Jan August

Jan August (born Jan Auggustoff 24 September 1904, New York City died 9 January 1976, New York City) was an American pianist and xylophonist. He had a hit with version of "Misirlou" in 1947 with Carl Frederick Tandberg. He had with several other songs that blended classical styles and Latin beats.

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    A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has often only one point of view for the extremely complicated relationships of life.
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