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Charley Straight (Pianist) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

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Charles Theodore "Charley" Straight is an American pianist, conductor and composer. He started his career in 1909 with singer Gene Greene in Vaudeville. In 1916, he began working at the Imperial Piano Roll Company in Chicago, where he recorded dozens of piano rolls. He became a famous conductor in Chicago in the 1920s. His band, Charley Straight Orchestra, had a long association with the Rendezvous Café from 1922 to 1925 and recorded for Paramount Records and Brunswick Records in the 1920s
Birth nameCharles Theodore Straight
BornJanuary 16, 1891, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedSeptember 21, 1940, Chicago, Illinois
GenresRagtime, jazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, arranger, orchestra leader
InstrumentsPiano

About Charley Straight

Pianist Charley Straight was born on January 16, 1891 in Illinois, United States (He dies at the age of 49, on September 21, 1940).

In the 1920s, he was a popular pianist and bandleader in Chicago's jazz scene.

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Charley Straight before becoming famous

Charley Straight was born in the Zodiac sign Capricorn (The Sea-Goat), and 1891 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rabbit (兔).

He began his career in vaudeville in 1909, accompanying singer Gene Greene. In 1916, the Imperial Piano Roll Company in Chicago recruited him to record piano rolls.

Achievement of Charley Straight

Throughout the 1920s, his Pianist Charley Straight Orchestra was hugely famous in Chicago, especially at the Rendezvous Café.

Charley Straight's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was born and raised in Chicago. In 1940, he was killed unnecessarily while working as a sanitary inspector for Chicago, when he was hit by an automobile as he climbed out of a manhole.

Charley Straight Collabed with

He was one of the pianists striving at the time to popularize ragtime, as embodied by Composer George Gershwin.

Charley Straight Income & Net worth

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Charley Straight Height and Weight

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Latest information about Charley Straight updated on March 13 2023.