Doc Severinsen
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Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen is an American retired jazz trumpeter who led the NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
Severinsen in a 1974 publicity photo for The Tonight Show
Severinsen in 2009
Severinsen with daughter Nancy, in 1974: Nancy was part of a vocal group called Today's Children, which often performed with him.
Johnny Carson
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John William Carson was an American television host, comedian, and writer. He was best known as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, the third installment of The Tonight Show, which ai
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…popular bandleaders, appearing almost every night on television. He led the band during commercials and while guests were introduced. He joked with Johnny Carson, the show's host, and developed an amusing habit of wearing gaudy clothing. The show introduced a comic "Stump the Band" segment in which audience…
Carson in 1965
Johnny Carson's birthplace in Corning, Iowa
Navy portrait of Carson
Carson as a guest on Jack Benny's television program, 1955