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Birth Name: Lucius Venable Millinder
Born: 8 August 1900 Died: 28 September 1966
Country of origin: 
United States
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Bandleader Lucky Millinder was born in Alabama and raised in Chicago. He got his start in the music business--even though he didn't play any instrument and, according to some, couldn't even read music--as an emcee, and in 1934 he took over the Mills Blue Rhythm Band, among whom were such respected musicians as Henry 'Red' Allen, Buster Bailey and J.C. Higginbotham. When the band disbanded in 1938, Millinder worked with William Doggett's band, then formed his own group, Lucky Millinder and His Band, which quickly became one of the premier bands on the swing circuit.
The band was extremely popular in Harlem, especially when it
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