Stanley Newcomb Kenton (1911 - 1979)

Born 15 Dec 1911 in Wichita, Kansas, United States

Ancestors

Died 25 Aug 1979 at age 67 in Los Angeles, California, United States

Biography

Stan Kenton is Notable.

Stan Kenton was a renowned big band leader and composer active since 1930. He started his professional musical career as a touring piano player in others bands. He formed his first orchestra in 1940 in Los Angeles, California. By the mid-1940s, his group was playing progressive jazz. Kenton's band was the first to perform an outdoor concert at the Hollywood Bowl on 12 Jun 1948.

Even through changing popular musical styles in the late 1950s to the mid 1960s, Stan kept recording. In 1957, Stan and his band recorded the Dragnet theme.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Kenton

• https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315780

• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stan-Kenton

• https://www.discogs.com/artist/212786-Stan-Kenton

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQR-2B3 : Thu Jul 20 21:38:01 UTC 2023), Entry for Floyd Kenton and Stella E Kenton, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC8R-857 : Thu Aug 03 12:04:04 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas F Kenton and Stella E Kenton, 1930.

• "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9CX-QJV : Fri Jul 28 09:06:19 UTC 2023), Entry for Stanley N Kenton and Violet R Kenton, 1940.

• "Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRQX-RPY : 4 March 2021), Stanley Newcomb Kenton, Immigration; citing 1949, Arquivo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro (National Archives, Rio de Janeiro).

• "Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJ12-4D4 : 4 March 2021), Stanley Newcomb Kenton, Immigration; citing 1949, Arquivo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro (National Archives, Rio de Janeiro).

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1DW-C3R : 9 January 2021), Stanley Kenton, Aug 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP27-ZN9 : 26 November 2014), Stanley Newcomb Kenton, 25 Aug 1979; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q59X-L7GM : 18 July 2020), Stan Kenton, 1979.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q59F-FNNH : 18 July 2020), Stan Kenton, 1979.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ1-B5QV : 6 February 2023), Stan Kenton, ; Burial, Westwood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Westwood Memorial Park; citing record ID 5553, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.