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- Birth nameGiuseppe Venuti
- Joe Venuti was born on September 16, 1903 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Sweet and Lowdown (1999), Inserts (1975) and Garden of the Moon (1938). He died on August 14, 1978 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
- Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 2000.
- He was a famous jazz violinist.
- His theme song was "Last Night".
- Was seriously injured during a mugging in 1976, but recovered.
- Was affiliated in the 1920's with Roger Wolfe Kahn, Paul Whiteman and Red Nichols. He also directed the Book-Cadillac Hotel Orchestra for Jean Goldkette (1924) and worked as a free-lance and session player in New York before starting his first band in 1934.
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