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Bobby Hackett

1915 - 1976

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Robert Leo Hackett (January 31, 1915 – June 7, 1976) was a versatile American jazz musician who played swing music, Dixieland jazz and mood music, now called easy listening, on trumpet, cornet, and guitar. He played Swing with the bands of Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman in the late 1930s and early 1940s, he played Dixieland from the 1930s into the 1970s in a variety of groups with many of the major figures in the field, and he was a featured soloist on the first ten of the numerous Jackie Gleason mood music albums during the 1950s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bobby Hackett is the 2,459th most popular musician (down from 2,424th in 2019), the 13,579th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,104th in 2019) and the 1,016th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Bobby Hackett ranks 2,459 out of 3,175. Before him are Paul Horn, Regina Spektor, Aaron Burckhard, Thomas Gabriel Fischer, Randy Jackson, and DJ Sammy. After him are Bob Wills, Nocturno Culto, John Rutsey, Lustmord, Glen Benton, and Sandy West.

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Among people born in 1915, Bobby Hackett ranks 293. Before him are Robin Montgomerie-Charrington, Arthur Lowe, A. K. Hangal, Elizabeth Catlett, Joyce Redman, and Veda Ann Borg. After him are Patricia Ellis, Barbara Billingsley, Archie Williams, Richard Webb, Dorothy Dell, and Jean Stafford. Among people deceased in 1976, Bobby Hackett ranks 272. Before him are Renata Viganò, Sybil Thorndike, Sid James, Cathy Downs, Donald Howard Menzel, and Paul Russo. After him are Barbara Nichols, Anissa Jones, Victoria Spivey, Alastair Sim, Isidoro Sota, and Vera C. Bushfield.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bobby Hackett ranks 13,583 out of 20,380. Before him are Kiele Sanchez (1977), Diedrich Bader (1966), William G. Dever (1933), Danielle Harris (1977), Chuck Arnold (1926), and Shelley Mann (1937). After him are Bob Wills (1905), Robert F. Stockton (1795), Nora Bayes (1880), Marilyn Quayle (1949), Sue Monk Kidd (1948), and Lurleen Wallace (1926).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Bobby Hackett ranks 1,016. Before him are Mike Inez (1966), Dave Sabo (1964), Bob Weir (1947), Paul Horn (1930), Aaron Burckhard (1963), and Randy Jackson (1956). After him are Bob Wills (1905), Glen Benton (1967), Sandy West (1959), Ginger Fish (1965), Kenny Chesney (1968), and Bob Gaudio (1942).

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