Enoch Light

Enoch Henry Light was an American classically trained violinist, danceband leader, and recording engineer. As the leader of various dance bands that recorded as early as March 1927 and continuing through at least 1940, Light and his band primarily worked in various hotels in New York. For a time in 1928 he also led a band in Paris. In the 1930s Light also studied conducting with the French conductor Maurice Frigara in Paris.

18 August 1905

Born on the same birth day (18 August): Bajirao I • Bart Scott • Bob Kennedy • Carole Bouquet • Denis Leary • Fat Lever • Lewis Burwell Puller Jr. • Marvin Isley • Masta Killa • Richard Harmon • Shelley Winters • William Halford • Zdzisław Żygulski (art historian)

Born in the same month (August 1905): André Jolivet • Aris Velouchiotis • Arndt Pekurinen • Arthur Crudup • Constant Lambert • Cyril Walters • Era Bell Thompson • Ernie Bushmiller • Ernst Jaakson • Faustina Kowalska • Helen Sawyer Hogg • Jack Teagarden • Jean Gebser • Karl Amadeus Hartmann • Leo Genn • Mikio Naruse • Wassily Leontief