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On 06/04/2013, Art Shifrin wrote: > Andrews: LaVerne, Maxene, Patty > Armstrong: Lil & Louis > Boswell: Connee & Martha & Vette > Calloway: Blanche & Cab > Crosby: Bing & Bob > Deniz: Frank, Jose, Laurie > Dorsey: Jimmy & Tommy > Ellington: Duke, Edward Kennedy II, Mercedes, Merc > Goodman: Benny & Harry > Green: Jeff & Lew (the family's musical endeavors including the Green > Brothers date to circa 1860) > Henderson: Fletcher & Horace > Mills: Donald, Harry, Herbert, John (Sr. & Jr.) > Pizzarelli: Bucky & John > Sinatras: both Franks > Clio Lane & John Dankworth > > I assume that there are more. > > Art (Shiffy) Shifrin I wasn't thinking of siblings or marriages (and the Armstrong marriage was quite brief), but of musical families extending over generations. Compare the griot families in West Africa. Regards -- Don Cox [log in to unmask]