Gordon Lee "Tex" Beneke (/ˈbɛnəki/ BEN-ə-kee; February 12, 1914 – May 30, 2000) was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader. His career is a history of associations with bandleader Glenn Miller and former musicians and singers who worked with Miller. His band is also associated with the careers of Eydie Gormé, Henry Mancini and Ronnie Deauville. Beneke also solos on the recording the Glenn Miller Orchestra made of their popular song "In The Mood" and sings on another popular Glenn Miller recording, "Chattanooga Choo Choo". Jazz critic Will Friedwald considers Beneke to be one of the major blues singers who sang with the big bands of the early 1940s. More about Tex Beneke
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Beneke was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He started playing saxophone when he was nine, going from soprano to alto to tenor saxophones and staying with the latter. His first professional work was with bandleader Ben Young in 1935, but it was when he joined the Glenn Miller Orchestra three years later that his career hit its stride. Beneke said: "It seems that Gene Krupa had left the Goodman band and was forming his own first band. He was flying all over the country looking for new talent and he stopped at our ballroom one night . Gene wound up taking two or three of our boys with him back to New York. wanted to take but his sax section was already filled." Krupa knew that Glenn Miller was forming a band and recommended Beneke to Miller.In total, we tracked 56 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Tex Beneke (Hand signed Glenn Miller and Tex Beneke 5 x 7 Autographs) was sold in April 2017 for $160.00 while the cheapest item (TEX BENEKE Bandleader Glenn Miller Autographed Signed 3 x 5 Card d. 2000) found a new owner for $0.99 in January 2019. The month with the most items sold (3) was April 2017 with an average selling price of $15.51 for an autographed item of Tex Beneke. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2020 with $124.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was April 2014. In average, an autographed item from Tex Beneke is worth $19.25.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Tex Beneke were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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Horace Heidt Pianist & Tex Beneke Saxophonist Big Band Jazz Signed Autograph | $39.99 | ||
TEX BENEKE (1914-2000) BIG BAND MUSICIAN AUTOGRAPH 5 X 7 PHOTO~ | $19.50 | ||
Tex Beneke - A Wonderful Guy- A Gal In Calico - Autographed 1972 | $14.95 | ||
TEX BENEKE AUTOGRAPH PHOTOGRAPH-1940S?1950S?-SIGND-SAX PLAYER-BIG BANDLEADER-NR | $5.00 | ||
Tex Beneke HAND SIGNED 10 x 8 Photograph -Orchestra Leader *In Person* | $6.99 | ||
Tex Beneke signed autographed index card! RARE! AMCo Authenticated! | $19.00 | ||
TEX BENEKE Signed D 2000 3x5 Album Page SAXOPONIST COA | $24.99 | ||
Tex Beneke Signed Photo 8x10 Auto Autograph (no COA) | $20.00 | ||
TEX BENEKE ~ Autographed Hand Signed 8x10 Photo ~ Big Band Musician and Singer | $39.99 | ||
THE MODERNAIRES 4 MEMBER AUTOGRAPH PHOTO~TEX BENEKE~HAL DICKINSON~BREWSTER + | $26.89 |