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Anyone Heard of Billie Rogers? - Female, trumpeter, vocalist

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 11:50 am
by Eyeball
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Rogers

She was with Woody Herman's band during WW2.

She just died earlier this year.

She likely had some great stories.

She played good horn and sang nicely and had her own big band, too.

I've seen some actual 16" transcriptions of her band, but I don't see them on YT.

Two Woody Herman sides with her featured:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz44vdkyjJE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NymJAxSsoLo