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Irving "Babe" Russin (June 18, 1911 – August 4, 1984) was an American tenor saxophone player. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Russin played with some of the best known jazz bands of the 1930s and 1940s, including Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller. He led his own band briefly in the early 1940s. He solos in the recording the Glenn Miller band made of Jerry Gray's composition, "A String of Pearls" for Bluebird Records in 1941. In 1950, Russin was credited as a musician with the backup band on two Frank Sinatra songs for Columbia Records, "Should I?" and "You Do Something To Me". He co-wrote the instrumental "All the Things You Ain't" with Jimmy Dorsey which was released as a V-Disc 78 single, No. 391B, in March, 1945. He appeared briefly in the Universal-International movie The

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  • Irving „Babe“ Russin (* 18. Juni 1911 in Pittsburgh; † 4. August 1984 in Los Angeles) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Saxophonist (Tenor) des Swing. (de)
  • Irving Babe Russin, né le 18 juin 1911 à Pittsburgh et mort le 4 août 1984 à Los Angeles, est un joueur de saxophone ténor américain. (fr)
  • Irving "Babe" Russin (June 18, 1911 – August 4, 1984) was an American tenor saxophone player. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Russin played with some of the best known jazz bands of the 1930s and 1940s, including Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller. He led his own band briefly in the early 1940s. He solos in the recording the Glenn Miller band made of Jerry Gray's composition, "A String of Pearls" for Bluebird Records in 1941. In 1950, Russin was credited as a musician with the backup band on two Frank Sinatra songs for Columbia Records, "Should I?" and "You Do Something To Me". He co-wrote the instrumental "All the Things You Ain't" with Jimmy Dorsey which was released as a V-Disc 78 single, No. 391B, in March, 1945. He appeared briefly in the Universal-International movie The (en)
  • Irving "Babe" Russin (Pittsburgh, 18 juni 1911 - Los Angeles, 4 augustus 1984) was een Amerikaanse tenorsaxofonist in de swing. Russin speelde bij de (1926) en in het orkest van Smith Ballew. In New York City was hij actief bij de groepen van Red Nichols en . Hij was stafmuzikant bij CBC, speelde een paar maanden bij Benny Goodman (1937/1938), werkte bij Tommy Dorsey (1939) en leidde, begin jaren veertig, een eigen groep. In de periode 1942-1944 was hij lid van de band van Jimmy Dorsey, daarna speelde hij in legerbands. Eind jaren veertig speelde hij opnieuw bij Goodman. In de jaren vijftig speelde hij rollen in speelfilms over het leven van Glenn Miller (1953) en Benny Goodman (1956). Hij speelde mee op opnames van onder meer Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé en Billie Holiday en deed mee aan de (nl)
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  • Irving "Babe" Russin (June 18, 1911 – August 4, 1984) was an American tenor saxophone player. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Russin played with some of the best known jazz bands of the 1930s and 1940s, including Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller. He led his own band briefly in the early 1940s. He solos in the recording the Glenn Miller band made of Jerry Gray's composition, "A String of Pearls" for Bluebird Records in 1941. In 1950, Russin was credited as a musician with the backup band on two Frank Sinatra songs for Columbia Records, "Should I?" and "You Do Something To Me". He co-wrote the instrumental "All the Things You Ain't" with Jimmy Dorsey which was released as a V-Disc 78 single, No. 391B, in March, 1945. He appeared briefly in the Universal-International movie The Glenn Miller Story (1954). Russin plays on the soundtrack to the Warner Bros. movie A Star Is Born (1954), playing "Cheating on Me" with a small group. He also appeared in the Universal-International movie The Benny Goodman Story (1956). (en)
  • Irving „Babe“ Russin (* 18. Juni 1911 in Pittsburgh; † 4. August 1984 in Los Angeles) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Saxophonist (Tenor) des Swing. (de)
  • Irving Babe Russin, né le 18 juin 1911 à Pittsburgh et mort le 4 août 1984 à Los Angeles, est un joueur de saxophone ténor américain. (fr)
  • Irving "Babe" Russin (Pittsburgh, 18 juni 1911 - Los Angeles, 4 augustus 1984) was een Amerikaanse tenorsaxofonist in de swing. Russin speelde bij de (1926) en in het orkest van Smith Ballew. In New York City was hij actief bij de groepen van Red Nichols en . Hij was stafmuzikant bij CBC, speelde een paar maanden bij Benny Goodman (1937/1938), werkte bij Tommy Dorsey (1939) en leidde, begin jaren veertig, een eigen groep. In de periode 1942-1944 was hij lid van de band van Jimmy Dorsey, daarna speelde hij in legerbands. Eind jaren veertig speelde hij opnieuw bij Goodman. In de jaren vijftig speelde hij rollen in speelfilms over het leven van Glenn Miller (1953) en Benny Goodman (1956). Hij speelde mee op opnames van onder meer Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé en Billie Holiday en deed mee aan de soundtrack van "A Star is Born". In de jaren vijftig en erna was hij vooral actief als studiomuzikant, ook dook hij wel op bij reünies van de band van Goodman. Russin is te horen op opnames van onder meer Eartha Kitt, , Dinah Washington, Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Slim Gaillard, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Johnnie Ray en Frankie Laine. Zijn zus was een professionele pianiste, zijn broer speelde piano bij Red Nichols. (nl)
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