Extremely popular dance band leader best known for his "glee club" featured on radio shows from 1933 through the '40s, and as inventor of the famous Waring Blender. Younger brother Tom Waring was one of band's singers; Johnny "Scat" Davis (trumpet) its most prominent musician. While at his peak of radio popularity, Fred ceased recordings for nearly a decade after 1932; he hosted TV show in the early '50s. Fred died on July 29, 1984 (84). -from "Pop Memories 1890-1954" by Joel Whitburn

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