In 1943, he joined the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band on clarinet, which meant he was the sound in the Miller-voiced reed section that mattered most to the bandleader. [Photo above of Glenn Miller] ...

Peanuts Hucko: Big Band Clarinet. Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers February 4, 2023. A few days ago, when I mentioned Peanuts Hucko in a post on trumpeter Don Ferrara, I received a bunch of emails from ...

Revered jazz clarinetist Michael "Peanuts" Hucko, who played with Glenn Miller's band during World War II and briefly led the band in the 1970s, died Friday in Fort Worth after a long illness.

Jazz clarinetist Michael “Peanuts” Hucko, who played with Glenn Miller’s band during World War II and briefly led the band in the 1970s, died Thursday June 19 in Fort Worth, Texas, after a ...

Peanuts Hucko, who has died aged 85, played jazz clarinet and saxophone with Louis Armstrong, Glenn Miller, Jack Teagarden and Benny Goodman. Equally at home in the swing and Dixieland idioms ...

Louise Tobin, 91, sang for Benny Goodman, the King of Swing, and was married to two other bandleaders, Harry James and Peanuts Hucko. Louise Tobin's singing career was skyrocketing. The North ...