Gus Bivona

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Role

Actor

Date of birth

11/25/1915

Date of death

01/05/1996

Place of birth

New London, Connecticut, USA

Gus Bivona

Biography

Conductor, saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer, a member of the orchestras of Frank Dailey, Hudson-DeLange, Bunny Berigan, Benny Goodman, Teddy Powell, Les Brown, Bob Crosby and Jan Savitt. He led his own band briefly, then conducted the USNAF Band in World War II, then joined the staff of MGM. He joined ASCAP in 1959 and has made many records.

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