Bernard R. "Bunny" Berigan

Bernard R. "Bunny" Berigan (HMF7B)

Location: Fox Lake, WI 53933 Dodge County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 33.515', W 88° 54.424'

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(1908-1942)

This was the hometown of famed jazz trumpeter and band leader, Bunny Berigan. As a child he played in the Fox Lake Juvenile Band directed by his grandfather, John C. Schlitzberg.

In his early teens, he began his professional career with the Merrill Owen dance band at Beaver Dam. A few years later in Madison, he was in demand for campus dances.

Beginning in 1930, he became the featured soloist for such band leaders as Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman, and the Dorsey Brothers. Singers Bing Crosby and the Boswell Sisters were among those who recorded with him. With his own orchestra in 1937, he recorded his most popular hit and theme song, "I Can't Get Started With You."

Jazz great Louis Armstrong predicted Berigan would be the trumpeter most likely to succeed him in the affection of music lovers, but Berigan's life and music came to an untimely end at age of 33 in New York City. He is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery south of Fox Lake.
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HM NumberHMF7B
Series This marker is part of the Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society series
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Marker Number220
Year Placed1976
Placed ByThe Wisconsin Historical Society
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Date Added Friday, October 24th, 2014 at 11:16am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 345972 N 4824614
Decimal Degrees43.55858333, -88.90706667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 33.515', W 88° 54.424'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 33' 30.90" N, 88° 54' 25.44" W
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Area Code(s)920
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2-98 Co Rd C, Fox Lake WI 53933, US
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