Talk:Artie Shaw

USO, no
I'm not sure that I would say that Shaw worked for the USO. Many bands volunteered to play USO shows during WWII (eg: Benny Goodman). Shaw actually served in the Navy (albeit in a band unit). They spent almost 18 months touring the south pacific playing for troops (sometimes as many as four shows a day). They apparently also saw some combat in Guadacanal (sp). Shaw was given a medical discharge (probably due to physical and emotional exhaustion).

Some good information is here: http://www.artieshaw.com/bio.html

Edited great hits
Removed "Temptation" from a list of Artie Shaw hits. It doesn't rise to the same level as Beguine, Frenesi, etc. Good song tho. (Listening to it now). --SeanO 03:05, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Band remotes?
The article says, "Shaw did many band remotes." I presume this means the band played in some location and was listened to by radio at some other particular venue, but I'm not sure. Can someone spell it out a bit more clearly for the uninitiated, or link appropriately? —Christian Campbell 11:21, 11 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Good suggestion. Okay, to respond to this, I created a page on Big band remote, inserted link on Artie Shaw page and will add to the new page in the future. Pepso2 (talk) 15:25, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Citations & References
See Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the  tags Nhl4hamilton (talk) 10:53, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Summit Ridge Drive
This was not, as stated here, a big band number but a Gramercy Five number from c. 1940. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.214.62.215 (talk) 22:10, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Rosalie
Who sings Rosalie? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.241.114.24 (talk) 22:21, 14 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Tony Pastor. - Tim, 14 July, 2009. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.68.57.211 (talk) 03:02, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Can someone edit his wives in his biography section? It is not showing properly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ExtraBreze (talk • contribs) 17:36, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Writing career
There's very little about his writing, and what there is is very difficult to find. Would be great if that could be expanded. Johnny &#34;ThunderPeel2001&#34; Walker (talk) 17:45, 27 May 2019 (UTC)