Count Basie and his Barons of Rhythm
name is actually william
Count Basie went by The Count, and The Kid from Red Bank.
bill basie
Count Basie Orchestra was created in 1936.
William "Count" Basie and his wife Catherine had a daughter, Diane, who lived in Freeport, Bahamas at the time of Basie's death in 1984. Count and Catherine were married for forty years at the time of her death in 1983. This is according to the obituary in the NY Times. Another source mentions that Basie had five children, but no names were given.
William 'Count' Basie was born on August 21, 1904.
Count Basie at Newport was created on 1957-09-07.
The cast of Count Basie at Carnegie Hall - 1981 includes: Count Basie as himself Count Basie Orchestra as Themselves Tony Bennett as himself Big Joe Williams as himself Sarah Vaughan as herself
William count basie got his name count ecause he liked counting
For the First Time - Count Basie album - was created in 1974.
William 'Count' Basie died on April 26, 1984 at the age of 79.