"The Sixth Fleet Music Show"
The U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet Band,
the "Singers", the "Dancers", and the “Helpers”
The Places & Music They Played,
& The Small Groups
Page last updated: 1 December, 2021
The Sixth Fleet Band and Singers at the 1972 Olympics in Munich Germany
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The U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet Band,
the "Singers", the "Dancers", and the “Helpers”
The Places & Music They Played,
& The Small Groups
Page last updated: 1 December, 2021
The Sixth Fleet Band and Singers at the 1972 Olympics in Munich Germany
The Places the Band Performed...
The U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet Band and
Singers were in demand.
Here's an alphabetical list of some of the "gigs" the did over the years... 97th General
Hospital, Frankfurt, Ger.
Abrantes, Portugal Andorra Athens, Greece Barcelona, Spain Bizerta, Tunisia Brunssum, The Netherlands Brussels, Belgium Casablanca, Morocco Casertavecchia, Italy Crete Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia Formia, Italy Frankfort, Germany Heidelberg American H.S., Heidelberg, Ger. Izmir, Turkey Kaiserslautern American H.S., Kaiserslautern, Ger. Latina, Italy Leige, Belgium Leiria, Portugal London, England Lluchmayor, Mallorca, Spain Manacor, Mallorca, Spain Masstricht, The Netherlands Mastrurien, Belgium Munich, Germany Naples A.F.Base, Naples, Italy Nice, France Palermo, Sicily Palma, Mallorca, Spain Rota, Spain Santarem, Portugal Scotland Stuttgart, Germany Tarragona, Spain Toulon, France Tunis, Tunisia Various Service Clubs Villefranche-sur-Mer, France Zaragosa Air Base, Spain (ZAB) Their
Music...
Probably
the single most important element in the phenomenal success of
the U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet
Band
and Singers
was their vast repertoire. They had music for everyone! Below is a list of some of the music that made this group such a big hit no matter who their audience happened to be, or where the U.S. Navy's Sixth Band & Singers were performing. America the Beautiful "Man of La Mancha" Sugar Blues When the Saints Go Marching In Anchors Aweigh Yankee Doodle Ole Man River The Battle Hymn of the Republic Yankee Rhythm Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair Star Spangled Banner Maple Leaf Rag Star Spangled Spectacular The Charleton Basie Straight Ahead Glenn Miller Medley I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair Listen to the Music Eli's Comin' The Voice of Freedon Reach Out and Touch Tijuana Brass The Names
of the Band, the Small
Groups and Ensembles...
Over
the years the Band and Singers were known by several different names.
It's not clear if the
slight differences in their name were intentional changes or not. Variations are shown below. Further,
not
every show was a full-blown "all hands" production. On more than a few occasions
the Band and
Singers performed in smaller
groups.
Below are listed some of the groups
that performed as an
adjunct to the larger group.
•
• • Various
names for the larger Band
and Singers group •
• •
"The Sixth Fleet Music Show" "The US Sixth Fleet Band and Singers" "The Sixth Fleet Band Show and Chorus" • • • Various names for the Smaller Groups • • • "The Sixth Fleet Singers" "The Sixth Fleet Mini-Singers" "The Diplomats" "Coach" • • • Make-up of Smaller Groups • • • Full Military Band 21-piece Stage Band Concert Band Big Band Jazz Band Roaring 20's Rock Band Dixieland Band Barber Shop Quartet |
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