{{Infobox musical artist | name = Murray Kane | image = | alt = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Moses Simon Kaplan | alias = | birth_place = | birth_date = May 26, 1915 | death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|01|31|1915|05|26}} | origin = | instrument = Vocals | genre = Jazz, swing, big band | occupation = Vocalist, composer, arranger, U.S. Army Corporal | years_active = | label = | past_member_of = The Crew Chiefs, Glenn Miller Orchestra, The McGuire Sisters | website = }}
'''Murray Kane''' (born '''Moses Simon Kaplan''', May 26, 1915<ref name="ssid">{{cite web|title=Murray Kane: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record|url=http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/ssdi/doc/ssdi/v1:112E92CC37890B76|work=GenealogyBank|publisher=NewsBank|accessdate=2010-04-08}}</ref> – January 31, 1986<ref name="popa">{{cite web|last=Popa|first=Christopher|title=Glenn Miller Orchestras: Necrology|url=http://www.bigbandlibrary.com/glennmiller.html|work=Glenn Miller: A Memorial – 1944–2004|publisher=Big Band Library|accessdate= 2010-04-08|date=December 2004}}</ref>) was an American Corporal, composer and band manager. As a performer, he was a member of the Crew Chiefs vocal group and the Glenn Miller Orchestra.
== Early life == Kane was born in 1915 in Brooklyn, New York. During high school, Kane hosted a radio show on WNEW alongside Hal Kanner.<ref name="ahc">{{cite web|title=Guide to Entertainment Industry Resources|url=http://ahc.uwyo.edu/documents/use_archives/guides/Entertainment_Industry_Resources.pdf|work=American Heritage Center|publisher=University of Wyoming|accessdate=2010-04-09|page=75|date=2009-06-05}}</ref>
== Career ==
=== Early career === Around 1937–38, after graduating from high school, Kane and Kanner recruited a female vocalist and performed under the names of "The Manhattanites" and "Two Bees and a Honey". The group was later joined by Daisy Brennier, and they performed with Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians on the Chesterfield radio tour.<ref name="ahc" />
=== Glenn Miller Orchestra === During World War II, Kane was a member of Glenn Miller's Army Air Force Orchestra,<ref name="grudens">{{cite book|last=Grudens|first=Richard|title=Chattanooga Choo Choo: The Life and Times of the World Famous Glenn Miller|year=2004|publisher=Celebrity Profiles Publishing|isbn=978-1-57579-277-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/chattanoogachooc00grud/page/67 67]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/chattanoogachooc00grud/page/67}}</ref> performing with them overseas for the duration of the war.<ref name="ahc" />
=== The Crew Chiefs === Kane's military career originally saw him as a Private First Class officer in the US Army.<ref name="polic">{{cite book|last=Polic|first=Edward F|title=The Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band: Sustineo Alas|year=1989|isbn=978-0-8108-2269-6|volume=2|page=1174|publisher=Scarecrow Press }}</ref> In 1943, Kane formed The Crew Chiefs<ref name="popa" /> with Sergeant Steve Steck, Corporal Artie Malvin, and Privates Lynn Allison and Gene Steck.<ref name="lost">{{cite web|last=Palmer|first=Hugh|title=Crew Chiefs Singing Group|url=http://www.tarcl.com/palmer/miller/pers.html#line|work=Glenn Miller: The Lost Recordings|accessdate=8 April 2010}}</ref> Around the same time, his rank was changed to that of Corporal. His despondency at this move led him to compose "Have Ya Got Any Gum, Chum?",<ref name="polic" /> quoting a popular phrase used between children and soldiers.<ref name="sutherland">{{cite book|last=Sutherland|first=Earl |title=Just an 18 Year Old During World War II|year=2008|isbn=978-1-4357-2026-8|page=103|chapter=81: Got Any Gum, Chum?|publisher=Lulu.com }}</ref> Kane left the group in 1945.<ref name="popa" />
=== Management career === After leaving The Crew Chiefs, Kane became a talent scout in New York City.<ref name="ahc" /> He managed and composed for the DeMarco Sisters and secured them as a permanent fixture on Fred Allen's radio show.
In 1950, Kane became the vocal arranger for The McGuire Sisters,<ref name="itunes">{{cite web|title=The McGuire Sisters Biography|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-mcguire-sisters/26247|work=iTunes Store|publisher=Apple Inc.|access-date=2010-04-08}}</ref> after hearing them perform on Kate Smith's radio show. Kane's compositions and arrangements helped the group secure an audition (and contract) at Decca Records.<ref name="itunes" /> Kane subsequently became their personal manager, and helped arrange their breakthrough performance on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts.<ref name="epm">{{cite encyclopedia|title=About McGuire Sisters|url=http://www.shockhound.com/artists/63111-mcguire-sisters-mp3|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|publisher=Muze|accessdate=2010-04-08}}</ref> The group retired in 1968. Through his work with The McGuire Sisters, Kane also worked with The Kane Triplets, who later performed on ''The Jack Benny Show'', ''The Ed Sullivan Show'', ''The Mike Douglas Show'', ''The Perry Como Show'' and ''The Tonight Show''.<ref name="kanetriplets">{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://www.kanetriplets.com/bio/|work=The Kane Triplets|accessdate=2010-05-09|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717093523/http://www.kanetriplets.com/bio/|archivedate=2009-07-17}}</ref> In 1984, Kane restarted The McGuire Sisters' career with a song entitled "The Second Time Around".<ref name="ahc" />
== Later life and death == Kane moved to Las Vegas in 1975.<ref name="ahc" /> He died in Las Vegas on January 31, 1986, at the age of 70.<ref name="popa" /><ref name="epm" />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kane, Murray}} Category:1915 births Category:1986 deaths Category:United States Army Air Forces soldiers Category:Singers from New York City Category:American jazz singers Category:Musicians from Las Vegas Category:Musicians from Brooklyn Category:20th-century American singers Category:Jazz musicians from New York (state) Category:United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II