Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Dallas Murray "Dal" Richards, CM, OBC (born in Vancouver, British Columbia, 5 January 1918) is a Canadian big band leader known as the King of Swing. He graduated from Magee Secondary School in 1937.His saxophone and clarinet were first heard in the Sandy DeSantis and Stan Paton bands. On 1 May 1940, Richards, his 11-piece band and a then-unknown 13-year-old Juliette were booked to replace Mart Kenney and His Western Gentlemen, Canada's leading dance band at the time.. }
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- Dal_Richards comment "Dallas Murray "Dal" Richards, CM, OBC (born in Vancouver, British Columbia, 5 January 1918) is a Canadian big band leader known as the King of Swing. He graduated from Magee Secondary School in 1937.His saxophone and clarinet were first heard in the Sandy DeSantis and Stan Paton bands. On 1 May 1940, Richards, his 11-piece band and a then-unknown 13-year-old Juliette were booked to replace Mart Kenney and His Western Gentlemen, Canada's leading dance band at the time.".