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Where was Joe Venuti born?

Back in the great old days of loose record keeping, it didn't really matter.

He may have been born September 16, 1903

He used to say he was born on a ship headed to America. Others say he was born in Philadelphia. Still others say that he was born in Lecco, Italy in 1896.

Whatever the real story is, he and guitarist Eddie Lang were childhood friends and in the 20s and 30s recorded numerous sides and made countless gigs.

Benny Goodman, Frankie Trumbauer, Red Nichols, Adrian Rollini, the Dorsey Brothers, Bing Crosby, Bix Beiderbecke, Jack Teagarden, Frank Signorelli, and the Boswell Sisters were all fans and employers.

He was still going strong all the way to the last year of his life which was 1978.

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