle upon Tyne — including Ponteland, Kenton, Fawdon, Coxlodge, and West Gosforth, with the city and the North Eastern Railway's network.

Primou

It is currently maintained by Bruce Roe, and Steve Kenton at the University of Oklahoma.

Puff Johnson

However, Johnson was listed as co-writer on three tracks on the 2005 album A Change Is Gonna Come by U.S. singer Leela James (track 3 - "Good Time" along with Gordon Williams, James herself and Kenton Nix, track 7 "When You Love Somebody" with Gordon and James and track 13 "Prayer" alongside Chucky Thompson and James).

Purviance

Douglas Purviance, former member of the Stan Kenton Orchestra, playing bass trombone and tuba from 1975 to 1977.

SS Günther Russ

In 1947, Empire Condorrat was sold to Whitehaven Shipping Co, Whitehaven and was renamed Kenton.

Stan Kenton Plays Chicago

He had no involvement in the Hair LP except for Kenton's name placed on the jacket cover; Ralph Carmichael and Lennie Niehaus were placed in charge of the project.

Stan Kenton Presents Gabe Baltazar

Both producer Wayne Dunstan and saxophonist Gabe Baltazar lived in Hawaii after having been on the Stan Kenton orchestra together in the 1960s, both serving in Kenton's sax section.


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