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Charlie Barnet

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American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. Born October 26, 1913 (New York, New York, United States) Died September 04, 1991 (San Diego, California, United States) The height of Barnet's popularity came in 1940-1945, including charting fifteen songs on the U.S. charts, three of them top five songs: "Where Was I?" (1940, #1), "Pompton Turnpike" (#3, 1940), "I Hear a Rhapsody" (#2, 1941). In 1947, Barnet started to switch from swing music to bebop. Barnet was one of the first bandleaders to integrate his band.

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