Ralph Elias Flenniken (April 7, 1914 - December 30, 1995), known professionally as Ralph Flanagan, was an American big band leader, pianist, composer, and arranger for the orchestras of Hal McIntyre, Sammy Kaye, Blue Barron, Charlie Barnet, and Alvino Rey.
With his own orchestra and borrowing the sound from the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Flanagan had a successful recording career throughout most of the 1950s.
In 1959, he recorded a Christmas album entitled "Holiday Inn" on Imperial Records where this track came from. But with rock and roll here to stay, his big band sound was outdated. He continued to arrange/conduct bands into the early 1960s before presumably ending his career and retiring.
As of August 19, 2010, Ralph Flanagan and his Orchestra were listed by EMI Music as a missing royaltor, which means that EMI have lost contact with the estate of Flanagan and his heirs and band members, and that royalty checks are being returned to the record company by the Post Office.
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