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- When Universal Pictures produced the feature film “The Benny Goodman Story” in 1956 starring Steve Allen in the title role and Donna Reed as his wife, Krupa was again cast as himself playing his own drumming identity. Rival bandleader Harry James also played himself in the film.
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Sep 7, 2019 · The consensus story to eventually emerge then from the tangled skein of events, and be repeated many times thereafter by Krupa himself, is that the young man who had been Gene’s valet, had received his draft notice while the Krupa band was playing at the Palladium in Hollywood.
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Mar 15, 2018 · Gene Krupa has to be one of the most misunderstood musicians in jazz history. In his time, he was a drummer whose energetic charisma propelled him into a rare level of celebrity. A marquee star from the 1930s on, he appeared not only onstage but also in Hollywood films.
Feb 18, 2017 · Gene moved to New York in 1929 and was recruited by Red Nichols. He, along with Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller, performed in the pit band of the new George Gershwin play "Strike Up the Band." Gene had never learned to read music and "faked" his parts during rehearsals.
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Feb 28, 2019 · Krupa was welcomed back to New York by Red Nichols upon his return; the cornettist, constantly booking bands for one-nighters and recording sessions of all stripes, began using the young Chicagoan as one of his pool of regular percussionists.
Jan 1, 2018 · He made the two-part recording “ Sing, Sing, Sing ” a hit in July 1937 and was featured on a shortened version of the song with the Goodman Orchestra in the film Hollywood Hotel.
Jul 9, 2017 · The Goodman band was back in Hollywood in the summer of 1937 to make another movie, Hollywood Hotel, for Warner Brothers. It appears that the Goodman band started work on the film on approximately July 8.
Jan 17, 2022 · The film follows young Gene Krupa in the 1920s who wants to play the drums, but his parents disapprove. They want him to be a priest (watch for a young Gavin MacLeod who plays Krupa’s brother).
