Festival de Bellas Artes en Honor a César Chávez
Big Band Double-Play, Side A:
The Mexican Heritage Plaza presents
the Music of Harry James
Performed by the Fred Radke Orchestra
 Harry James |
 Fred Radke |
Date/TimeSaturday, March 31, 7pm
LocationMexican Heritage Plaza Theater
Tickets$35, $25, $20 ($5 discount for seniors, military personnel and veterans)
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Box Office
Tickets available at Mexican Heritage Plaza in person or by phone.
Call (408) 928-5563 for Box Office Hours or to leave your order over the phone.
Walk in hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 9am-1pm
Tickets also available online at TICKETMASTER.COM, at all Ticketmaster
outlets including Ritmo Latino, Wherehouse Music and select Save Mart stores. To charge tickets by phone call 408.998.TIXS
Enjoy a concert presenting the music of César’s favorite musical groups, – swing, serenade
and swoon to the sounds of Big Band!
About Harry James
Harry Haag James was born in 1916 in Albany, Georgia, in the United States. He learned the
trumpet from his father, a circus bandleader. James decided to pursue a professional career
in music after winning a state high-school trumpet competition.
Harry began to perform with several dance bands, including that of Ben Pollack's popular group.
The flawless, technically outstanding trumpeter played for several years with the Benny Goodman
Band before forming his own band in 1939 with a gifted but little known vocalist, Frank Sinatra.
During the golden era of the big bands, Harry recorded a number of hits, including "I've Heard
That Song Before," from the motion picture Youth on Parade (1942), "You Made Me Love You"
(1941), the number-one instrumental hit "Sleepy Lagoon" (1942), "I Had the Craziest Dream" (1943),
"You'll Never Know" and his theme song, "Ciribiribin." His band helped launch the careers of
many pop music stars of the World War II era, including Frank Sinatra and Helen Forrest.
Some also know Harry as the husband of American film star Betty Grable. Already a celebrity, James'
marriage to Grable in 1943 cemented his status as one of the most famous American personalities of his generation.