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Bobby Hackett
Robert Leo Hackett (January 31, 1915 – June 7, 1976) was an American jazz musician who played trumpet, cornet, and guitar with the bands of Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Hackett was a featured soloist on some of the Jackie Gleason mood music albums during the 1950s.
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- #5 of 59Greatest Cornetists of All Time
- #10 of 20Best Cornetists
- #18 of 126Best Dixieland Bands
- #20 of 75Best Musical Artists From Rhode Island
- #25 of 227Famous Jazz Trumpeters
- #49 of 269Famous Male Trumpeters
- #59 of 517Famous Trumpeters
- #171 of 419Famous Male Bandleaders
- #188 of 431Famous Bandleaders
- #441 of 1310Famous People Who Died of Myocardial Infarction
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