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Verne Byers was born on 14 March, 1918 in United States, is an A 20th-century american musician. Discover Verne Byers's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?
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December 19, 2008 in Las Cruces, New Mexico |
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Verne Byers Height, Weight & Measurements
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Verne Byers Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Verne Byers worth at the age of 90 years old? Verne Byers’s income source is mostly from being a successful musician. He is from United States. We have estimated Verne Byers's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Vincent LeRoy Beyer (March 14, 1918, Denver, Colorado – December 19, 2008 in Las Cruces, New Mexico), known professionally as Verne Byers or Vern Byers, was an American jazz bandleader, double bass player, promoter, and nightclub owner.
He graduated from South High School, then attended the University of Denver for two years from 1937 to 1939.
His transcripts under the name "Vernon LeRoy Beyer" show that he was a liberal arts major who enrolled in several journalism classes.
At the age of 19, he joined the Denver Musicians' Union.
Before graduating from college, he joined the Merchant Marines (around 1939) and was a member of the Navy Concert Band during World War II.
Verne Byers and His Orchestra played compositions of World War II dance bands, including Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, and Tommy Dorsey.
The band toured the Midwest and Rocky Mountains area in the 1940s and 1950s as one of many territory bands, playing in dance halls, ballrooms and hotels mostly in Colorado, New Mexico, Iowa, and Minnesota.
The band often played at Elitch Gardens and once opened for Benny Goodman there.
The band had twelve players.
His father and a business partner purchased The Rainbow Ballroom which Byers took over booking in 1947.
He continued the policy of booking territory bands and name bands.
During the 1950s, bookings for the band were handled by the Omaha office of National Orchestra Service.
At Danceland and at the Pagosa Springs Lions Club, the band was billed as "Verne Byers and His CBS Orchestra – The Most Danceable Band in the Land."
He and a partner owned and operated the jazz club The Robin's Nest from 1957 to 1977.
Byers owned Club Baja from 1960 to 1969.
He operated the Thunderbird, a jazz dinner club on Lookout Mountain.
He brought The Beatles to Denver when they performed at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on August 26, 1964.
Born and raised in Denver, Beyer started playing piano at age nine but switched to double bass in middle school because there was more demand for it.
Byers produced a Beatles concert at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre on August 26, 1964 — a 32-minute affair that was the group's only Denver appearance.
As head of Lookout Mountain Attractions, Byers said he had never heard of the Beatles before booking them.
He also booked and promoted concerts by Peter, Paul & Mary, Otis Redding, Count Basie, James Brown, and Glen Campbell.
Kenny Burrell played there in 1972; Stanley Turrentine in 1973.
Other performers included Sarah Vaughan, Stan Getz, Hank Crawford, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Mann, and Dave and Don Grusin.
Byers and his wife, Jeanne, moved to Las Vegas in 1983.
In Las Vegas, he hired high quality musicians willing to travel with his territory band.
The swing band era was at a low, and major casinos were switching from live bands to taped music, which resulted in a musicians' strike.
Interest in swing bands was waning.
When traveling for territory bands waned, his band played regularly in Las Vegas until his retirement.
Byers retired in 2002 and moved to Columbus, New Mexico.
He died in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on December 19, 2008, at the age of 90.
At the time of his death, he had been married to Jeanne Byers for 58 years.
