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- Birth nameBoyd Albert Raeburn
- Boyd Raeburn was born on October 27, 1913 in Faith, South Dakota, USA. He was married to Ginny Powell and Lorraine Anderson. He died on August 2, 1966 in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA.
- SpousesGinny Powell (2 children)Lorraine Anderson (divorced, 1 child)
- Father, with Ginny Powell, of Bruce Boyd Raeburn.
- Began his career as a band leader at a restaurant during the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. For the remainder of the decade, he led a society dance band. In the 1940s, he re-organized his outfit, first playing swing (1940-1944), then more innovative jazz (1944-1950). Top musicians in the band included Dizzy Gillespie, Trummy Young, Oscar Pettiford, Sonny Berman, Al Cohn, Dodo Marmarosa, Ralph Flanagan, Don Lamond and Johnny Mandel.
- Attended the University of Chicago, where he led a campus band.
- Eventually left the music industry to pursue business interests in New York and the Bahamas.
- His band had three themes: "Man with a Horn", "Raeburn's Theme" and "Over the Rainbow".
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