Tex Beneke

The name Tex Beneke is inevitably linked to that of Glenn Miller, despite the fact that Beneke outlived Miller by over a half century. As the most popular member of Miller's pre-World War II orchestra, featured on songs such as "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree," Beneke became a major fixture in the popular culture of the period, and following Miller's death in December ...more