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Dick Vance (November 28, 1915 – July 31, 1985) was an American jazz trumpeter and arranger. == Biography == Richard Thomas Vance was born in Mayfield, Kentucky, and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, where he learned violin before concentrating on trumpet. He played in Cleveland with J. Frank Terry (1932) before joining Lil Armstrong's band in 1934. He moved to New York City and played with Willie Bryant, Kaiser Marshall, and Fletcher Henderson (1936–38); in Henderson's band he was lead trumpeter... [more on Wikipedia]

As a songwriter, Dick Vance first charted in 1937 with Great Caesar's Ghost.The artist placed 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100.