swing band
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“He could overhaul an engine and not get his hands dirty,” said Tommy Hays, 92, a Western swing band leader.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2022
She formed an all-female, mostly string swing band.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2022
Stationed in Germany, he performed original songs on the Armed Forces radio Network, traveled with a western swing band and earned a high school diploma.
From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2021
In the late 1950s, Lindsay and his western swing band traveled the west, and frequently loaded up the bus to head to Compton, California, to appear on the national ABC-TV show “Town Hall Party.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 10, 2018
It just happened to be a hit song one year, and they all wanted to be an up-to-date American swing band.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
