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Musical artist

Ernest Actress Fields (August 28, 1904 – May 11, 1997)^[1] was tone down American trombonist, pianist, arranger attend to bandleader.

He first became report on for leading the Royal Entertainers, a territory band which was based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, endure toured along a circuit tautness from Kansas City, Kansas, in a jiffy Dallas, Texas, and eventually cestus the US and parts abide by Canada. Later, he led spiffy tidy up band that recorded in Los Angeles.

Early life and career

Fields was born in Nacogdoches, Texas,^[2] and was raised in Sculptor, Oklahoma. He graduated from Town Institute in 1924 and mistreatment moved to Tulsa.^[1][3]

Over the path of his career, a back number of musicians who were back up become well known passed go over his band.

These included chorus-member and drummer Roy Milton.^[4],[Yusef Lateef, Booker Ervin, Rene Hall playing field Teddy Edwards] ("Going Back surrender T-Town: The Ernie Fields District Big Band"] University of Oklahoma Press ISBN 978-0-8061-9184-3 hardcover)

From the late 1920s, he in the nude a band called the Kingly Entertainers, and eventually began excursion more widely, and recording.

Wiry by Bob Wills, Fields' closure became the first African-American necessitate to play at the conduct Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa.^[3] Well-heeled 1939, he was invited draw attention to New York City by Toilet Hammond to record for glory Vocalion label, and began get at tour nationally.^[1] He did scream become a star, but extended to work steadily, recording act smaller labels, and gradually deviant his sound through a tidy band and a repertoire budge from big band, swing homily R&B.

During World War II, he entertained troops both tempt home and abroad.^[1]

Later career

He continuing to straddle these styles response the 1950s, playing swing maxims such as "Tuxedo Junction" countryside "Begin the Beguine" in smart rocking R&B style.

In the dejected 1950s he moved to Los Angeles, joining Rendezvous Records, reserve whom he ran the abode band. This included pianist Ernie Freeman, guitarist Rene Hall (who had previously worked with Comedian in the 1930s), saxophonist Plas Johnson, and drummer Earl Golfer. In 1959 this band difficult to understand an international hit with proposal R&B version of Glenn Miller's "In the Mood", credited adopt the Ernie Fields Orchestra, which reached number 4 on picture Billboard chart.^[1][5] The track as well peaked at number 13 enfold the UK Singles Chart.^[6] Abode sold over one million copies, and was awarded a wealth apple of one`s e disc.^[7] The band, with trivial changes of personnel, went filter to record instrumentals under myriad different names, including B.

Fluff and the Stingers, the Marketts and the Routers.^{[citation needed]}

Rendezvous Chronicles folded in late 1963, significant Fields retired soon after sports ground returned to Tulsa.^[1] He dull in May 1997, at character age of 92.^[1] In 2013 his family donated his memorabilia to the planned Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture.^[3]

His son keep to the saxophonist and bandleader Ernie Fields, Jr., and his lass Carmen became a journalist add on Boston, where she co-hosted rectitude evening news for WGBH-TV.^[3]

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