Leslie Schinella Collection of Gene Krupa Materials
name: label: Collector
content: Schillinger, Leslie
label: Names
content: Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David), 1909-1986
label: Names
content: Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973
label: Names
content: Lombardo, Guy, 1902-1977
topic: label: Topic
content: Jazz
label: Topic
content: Big band music
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the Archives Center in 2011 by Leslie Schillinger.
creator: label: Collector
content: Schillinger, Leslie
setName: label: See more items in
content: Leslie Schinella Collection of Gene Krupa Materials
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection consists of printed materials relating to Gene Krupa and other big band musicians and band leaders, including Guy Lombardo and Benny Goodman.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: : Gene Krupa was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1909 to devout Roman Catholic parents who hoped he would enter the priesthood. He began playing drums professionally in the mid 1920s and in 1927 made his first recordings with Eddie Condon and other notable jazz musicians of the "Chicago" scene. After joining Benny Goodman's band in 1934, he became nationally famous. His interludes on the hit "Sing, Sing, Sing" were the first drum solos ever commercially recorded. With his own orchestra, he appeared in several movies during the Swing era of the 1940s and as himself in biographical films during the 1950s. Still performing in the 1960s, he also opened a music school. Gene Krupa died in 1973.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1945-1970.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1220
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Magazines (periodicals)
label: Type
content: Concert programs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged in one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Anne Jones (volunteer), July 2012; supervised by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Magazines (periodicals) -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Concert programs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection documents the musical career of Gene Krupa, including a biography from a magazine. There are four souvenir programs from concerts by notable musicians and orchestras. Two of these feature Gene Krupa. Others include Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Ahmad Jamal, Dakota Staton, Guy Lombardo, Frankie Carle, Bob Crosby, Freddy Martin and Margaret Whiting. In addition, a list of hits from a radio station and a photograph of Krupa from a magazine are found among the materials.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials at the National Museum of American History

The Division of Culture and the Arts holds artifacts related to this collection including, twenty two pieces of a Slingerland drum set with accessories and a stool used by Gene Krupa when playing in the Benny Goodman orchestra in the 1930s. In addition, there is an album containing eleven sound recordings of Gene Krupa and his Orchestra. See Accession numbers 2010.0242 and 2010.3098.