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Bennie Payne
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 4; Item 13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Oct. 1941
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 8 x 14 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Bennie Payne (b. 18 June, 1907, Philadelphia, PA) was a pianist and arranger. He played with the likes of Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Chu Berry, and Fats Waller, but his longest collaboration was with the lounge singer Billy Daniels; during the 1950s, they were among the first African-American entertainers to appear on national television. In 1964, Payne appeared on Broadway in a revival of "Golden Boy" with Daniels and Sammy Davis, Jr.
- He is best known as the pianist in Cab Calloway's band.
- Payne died in 1986 in Los Angeles, CA.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Bennie Payne with two companions of Sylvia Schwartz: Jewell Schwartz and Frances Gruber.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions