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Musician, band leader, music director. Instrument (s) Saxophone and clarinet. Years active. 1928–1980. Labels. Decca, Bluebird, Vocalion. Richard Dominic Stabile (May 29, 1909 – September 18, 1980) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader. Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Dick Stabile (1955)
Dick Stabile. Actor: At War with the Army. Extrovert saxophonist and bandleader, who started performing in theatre bands from the age of 15. Beginning in 1926, Stabile worked for a decade as a sideman with the orchestras of George Olsen and Ben Bernie, before forming his own dance band in New York, in April 1936.
- January 1, 1
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
- January 1, 1
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Dick Stabile. Joe E. Stabile, life long friend and manager of comedian Jerry Lewis graciously lost his four year battle with Alzheimers in his Las Vegas home...
Dick Stabile. Actor: At War with the Army. Extrovert saxophonist and bandleader, who started performing in theatre bands from the age of 15. Beginning in 1926, Stabile worked for a decade as a sideman with the orchestras of George Olsen and Ben Bernie, before forming his own dance band in New York, in April 1936.
- May 29, 1909
- September 25, 1980
cartoon gave him further notoriety, by reporting that he was the "Only Musician" to hit the top note of the saxophone, "an Octave and 2 Notes above the Scale - practically a range of 4 full octaves." given name Richard Stabile. birth May 29, 1909, Newark, NJ. death Sept. 25, 1980, New Orleans, LA, "coronary arrest". father a violinist.
D. ick Stabile by Joe E. Stabile. Dick’s father was a known musician, a violinist with the Vincent Lopez Orchestra at a major New York hotel. He came from a musical family. Vincent Lopez asked Dick’s father to get a saxophone as a double because it was gaining in popularity. His father bought an alto saxophone, a “Selmer”, and brought ...
Nov 12, 2018 · An accomplished saxophonist who’d gotten his start in the early big band era, Dick Stabile was the musical director for Martin and Lewis at the height of their fame as a comedy team, and for many years also backed up Dino on some of his best records. Along the way he found time to have a pretty good career as a bandleader.
