Sam Lanin
American musician
Died when: 85 years 243 days (1028 months)Star Sign: Virgo
Samuel Charles Lanin (September 4, 1891 – May 5, 1977) was an American jazz bandleader.Lanin's brothers, Howard and Lester, were also bandleaders, and all of them had sustained careers in music.
Lanin was one of ten children born to Benjamin and Mary Lanin, Russian Jews who had emigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Sam played clarinet and violin while young, and in 1912 he was offered a spot playing in Victor Herbert's orchestra, where he played through World War I.
After the war he moved to New York City and began playing at the Roseland Ballroom in late 1918.There he established the Roseland Orchestra; this ensemble recorded for the Columbia Gramophone Company in the early 1920s.
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