Count Basiein a sentence
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Both of Count Basie's parents played musical instruments.
Count Basie = famous U.S. jazz pianist, organist, and bandleader (1904-1983)
- Then at one P.M. they played the Apollo theme song, "I Think You're Wonderful," and the bands would bust loose, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Jimmie Lunceford, Louis Jordan, Billie Holiday, Billy Eckstine.† (source)
- I start the record and before halfway Count Basie is already winning.† (source)
- We danced the jitterbug to Count Basie, the Lindy and the Big Apple to Cab Calloway, and the Half Time Texas Hop to Duke Ellington.† (source)
- Give her a ten-second start and then let Count Basie go.† (source)
- Count Basie always gets there first.† (source)