SOCIETIES AND FAN CLUBS
listing compiled by Christopher Popa February 2005
( based on best-available information, but some organizations may have ceased activity )
Armstrong, Louis
Louis Armstrong Association
13 Passage Trubert-Bellier, 75013 Paris, France
Basie, Count
The Count Basie Society countbasiesociety.com INACTIVE OCT. 8, 2007
contact: George Hulme, george.willowbank@btinternet.com
Ellington, Duke
The Duke Ellington Society Inc. museum.media.org/duke
PO Box 31, Church St. Station, New York, NY 10008-0031
The Duke Ellington Society, Inc. depanorama.net/desociety
P.O. Box 15591, Washington, D.C. 20003-0787
The Duke Ellington Society (UK) dukes-place.co.uk
The Duke Ellington Music Society depanorama.net/dems
Voort 18b, Meerle, Belgium / +32 3 315 75 83 / dems@skynet.be
The Duke Ellington Society - Billy Strayhorn Chapter
PO Box 10285, Pittsburgh, PA 15232
The Duke Ellington Society
PO Box 2652, Culver City, CA 90231
Ferguson, Maynard
The Maynard Ferguson Fan Club INACTIVE
1745 Houston Ct, New Albany, IN 47150
Maynard Ferguson Music
PO Box 11056, Memphis, TN 38111
Heath, Ted
The Ted Heath Music Appreciation Society CONFIRMED MAY 3, 2011
2 Tempest Rd, Egham, Surrey TW20 8HX, England; contact: Jackie Jones, Membership Secretary,
via jackpete27@talktalk.net
Herman, Woody
The Woody Herman Society
contact: A.J. Julian, 40 Cottage Ave, Winthrop, MA 02152
James, Harry
The Harry James Appreciation Society INACTIVE
United Kingdom
The Helen Forrest Fan Club - San Francisco Branch
contact: Dominic Scutti, 1040 De Haro St, San Francisco, CA 94107
The Dick Haymes Society dickhaymes.com
contact: Roger L. Dooner, 2951 Tyler St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418
Kenton, Stan
The Network: A Stan Kenton Fan Letter
contact: Anthony J. ("Tony") Agostinelli, Editor, 62 Valley Lane, Portsmouth, RI 02871-2731,
401-682-3063, ajagostinelli@cox.net CONFIRMED AUG. 18, 2005
Miller, Glenn
Glenn Miller Birthplace Society glennmiller.org
107 E Main, PO Box 61, Clarinda, IA 51632 / 712-542-2461 / gmbs@heartland.net
Glenn Miller Society
3 Pine View Close, Verwood, Wimborne, Dorset, BH31 6NN, England
Glenn Miller Society Branch #1
PO Box 1673, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18703
Monroe, Vaughn
see "Tribute Websites" for Vaughn Monroe Appreciation Society
Prima, Louis
The Louis Prima Society
contact: Peter Kern, 1415 Tallahassee Dr, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689
Rich, Buddy
The International Buddy Rich Fan Club
P.O. Box 2014, Warminster, PA 18974
Shaw, Artie
The Artie Shaw Society INACTIVE
England
Welk, Lawrence
Norma Zimmer National Fan Club
contact: Frances L. Young, 1604 E. Susquehanna St, Allentown, PA 18103-4398
various
Big Band Academy of America
c/o David Bernhart, bigbandacademy@yahoo.com / 818-559-1313 CONFIRMED APR. 22, 2007
Big Bands International bigbandsinternational.org
contact: Robert J. Robbins, 2000 Richard Dr., Broomall, PA 19008-2741, 610-356-3909
or Roy Belcher, P.O. Box 111, Reading, RG4 7DB, England
The Society of Singers, Inc. singers.org
8242 W 3rd St, Suite 250, Los Angeles, CA 90048 / 323-653-7672
International Association of Jazz Record Collectors (IAJRC) iajrc.org
contact: Art Zimmerman ( membership ), Zimrec@juno.com
West Surrey Big Bands Society wsbbs.co.uk
England CONFIRMED JUNE 7, 2006
Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)
PO Box 543, Annapolis, MD 21404-0543
International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) iaje.org
PO Box 724, Manhattan, KS 66505-0724 / 785-776-8744 / info@iaje.org
American Society for the Preservation of the Big-Band [sic ] Sound, Inc. INACTIVE
Las Vegas, NV ( founded in 1966 by Charles Rayburn )
The Societe [sic] for Preservation of Big Bands
contact: Randy Siple, 950 County Square Dr, Ventura, CA 93003 / 805-644-1094
American Federation of Jazz Societies, Inc.
2787 Del Monte St., West Sacremento, CA 95691; 916-372-5277 / fax 916-372-3479
sources:
"Beats Drum for Big Band," Billboard, Jun. 25, 1966.
Fleming, David [Secretary, Duke Ellington Society (UK)]. Letter to author, Dec. 20, 1994.
Holland, Bill. "They Won't Give Up: Miller Name Kept Alive Through Active Society," DownBeat,
May 30, 1957, p.19.
Kern, Peter [Louis Prima Society]. Letter to author, Dec. 14, 1994.
Miller, J. [Billie Holiday Circle]. Letter to author, Dec. 20, 1994.
Mueller, Lynne [President, The Duke Ellington Society, Inc.]. Letter to author, Jan. 8, 1995.
Vickers, F. Norman [President, American Federation of Jazz Societies, Inc.]. Letter to author, Dec. 19, 1994.
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