Bob Zurke
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Bob Zurke (born 1912 in Detroit; died February 16, 1944) was a jazz pianist most noted for his work with Bob Crosby.
In 1928 he recorded with Thelma Terry. He worked with Bob Crosby for three years, 1936 to 1939, but this period is his best known. In 1938 he won the Readers Poll from Down Beat.[1] After it he tried his own band, which did not succeed, and spent time in jail relating to alimony problems. He collapsed in a club in 1944 and soon after that died.
