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" The Kid ' s Last Fight " is a song written by Bob Merrill and first recorded by Frankie Laine in the early 1950s at ___MASK54___ . The recording by Laine reached number 20 on the " Billboard " Hot 100 . The song was covered by The Statler Brothers for their " 10th Anniversary " album , released in 1980 on Mercury Records . A composer ( ___MASK13___ " compn "; literally " one who puts together ") is a person who creates or writes music , which can be vocal music ( for a singer or choir ), instrumental music ( e . g ., for solo piano , string quartet , wind quintet or orchestra ) or music which combines both instruments and voices ( e . g ., opera or art song , which is a singer accompanied by a pianist ). The core meaning of the term refers to individuals who have contributed to the tradition of Western classical music through creation of works expressed in written musical notation ( e . g ., sheet music scores ). Albert J . " Budd " Johnson ( December 14 , 1910  October 20 , 1984 ) was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist who worked extensively with , among others , Ben Webster , Benny Goodman , Big Joe Turner , Coleman Hawkins , Dizzy Gillespie , Duke Ellington , Count Basie , Billie Holiday and , especially , Earl Hines . " Mule Train " is a popular song written by Johnny Lange , Hy Heath , Ramblin ' Tommy Scott and Fred Glickman . It ' s a cowboy song , with the singer filling the role of an Old West wagon driver , spurring on his team of mules pulling a delivery wagon . As he goes about his work , the driver mentions the various mail - order goods he is delivering to far - flung customers . Mule Train was originally recorded by Ellis " Buz " Butler , Jr in 1947 . Buz was the original writer of the song along with Fred Glickman . The original recording was released by Buz Butler on ___MASK70___ records . Woodrow Charles " Woody " Herman ( May 16 , 1913  October 29 , 1987 ) was an American jazz clarinetist , alto saxophonist , singer , and ___MASK71___ leader . Leading various groups called " The Herd ", Herman was one of the most popular of the 1930s and 1940s bandleaders . His bands often played music that was experimental for its time . He was a featured halftime performer for Super Bowl VII . Eleanora Fagan ( April 7 , 1915  July 17 , 1959 ), professionally known as Billie Holiday , was an American jazz musician and singer - songwriter with a career spanning nearly thirty years . Nicknamed " Lady Day " by her friend and music partner Lester Young , Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz music and ___MASK80___ singing . Her vocal style , strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists , pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo . She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills , which made up for her limited range and lack of formal music education . There were other jazz singers with equal talent , but Holiday had a voice that captured the attention of her audience . Taiwan , officially the Republic of China ( ROC ), is a state in East Asia . Neighbors include China ( officially the People ' s Republic of China , abbreviated as PRC ) to the west , ___MASK34___ to the northeast , and the ___MASK5___ to the south . Taiwan is the most populous state that is not a member of the United Nations , and the one with the largest economy . Frankie Laine ( born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio ; March 30 , 1913  February 6 , 2007 ) was an American singer , songwriter , and actor whose career spanned 75 years , from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of " That ' s My Desire " in 2005 . Often billed as " America ' s Number One Song Stylist ", his other nicknames include " Mr . Rhythm ", " Old Leather Lungs ", and " Mr . Steel Tonsils ". His hits included " That ' s My Desire ", " That Lucky Old Sun ", " Mule Train ", " Cry of the Wild Goose ", " A Woman In Love ", " Jezebel ", " High Noon ", " I Believe ", " Hey Joe !", " The Kid ' s Last Fight ", " Cool Water ", " Moonlight Gambler ," " Love Is a Golden Ring ," " Rawhide ", and " Lord , You Gave Me a Mountain ." Eugene Bertram " Gene " Krupa ( January 15 , 1909  October 16 , 1973 ) was an American jazz and ___MASK71___ drummer , band leader , actor , and composer . Known for his highly energetic , flamboyant style and for his showmanship , Krupa is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time and one of the first major percussive soloists . Wilbur Dorsey " Buck " Clayton ( November 12 , 1911  December 8 , 1991 ) was an American jazz trumpet player who was a leading member of Count Basie  s " Old Testament " orchestra and a leader of mainstream - oriented jam session recordings in the 1950s . His principal influence was Louis Armstrong . " The Penguin Guide to Jazz " says that he  synthesi [ zed ] much of the history of jazz trumpet up to his own time , with a bright brassy tone and an apparently limitless facility for melodic improvisation . Clayton worked closely with Li Jinhui , father of Chinese popular music in Shanghai . His contributions helped change musical history in China , Hong Kong and Taiwan . The Penguin Guide to Jazz is a reference work containing an encyclopedic directory of jazz recordings on CD which are currently available in ___MASK22___ or the United States . The first nine editions were compiled by Richard Cook and Brian Morton , two well known chroniclers of jazz resident in the ___MASK67___ . A songwriter is an individual who writes the lyrics , melodies and chord progressions for songs , typically for a popular music genre such as rock or ___MASK1___ . A songwriter can also be called a composer , although the latter term tends to be used mainly for individuals from the classical music genre . The pressure from the music industry to produce popular hits means that songwriting is often an activity for which the tasks are distributed between a number of people . For example , a songwriter who excels at writing lyrics might be paired with a songwriter with a gift for creating original melodies . Pop songs may be written by group members from the band or by staff writers  songwriters directly employed by music publishers . Some songwriters serve as their own music publishers , while others have outside publishers . Jazz Spectacular is Frankie Laine ' s fifteenth 12 `` long - play ___MASK15___ , recorded and originally released in 1955 . This is a Franke Laine theme ___MASK15___ , the theme being jazz , recorded with jazz trumpeter Buck Clayton , pianist Sir Charles Thompson , tenor - saxophonist Budd Johnson , trombonist Urbie Green , and guest trombonists J . J . Johnson and Kai Winding . Jan Savitt ( born Jacob Savetnick ; September 4 , 1907  October 4 , 1948 ), known as " The Stokowski of Swing ", after having played ___MASK72___ in Stokowski ' s orchestra , was an American bandleader , musical arranger , and violinist . Urban Clifford " Urbie " Green ( born August 8 , 1926 ) is an American jazz trombonist who toured with Woody Herman , Gene Krupa , Jan Savitt , and Frankie Carle . Li Jinhui ( September 5 , 1891  February 15 , 1967 ) was a composer and songwriter born in Xiangtan , Hunan , Qing China . He is often dubbed as the " Father of Chinese popular music ". He created a new musical form with shidaiqu after the fall of the Qing ___MASK100___  moving away from established musical forms . Although Li ' s music was extremely popular , the Chinese Nationalist Party attempted to ban his music . Critics branded his music as " Yellow Music ", a form of pornography , because of its sexual associations and he was branded a " corruptor " of public morals . This kind of popular music was banned in China after the Communist takeover in 1949 , and Li was eventually hounded to his death , a victim of political persecution in 1967 during the height of the Cultural Revolution . James Louis " J . J ." Johnson ( January 22 , 1924  February 4 , 2001 ) was an American jazz trombonist , composer and arranger . He was sometimes credited as Jay Jay Johnson . Coleman Randolph Hawkins ( November 21 , 1904  May 19 , 1969 ), nicknamed Hawk and sometimes " Bean ", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist . One of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument , as Joachim E . Berendt explained : " there were some tenor players before him , but the instrument was not an acknowledged jazz horn ". While Hawkins is strongly associated with the swing music and ___MASK71___ era , he had a role in the development of bebop in the 1940s .