Jack Shirra

Big band era bassist who played in the bands of Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Hal Kemp and Russ Morgan. He also played on "Don McNeil's Breakfast Club," a Chicago radio show, from 1947 until the show went off the air in 1970. Born: circa 1908 in Scotland, UK Died: 21 April 1978 in Arizona, USA (age 70)