Gordon Jenkins

Gordon Jenkins enjoyed sizable fame as an arranger, conductor, composer, and bandleader from the 30s through the 60s. He began as a multi-instrumentalist freelancing on radio, then became a prolific arranger, contributing to sessions by Isham Jones, Benny Goodman, Lennie Hayton, and others. He conducted The Show Is On in 1935 on Broadway. After a stint with Paramount, he worked for NBC in ...more