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Big band composer James Last has died at the age of 86 at his home in the U.S., the musician's promoters have said. Last died on Tuesday in Florida after a short illness and his family was with him at ...

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James Last, the German-born jazz band leader whose easy-listening orchestrations became worldwide hits, has died. From the mid-60s, Last and his band toured internationally and recorded some 200 LPs.

Big band leader James Last has died aged 86 at his home in Palm Beach, Florida. The final one of his remarkable 90 performances at London's Royal Albert Hall came in April 2015 as part of a farewell ...

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He was called the King of Easy Listening and the Emperor of Elevator Music. James Last, often called the world's most commercially successful bandleader, who recorded more than 200 albums and sold… By ...

He was the German orchestra leader who created his own sound, and his records were hits worldwide. James Last died in Florida on June 9. In a family album, Hans "James" Last, then a first grader, ...

James Last, a big-band leader whose style of light orchestral entertainment won a wide audience in his native Germany and other countries, and whose many albums sold more than 100 million copies, died ...