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Currently, Freddie Slack and His Orchestra is 113 years, 8 months and 26 days old. Freddie Slack and His Orchestra will celebrate 114rd birthday on a Wednesday 7th of August 2024. Below we countdown to Freddie Slack and His Orchestra upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Freddie Slack and His Orchestra |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Age | 110 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | August 7, 1910 () |
| Birthday | August 7 |
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Freddie Slack and His Orchestra’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Freddie Slack and His Orchestra was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
After spells with Jimmy Dorsey and Will Bradley, pianist Freddie Slack started out on his own as a leader in 1941. His orchestra played mainly on the West Coast adopting a boogie-woogie style akin to the Bradley/McKinley band.
Slack enjoyed his greatest success after signing vocalist Ella Mae Morse. The Capitol recording of "Cow Cow Boogie" -- a substantial hit -- was followed by another in "Mr. Five by Five". The band's theme song was "Strange Cargo," which Slack had composed himself.
Among other numbers he contributed were "Cuban Sugar Mill, "Riffette", "Rib Joint" and "Mr. Freddie's Boogie". Vocalist Margaret Whiting, a protégé of Slack, performed "That Old Black Magic" and "Silver Wings in the Moonlight".
Slack briefly disbanded his orchestra from early 1945 to mid-1946. He then reorganised, continuing on until the early 1950's. He subsequently restricted his appearances to nightclubs and cocktail lounges, performing as part of a trio or piano duo.
During its heyday, the Freddie Slack Band was featured in several musicals for Monogram and Universal, including Reveille with Beverly (1943) and Seven Days Ashore (1944). Sidemen included at various times the outstanding clarinettist and tenor saxophonist Barney Bigard, as well as trumpet players Manny Klein and Clyde Hurley.
