This article is about the bandleader. For the poet, see John Beecher (poet).
John Hubbard Beecher, also known as Little John Beecher (February 8, 1927 – August 6, 1987) was an American bandleader, jazz trumpeter and valve trombonist, and a singer of novelty songs. His band, Little John Beecher and his Orchestra, was active throughout the 1950s, and was booked by National Orchestra Service of Omaha, Nebraska.[1] Before forming his own band, he played trumpet with Lee Williams.
Beecher founded and served as bandleader of Little John Beecher and His Orchestra throughout the 1950s. The orchestra was a nonet plus a featured vocalist territory band. Beecher was a large man, weighing 300 pounds in 1955. He promoted the catchphrase "THE BAND with the big front."[2] Beecher booked his gigs through the National Orchestra Service ("NOS"), a territory band agency in Omaha, Nebraska.[3][4] Royce Stoenner, who had been an executive at NOS, left the agency in 1959 to become a partner with the Dave Brumitt Agency, a territory band booking agency in Atlanta. Beecher followed Stoenner to Georgia and started working through his agency. Shortly thereafter in 1959, the band ended.
Jimmy Fuller founded The Cavaliers Orchestra[5] in 1946 and served as bandleader until 1976. Having played trumpet with the Cavaliers since 1973, Beecher became its second bandleader in the spring of 1976. The band was based in Columbus, Georgia.
^Autobiography — "Profile: Travis Jenkins," Jam (magazine), published by the Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors, Inc., February 2000; OCLC 44788786
^"A Biography of Russ Long," by Gary Don Sivils (1934– ), Jam (magazine), published by the Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors, Inc., October 2006; OCLC 44788786
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