Al Donahue (Composer)
Born: 12th June 1904, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 20th February 1983, Fallbrook, California, United States
Nationality: American
Al Donahue was an American violinist and big band leader.
Donahue got his start playing in Boston-area campus bands and led a band at Boston's Weber Duck Inn in 1925. The ensemble attracted enough notice to obtain engagements at Florida hotels; one of these, the Bermudiana, contracted with Donahue to set up bands to play at all its hotels, as well as onboard Eastern Steamship ocean liners. During the mid-1930s he substituted for Ray Noble as leader at the Rainbow Room of Rockefeller Center. Over time he moved from playing sweet pop music to swing music and toured nationally.
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