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| has gloss | eng: "Tuxedo Junction" is a song co-written by Birmingham, Alabama composer Erskine Hawkins and saxophonist and arranger Bill Johnson. The song was introduced by Hawkins's orchestra. Lyrics were by Buddy Feyne. This original version, by the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra (the new name for the college dance band known as the Bama State Collegians) rose to number 7 on the national hit parade. It was further popularized by a best-selling (Number 1) record in 1939 by Glenn Miller and his orchestra. It was covered by numerous bands and Swing orchestras and solo artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Frankie Avalon and Joe Jackson, and became the theme song for The Manhattan Transfer, first recorded on their album The Manhattan Transfer in 1975. Bob Marley used this song as an inspiration for his hit called "Kaya". It was also the inspiration for an all-girl disco group, entitled "Tuxedo Junction". |
| lexicalization | eng: Tuxedo Junction |
| instance of | (noun) United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944) Alton Glenn Miller, Miller, Glenn Miller |
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