Drum artist Mel Lewis

Mel Lewis

Living place: New York

Birthday: 10-5-1929 (95 years old)

Population of US 1929: 121,767,000

Global rank: #74328

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Drum artist Mel Lewis profile

Who is Drum artist Mel Lewis?
Drummer who has received fourteen Grammy Award nominations and is a professor at William Patterson College.
He wrote a book on the art of drumming.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He grew up in New York, raised by immigrating to Russia. He began playing music as a teenager, joining Stan Kenton in 1954.

Family life info

He died of a malignant tumor.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Drum artist Mel Lewis?
He was influenced by Duke Ellington.

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When was Drum artist Mel Lewis born?
Mel Lewis birthday 10-5-1929 (at the age of 95).
Where is Drum artist Mel Lewis's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Mel Lewis was born in New York, . is a Drum artist, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Mel Lewis's global rank is 74328 and whose rank is 587 in list of famous Drum artist. Population of US in 1929 is about 121,767,000 persons.
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Events in 1929 and 10-5

Events in US in the birth year of Mel Lewis

  • St. Valentine's Day gangland massacre in Chicago (Feb. 14).
  • Stock market prices plummet (Nov.-Dec.). U.S. securities lose $26 billion, marking the first financial disaster of the Great Depression

Birthday Mel Lewis (10-5) in history

  • Day 10-5 year 1775: Farmer Ethan Allen and his "Green Mountain Boys" organization captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British.
  • Day 10-5 year 1863: Confederate General Stonewall Jackson died after being accidentally shot by his own troops.
  • Day 10-5 year 1869: The United States’ first transcontinental railroad was completed with a ceremony in Promontory Summit, Utah.
  • Day 10-5 year 1924: J. Edgar Hoover became director of the FBI.
  • Day 10-5 year 1940: Winston Churchill succeeded Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister.
  • Day 10-5 year 1994: Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first black president.
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