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Don Rader (born October 21, 1935, Rochester, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz trumpeter.
Rader began on trumpet at age five, taught initially by his father. He studied at Sam Houston State Teachers College and served in the Navy in the 1950s as a member of the band, then played and arranged for Woody Herman (1959–61), Maynard Ferguson (1961-63), and Count Basie (1963–64), as well as with Louie Bellson, Harry James, Terry Gibbs, Frank Foster, Henry Mancini, Les Brown (1967–72), and Stan Kenton.
Rader has appeared on numerous television programs with various bands and can be seen playing in the trumpet section of The Count Basie Orchestra on the November 10, 1963 episode of THE JUDY GARLAND SHOW. During his time with Count Basie, Rader played on numerous Basie LP releases and is in the trumpet section on Frank Sinatra's landmark original recording of "Fly Me to the Moon" with the Count Basie Orchestra (Reprise, 1964).
He has also toured with Della Reese, Sarah Vaughn, Andy Williams, Percy Faith, Diana Ross, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lewis (on & off for 28 years), and Bob Hope (on & off for 28 years including 5 tours of wartime Vietnam).
Donald Russell Rader (September 5, 1893 – June 26, 1983) was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played with the Chicago White Sox in 1913 and the Philadelphia Phillies in 1921.
Well I can play 3 chords on this old, homemade guitar
Sound just like Van Morrison (in his better days)
And if you could stop me, you would have already
'Cause jealousy is obviously killing you
'Cause I can play 3 chords on this old, homemade guitar
Sound just like Van Morrison (in his better days)
And if you could stop me, you would have already