LoginJoe Bushkin
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Born: 6 November 1916 Died: 3 November 2004
Country of origin: 
United States
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Francice Netcher
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Songwriter and jazz pianist who was born to Russian immigrants and learned to play the piano by age ten. His first professional performance was in 1932 with the Frank LaMarr orchestra in New York's Roseland Ballroom. By 1935, he became intermission pianist at the Famous Door where the Bunny Berigan Boys were performing, a group that included guitarist Eddie Condon and pianist George Zack, whom Bushkin ended up replacing. In 1936, he played on Billie Holiday's first recording under her own name. Later, he went on to play with Condon, Joe Marsala, and Tommy Dorsey, whose band he joined and where he wrote the hit song "Oh! Loo
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1. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
| Rating: | 89 Watched |
2. The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
| Rating: | 20 Watched |
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