Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen (born July 7, 1927) is an American retired jazz trumpeter who led the NBC Orchestra on ''

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''.

Early life

Severinsen was born in

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, to Minnie Mae (1897–1998) and Carl Severinsen (1898–1972). He was nicknamed Doc after his father, the only dentist in Arlington, who was born in Germany to a Danish father and a Swiss mother. Severinsen's father played violin and wanted him to play it as well, but Severinsen wanted to play trombone. Because his arms were not long enough for trombone, and the small Arlington music store had none available, he settled for the

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. A neighbor gave him some help on how to play, while his father, tobacco in mouth, instructed him to spit out the notes like spitting tobacco. His mother threatened to spank him if he didn't practice. Severinsen proved to have a knack for the instrument, and was in a high school band when he was seven. At 9, he won a state trumpet contest, at 13, he joined a multi-state all-star band and, at 14, he auditioned for

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but wasn't hired. He started a quartet called the Blue Notes that performed at local dances. Before graduating from high school, he was hired to go on the road with the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra. After graduation, he went on tour with Charlie Barnet, Tommy Dorsey, and

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. He served in the Army during World War II. Severinsen was a member of Sam Donahue’s band between 1946-1951. In 1946, he played trumpet on radio station KODL.

''The Tonight Show'' and other television appearances

In 1949, Severinsen landed a job as a studio musician for NBC, where he accompanied Steve Allen, Eddie Fisher,

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, and Kate Smith, and was a member of the original band for ''

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'', and was the soloist playing the closing theme. He left the show with Allen in 1957. The leader of The Tonight Show Band,

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, asked him to return as first-chair trumpeter in 1962 for what had become ''

'', and five years later Severinsen was leading the band. Under Severinsen's direction, The Tonight Show Band, styled the NBC Orchestra, became a well-known

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in America. Severinsen became one of the most popular bandleaders, appearing almost every night on television. He led the band during commercials and while guests were introduced. He joked with

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, the show's host, and developed an amusing habit of wearing gaudy clothing. The show introduced a comic "Stump the Band" segment in which audience members called out the titles of obscure songs to see if the band could play them. Severinsen often cried "key of E", his signal for the band to strike up a western theme, and then he would enthusiastically sing a

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-flavored nonsense song. Severinsen substituted for

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on occasions when Ed was absent as Carson's announcer and sidekick. He typically assumed this role when the show featured a guest host, which became increasingly frequent during the program's later years.

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was usually the band's substitute director when Severinsen was away from the show or filling in for McMahon. The sidekick role was omitted from the show when Leno guest hosted (it was discontinued altogether after Leno replaced Carson on a full-time basis). While Leno guest hosted for Carson, Severinsen typically introduced the guest host and led the band while interacting with Leno in a similar manner to his interactions with Carson and McMahon. He continued as bandleader until Carson's retirement in 1992. He appeared on Jimmy Fallon's ''Tonight Show'' in February 2015 when the show traveled to Los Angeles for a week. He played for the evening with The Roots. The appearance helped to promote his nationwide tour. Through the 1970s to the 1990s Severinsen also made appearances on ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Bionic Woman'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', among others.

Recording career

During the early 1960s, Severinsen began recording big band albums, then moved toward instrumental pop music by the end of the decade. In the 1970s he recorded jazz funk, then disco, finding hits with "Night Journey" and "I Wanna Be With You". He released an album with the jazz fusion group Xebron in 1985. During the next year, he recorded '' The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen'' which won the

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. After Carson retired in 1992, he toured with some of the band's members, including

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, Snooky Young, Bill Perkins,

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, and Ed Shaughnessy. Severinsen performed with high school bands, in particular in the 1970s with Don Caneva's

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Bands, which recorded four albums. He performed the "

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" on at least three nationally telecast occasions; however, the first two renditions were marred by problems. When he accompanied actor

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, as O'Brien recited the National Anthem at

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, the public address system at

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went dead for a minute, although viewers were unaware of it. Fifteen years later, when he performed the anthem again prior to the

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fight, a giant American flag on the side of the Fantasy Tower at Caesar's Palace overlooking the outdoor ring was not unfurled properly due to problems with the roping. He performed the anthem again, as well as "

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", at the 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in

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. With the game being played in the Los Angeles television and radio market, he was accompanied by the ''Tonight Show'' band. As of 2020, Severinsen and the NBC Orchestra's performance remains the most recent non-vocal rendition of the national anthem at the Midsummer Classic. Severinsen is credited for co-writing the hit song "

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" with

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, although both parties agree that Severinsen only came up with the title.

Conducting and teaching

Severinsen was the principal pops conductor for several American orchestras during and after his time on ''The Tonight Show''. His first was with the Phoenix Symphony in 1983. He held similar positions with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and

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. He retired from conducting in 2007 and was named Pops Conductor Emeritus in Milwaukee and Pops Conductor Laureate in Minnesota. Severinsen was also named distinguished visiting professor of music and Katherine K. Herberger Heritage Chair for Visiting Artists at Arizona State University School of Music in 2001 and 2002. In 2014, he was inducted into the Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame. Severinsen performed his final concert, accompanied by his San Miguel 5 group, on September 1, 2022 in

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Personal life

Severinsen's children are Nancy, Cindy, Allen, Robin, and Judy. He has eight grandchildren, including Blaire and Gray Reinhard, who write and perform roots rock music together in various incarnations as Curtis & Reinhard and the Blaire Reinhard Band. Severinsen has been quoted as saying that he has been married four times. His third wife, Emily Marshall, was a television writer and producer, and is an on-camera subject in a PBS documentary produced by

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titled, ''Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story'', that premiered April 2, 2021. They met when she was working as a secretary for ''The Tonight Show'' producer Fred de Cordova. His current partner, Cathy Leach, is a professor emerita of trumpet at the University of Tennessee.

Discography

* ''A String of Trumpets'' (

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, 1960) with Billy Mure * ''Tempestuous Trumpet'' (

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, 1961) * ''The Big Band's Back in Town'' (Command, 1962) * ''Torch Songs for Trumpet'' (Command, 1963) * ''High, Wide & Wonderful'' (Command, 1965) * ''Fever!'' (Command, 1966) (Pop No. 147) * ''Command Performances'' (Command, 1966) (Pop No. 133) * ''Live!: The Doc Severinsen Sextet'' (Command, 1967) * ''Swinging & Singing'' (Command, 1967) * ''The New Sound of Today's Big Band'' (Command, 1967) * ''The Great Arrival'' (Command, 1968) * ''Doc Severinsen & Strings'' (Command, 1968) * ''Doc Severinsen's Closet'' (Command, 1970) * ''Brass Roots'' (

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, 1971) (Pop No. 185) * ''Brass on Ivory'' (RCA Victor, 1972) (Pop No. 74) with

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* ''Doc'' (RCA Victor, 1972) * ''Brass, Ivory & Strings'' (RCA Victor, 1973) (Pop No. 185) with Henry Mancini * ''Rhapsody for Now!'' (RCA Victor, 1973) * ''Trumpets & Crumpets & Things'' ( ABC, 1973) * ''Night Journey'' (

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, 1976) (Pop No. 189) * ''Brand New Thing'' (Epic, 1977) * ''Live from Beautiful Downtown Burbank'' Tommy Newsom Featuring Doc Severinsen (Direct Disk Labs, 1978) * ''Doc Severinsen and Friends'' (Everest, 1978) * ''London Sessions'' (Firstline, 1980) * ''Seductive Strings Featuring Doc Severinsen'' (Bainbridge, 1980) *Doc Severinsen Plays Modern Trumpet Concertos (Firstline, 1981) * ''Doc Severinsen & Xebron'' (

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, 1985) * ''Episodes'' (Pro-Arte, 1986) * ''Ja-Da'' (

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, 1986) * '' The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen'' (Amherst, 1986) (Pop No. 65) * ''The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen, Vol. II'' (Amherst, 1988) * ''Facets'' (Amherst, 1988) * ''The Big Band Hit Parade'' ( Telarc, 1989) * ''Trumpet Spectacular'' (Telarc, 1990) * ''Once More...With Feeling!'' (Amherst, 1991) * ''Merry Christmas from Doc Severinsen and The Tonight Show Orchestra'' (Amherst, 1991) (Pop No. 171) * ''Unforgettably Doc'' (Telarc, 1992) * ''Good Medicine'' (

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/RCA, 1992) * ''Lullabies and Goodnight'' (Critique, 1992) * ''Two Sides of Doc Severinsen'' (The Right Stuff, 1993) * ''Swingin' the Blues'' (Azica, 1999) * ''El Ritmo De La Vida'' (Tejate, 2009) with Gil Gutierrez and Pedro Cartas * ''En Mi Corazon'' (Tejate, 2010) with Gil Gutierrez and Pedro Cartas * ''From the Archives'' (Essential Media Group, 2012) * ''Oblivion'' (

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, 2014)

As sideman

With Chris Connor * 1959 ''Witchcraft'' * 1961 ''Chris Connor Sings the George Gershwin Almanac of Song'' With Urbie Green * 1956 '' All About Urbie Green and His Big Band'' (ABC-Paramount) * 1958 ''Let's Face the Music and Dance'' * 1960 ''The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green'' * 1963 ''Urbie Green & His Sextet'' With

and "The Tonight Show" Orchestra * 1964 ''Skitch...Tonight!'' * 1965 ''More Skitch Tonight!'' Mort Goode, liner notes to Columbia LP, CL 2450 With Gerry Mulligan * 1961 '' Gerry Mulligan Presents a Concert in Jazz'' * 1963 '' Gerry Mulligan '63'' With Tito Puente * 1957 ''Night Beat'' * 1957 ''Top Percussion'' * 1960 ''Tambó'' With others * 1956 ''The Swingin' Miss "D"'', Dinah Washington * 1957 ''Dinah Washington Sings'', Fats Waller * 1957 '' Stormy Weather'',

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* 1958 ''Steve Allen at the Roundtable'', Steve Allen * 1958 ''United Nations'',

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* 1959 ''

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* 1959 ''More Charlie Barnet'', Charlie Barnet * 1959 ''

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'', George Russell * 1959 ''Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements'', Gene Krupa * 1961 ''

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'',

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* 1961 '' The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying"'',

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* 1961 ''Into the Hot'', Gil Evans * 1961 ''Memories Are Made of This'', Ray Conniff * 1961 '' Perceptions'', Dizzy Gillespie * 1962 ''Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith'', Jimmy Smith * 1962 ''

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'', Anita O'Day * 1962 '' Big Bags'' (Riverside, 1962), Milt Jackson * 1962 '' Big Band Bossa Nova'',

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* 1962 ''Big Noise from Winnetka'',

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* 1962 ''It's About Time'',

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* 1962 ''Joe Morello'', Joe Morello * 1962 ''Off Beat Percussion'', Don Lamond * 1962 ''Spanish Guitar'', Tony Mottola * 1962 ''Vibrations'',

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* 1963 ''Right Here, Right Now'',

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* 1964 ''Dimension "3"'', Enoch Light * 1974 ''The Hi-De-Ho Man'',

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* 1987 ''Jazz'',

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* 1988 ''Big Band Hit Parade'',

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* 1989 ''Swinging West'', Steve Lawrence * 1994 ''Eartha-quake'',

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* 1994 ''Loose Walk'',

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* 1997 ''Jammin' with Ben Webster'', Ben Webster * 1999 ''Some Cats Know'', Connie Evingson

References

External links

*
Jazz at the Spa interview
(audio)
Interview with Doc Severinsen
NAMM Oral History Library *
Doc Severinsen recordings
at the

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