Ben Pollack

Ben Pollack (born June 22, 1903 in Chicago, Illinois, USA - died June 7, 1971, Palm Springs, California, USA) was an American jazz drummer, singer and bandleader. He worked with artists like Jack Teagarden, Kay Starr, Benny Goodman, Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti, to name a few. In 1945 he founded his own record label [l=Jewel] and employed Henry Stone as an executive for A&R.