Talk:Artie Shaw
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I'm not sure that I would say that Shaw worked for the USO. Many bands volunteered to play USO shows during WWII (eg: Benny Goodman). Shaw actually served in the Navy (albeit in a band unit). They spent almost 18 months touring the south pacific playing for troops (sometimes as many as four shows a day). They apparently also saw some combat in Guadacanal (sp). Shaw was given a medical discharge (probably due to physical and emotional exhaustion).
Some good information is here: http://www.artieshaw.com/bio.html
Removed "Temptation" from a list of Artie Shaw hits. It doesn't rise to the same level as Beguine, Frenesi, etc. Good song tho. (Listening to it now). --SeanO 03:05, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
