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4 unusual facts about Skitch Henderson


Eileen Wilson

Before her Hit Parade years, Wilson sang with the Skitch Henderson and Les Brown orchestras.

Joe Leahy

Upon leaving the service in 1945 he came to New York and signed with CBS as a staff conductor-arranger, doing script-show music, background music for radio dramas, and conducting the Skitch Henderson orchestra.

Stan Levey

A left-handed drummer, Levey has played on over thousands of recordings, including those with musicians Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and with bands such as that of Quincy Jones, and Skitch Henderson and The Tonight Show Band.

Tonight Starring Steve Allen

The announcer of the show was Gene Rayburn (who wouild eventually become a top-game show emcee, hosting "Match Game") and the bandleader was Skitch Henderson.


Killer Joe Piro

Piro was invited to shake his moneymaker for the cover of discothèque albums Discotheque! (Enoch Light), The Mule (Skitch Henderson), and Viva La Pachanga (Joe Sherman).


see also

Monday Off

Monday Off has become a regular fixture in the New York City club scene, in addition to their performances in larger concert halls across the country including Carnegie Hall with Skitch Henderson and The New York Pops.