1940-42...AT THE AGE OF 18, BECAME A MEMBER OF THE ORIGINAL GLENN
MILLER ORCHESTRA, AT THE HEIGHT OF IT'S POPULARITY.
1942-45...FORMED HIS OWN BAND WHILE SERVING IN THE U.S. NAVY DURING
WORLD WAR II. VOTED THE HOTTEST BAND IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS.
1950-55...VOTED THE NUMBER ONE DANCE BAND IN THE COUNTRY IN ALL THE
TRADE POLLS.
1949 TO DATE...RECORDING:
1949...UNDER CONTRACT TO CAPITOL RECORDS FOR 19 YEARS AND
RECORDED OVER 100ALBUMS AND OVER 500 SINGLE RECORDS.
STARTING IN 1968, RECORDED 9 YEARS WITH RANWOOD RECORDS.
1976...FORMED HIS OWN RECORDING COMPANY - AERO SPACE RECORDS.
1952...HE WROTE, CREATED AND RECORDED THE "BUNNY HOP" SONG AND
DANCE.
1955-68...APPEARED AS AN ACTOR AND AS A BAND LEADER IN 15
MOTION PICTURES.
1953-70...HAD 5 OF HIS OWN TELEVISION SERIES:
THE CHESTERFIELD SHOW FOR THE SUMMERS OF 1953 AND 1954, REPLACING
PERRY COMO.
THE CHRYSLER/PLYMOUTHSHOW ON THE ABC TELEVISION NETWORK FOR 30
WEEKS.
TWO SYNDICATED SHOWS (26 WEEKS EACH), ONE CALLED "CLUB ANTHONY"
AND THE OTHER CALLED "THE SWINGIN' SCENE".
1960-80...FORMED THE "BOOKEND REVIEW", A LAS VEGAS TYPE ACT,
WHICH FEATURED TWO GIRLS, RAY AND A SMALL BAND. THEY PLAYED ALL
OVER THE WORLD (OVER 40 WEEKS EACH YEAR) IN SUCH PLACES AS THE
ROYAL HAWAIIAN HOTEL IN HONOLULU, PRINCESS HOTEL IN ACAPULCO AND
MOST OF THE TIME IN LAS VEGAS AND LAKE TAHOE.
1980 TO DATE...REORGANIZED HIS 17 PIECE ORCHESTRA BECAUSE OF THE
RENEWED INTEREST IN THE BIG BAND ACTIVITY AND IS CONTINUING TO ENJOY
TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
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