Junior Collins

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Addison Collins, Jr. (April 17, 1927 – 1976) was an American French horn player.

Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Collins was a member of Glenn Miller's Army Air Force band,^[1] and Claude Thornhill's orchestra,^[2] he went on to play with Charlie Parker, Gerry Mulligan and was a member of the famous nonet that appears on Miles Davis' Birth of the Cool.^[3]

References

↑ Grudens, Richard Chattanooga Choo Choo: The Life and Times of the World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra Celebrity Profiles Publishing, 2004 ISBN 1-57579-277-X, 9781575792774 at Google Books
↑ Kirchner, Bill The Oxford Companion to Jazz Oxford University Press US, 2005 ISBN 0-19-518359-2, ISBN 978-0-19-518359-7 at Google Books
↑ "The Birth of the Cool" by Jeff Sultanof (Jazz.com)

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Compositions	"Moonlight Serenade" "Room 1411 (Goin' to Town)" "Sold American" "Solo Hop" "Introduction to a Waltz" "Annie's Cousin Fanny" "Dese Dem Dose" "When Icky Morgan Plays the Organ" "Doin' the Jive" "Community Swing" "Sometime" "Boom Shot" "Seven-O-Five" "I Sustain the Wings" "I'm Headin' For California" "I Swung the Election" "Wings on Parade: The Flaming Sword of Liberation" "After Tonight" "Morning Mood" "The Technical Training Command" "Jinky" "Let's Give Them a Break" "SHAEF Presents" "Chesterfield #1" "Chesterfield #2" "125 Jazz Breaks for Trombone" "You're Breakin' Me Down" "Tomorrow's Another Day" "Harlem Chapel Chimes" "Basin Street Blues"

Billboard hit records	Solo Hop (1935) Every Day's a Holiday (1938) Moonlight Serenade (1939) The Woodpecker Song (1940) Pennsylvania 6-5000 (1940) Tuxedo Junction (1940) In the Mood (1940) Stardust (1940) Danny Boy (1940) Crosstown (1940) The Nearness of You (1940) The Song of the Volga Boatmen (1941) It Happened in Sun Valley (1941) Chattanooga Choo Choo (1941) I Know Why (And So Do You) (1941) Elmer's Tune (1941) I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem (1941) A String of Pearls (1942) Moonlight Cocktail (1942) (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo (1942) At Last (1942) Serenade in Blue (1942) That Old Black Magic (1943) It Must Be Jelly ('Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That) (1944) Here We Go Again (1944)

Albums	Glenn Miller (1945) Glenn Miller Masterpieces, Volume II (1947) Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film ''The Glenn Miller Story'' (1954) The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert (1958)

Band alumni	Trigger Alpert Ray Anthony Tex Beneke Johnny Best Ernie Caceres Addison Collins, Jr. Johnny Desmond Ray Eberle Jerry Gray Bobby Hackett Peanuts Hucko Al Klink Jack Lathrop Norman Leyden Hal McIntyre Ray McKinley Artie Malvin Billy May Ralph Patt Mel Powell Wilbur Schwartz George Siravo Charlie Spivak Kay Starr Paul Tanner

Filmography	The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935) Sun Valley Serenade (1941) Orchestra Wives (1942)

Related articles	Discography Bluebird Records RCA Victor Brunswick Records Dorsey Brothers Orchestra The Glenn Miller Story The Glenn Miller Story (soundtrack) (1954)

Authority control	VIAF: 49411014 ISNI: 0000 0000 0099 2805

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Name	Collins, Junior
Alternative names
Short description	American musician
Date of birth	April 17, 1927
Place of birth
Date of death	March 14, 1976
Place of death	Dublin, N.H. 1976

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