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Lang was born Salvatore Massaro, the son of an Italian-American instrument maker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At first, he took violin lessons for 11 years. In school he became friends with Joe Venuti, with whom he would work for much of his career. He was playing professionally by about 1918, playing violin, banjo, and guitar. He worked with various bands in the USA's north-east, worked in London (late 1924 to early 1925), then settled in New York City.
He played with the bands of Venuti, Adrian Rollini, Roger Wolfe Kahn and Jean Goldkette in addition to doing a large amount of freelance radio and recording work.
In 1929 he joined Paul Whiteman's Orchestra, and can be seen and heard in the movie The King of Jazz.
When Bing Crosby left Whiteman, Lang went with Bing as his accompanist and can be seen with him in the 1932 movie Big Broadcast.
Lang also played under the pseudonym Blind Willie Dunn on a number of blues records with Lonnie Johnson.
Eddie Lang died from a sudden hemorrhage following a tonsillectomy in New York City. Read more about Eddie Lang on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Eddie Lang
1902-10-25 to 1933-03-26
member of band
- Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
- Red Nichols and His Five Pennies
- Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra
- Clarence Williams Jazz Band
- Fred Rich and His Orchestra
- Georgia Crackers
- Jean Goldkette and His Orchestra
- Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
- Eddie Lang & His Orchestra
- Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang & Their All-Star Orchestra
- Mound City Blue Blowers
- Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra
- Lee Morse and Her Blue Grass Boys
- Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang
- Tram, Bix & Lang
- Four Instrumental Stars
- Blind Willie Dunn's Gin Bottle Four
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