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Billie Rogers Fast Facts
Birthday
*** ,1917
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Death day
January 18, 2014 (96 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Gemini
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Celebrities born on May 31
Born in 1917
Gemini named Billie
Trumpet Players from Oregon
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First name Billie
Billie Rogers
Billie Rogers née Zelda Louise Smith was an American jazz trumpeter and singer who was a member of Woody Herman's band from 1941 to 1943. She led her own band in 1943. At the end of that year, she joined Jerry Wald's band and remained a member until October 1945, when she left to form her own sextet. Rogers is credited as the first woman to hold a horn position in a major jazz orchestra. Woody Herman discovered Rogers in August 1941. After his band had finished for the evening at the Palladium Ballroom Cafe in Hollywood, Herman had gone to a small Los Angeles night club on the advice of his road manager where Rogers was singing and playing trumpet. Impressed, he asked for an introduction. Sammy Cahn, the songwriter, introduced them, and within a few minutes Herman hired her for his Blues on Parade band. She made her debut at the Panther Room of the Sherman Hotel in Chicago.
Birth nameZelda Louise Smith
BornMay 31, 1917, North Plains, Oregon, U.S.
DiedJanuary 18, 2014
GenresJazz, swing, big band
Occupation(s)Musician, bandleader
InstrumentsTrumpet
Years active1927–1947
LabelsDecca, MCA, V-Disc, Musicraft, Majestic
Associated actsWoody Herman, Jerry Wald, Tommy Pederson

About Billie Rogers

Trumpet Player Billie Rogers was born in Oregon, United States on May 31, 1917. She dies at the age of 96, on January 18, 2014.

Trumpeter who made history as the first woman to play trumpet in a big jazz ensemble. In the 1940s, she was a member of a number of groups, including the Saxophonist Woody Herman Orchestra.

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Billie Rogers before becoming famous

Billie Rogers was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1917 is also the year of Serpent (蛇) in the Chinese Zodiac.

While residing in Rainier, Washington, she and her family created Smith's Rainier Entertainers, a family band.

Achievement of Billie Rogers

Her pitch was flawless from the day she was born.

Billie Rogers's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Her mother and father were also multi-instrumentalists, and she grew up in a musical family.

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From 1941 to 1963, she was a member of the Saxophonist Woody Herman Orchestra on trumpet.

Woody Herman (1913 - 1987) (Saxophonist)
Woody Herman (1913 - 1987)

Saxophonist

Billie Rogers Income & Net worth

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