Bennie Krueger was born in Newark, New Jersey 1898 to a family that were not performers, but appreciated music. By the
age of four, Bennie took up the violin, but also played the tenor sax, alto, clarinet and piano, and it wasn't long before
he was accepted into the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, which was a Victor artist It has been suggested that Bennie
introduced Al Bernard to the group, Al Bernard recorded one of the earliest versons o Hansy's Saint Louis Blues. By 1920
his association with Gennett had commenced. .
Bennie Krueger played in many bands including Milo Rega's band, the Manhattan Dancemakers (Directed by Ben Selvin), Harry
A. Yerkes bands, including the Columbia Saxophone Sextette and the Happy Six, Harry Radermans groups such as Plantation
Jazz/Dance Orchestra, The Ambassadors, Bailey's Lucky Seven(Directed by Sam Lanin) Cotton Pickers,columbia Novelty
Otchestra (Directed by Joseph Samuels) Dinah with Bing Crosby and the Mills Brothers, Chester Gaylord,Irving Kaufman, Carl
Fenton - (who's real name was Gus Haenchen), Newposrt Society Orchestra(Directed by Ben Selvin), Selvin's Novelty
Orchestra,the Tennessee tooters for Vocalion, and can be found on Edison, Gennett, Okeh,Cardinal, Arto, Broadway,
Paramount, Harmony, Everybody's, Black Swan, Grey Gull and more. Personnel as of 1921 was Bennie Krueger, cl, as, Cm, ts,
dir: Hymie Farberman or Benny Bloom, t / Fred Schilling-tb/ Perry Billitzer-as/ Herman Kaplan or Ruby Greenberg-vn/ Benny
Altschuler-vc/ Lester Morris or George LeClair-p/ Harry Reser-bj/ Dick Cherwin or John Helleberg-bb/ Sid Reiss-d. New York,
early 1921. Sam Lewis-tb was present by 1923 or so.~ Mickey Clark
BENNIE KRUEGER recorded 1920 - 1932
PALESTEENA PA 22469 11/01/20 68932=1B CONRAD-ROBINSON
PITTER PATTER PA 22469 11/01/20 68931 FRIEDLANDER
SPREAD YOU' STUFF BR 2083 03/01/21 5109 LEVY-CRANE
WANG WANG BLUES BR 2083 03/01/21 5112 MUELLER-JOHNSON-BUSSE
I'VE GOT THE JOYS-CRY BABY BLUES GEN 4793 09/20/21 7663 AKST
TUCK ME TO SLEEP IN MY OLD 'TUCKY HOME MANHATTAN SPECIALTY ORCHESTRA REG 9132 09/23/21 41993 MEYER
MY SUNNY TENNESSEE GEN 4793 10/18/21 7664 RUBY-KALMAR-RUBY
I'VE GOT MY HABITS ON BR 2181 12/01/21 6948 DURANTE
SCHOOL HOUSE BLUES BR 2181 12/01/21 6945 BERLIN
SCHOOL HOUSE BLUES BROX SISTERS BR 2268 12/01/21 7481 BERLIN
SOME SUNNY DAY BROX SISTERS BR 2268 12/01/21 7791 BERLIN
THAT OLD GANG OF MINE BILLY JONES-ERNIE HARE-ELLIOTT SHAW BR 2485 09/10/23 11389 ROSE-DIXON-HENDERSON
WONDER IF SHE'S LONESOME TOO BR 2485 09/10/23 11385 WHITE-GROSSMAN
LINGER AWHILE BR 2526 12/06/23 12045 OWENS-ROSE
JUNE NIGHT BR 2642 07/01/24 13461 FRIEND-BAER
MAYTIME BR 2642 07/01/24 13464 ROSE
I WONDER WHAT'S BECOME OF SALLY BR 2682 08/01/24 13656 AGER-YELLEN
SUSQUEHANNA HOME BR 2682 08/06/24 13683 RINGLE
BY THE LIGHT OF THE STARS BR 2894 04/10/25 15497 LITTLE-SIZEMORE-SHAY
IF I HAD A GIRL LIKE YOU BR 2936 08/14/25 16138 HENDERSON-DIXON-ROSE PITTER PATTER
YES SIR! THAT'S MY BABY INST BR 2936 08/14/25 16135 KAHN-DONALDSON
BYE BYE BLACKBIRD FRANK SYLVANO BR 3186 04/21/26 18863 DIXON-HENDERSON
WHAT WAS I TO DO? FRANK SYLVANO BR 3186 04/22/26 18870 CASTLE-REID
SNUGGLED ON YOUR SHOULDER ORCHESTRA BING CROSBY BR 6248 01/21/32 11163 YOUNG-LOMBARDO
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