As per our current Database, Count Basie has been died on Apr 26, 1984 (age 79).
When Count Basie die, Count Basie was 79 years old.
| Popular As | Count Basie |
| Occupation | Pianist |
| Age | 79 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | August 21, 1904 (Red Bank, NJ) |
| Birthday | August 21 |
| Town/City | Red Bank, NJ |
| Nationality | NJ |
Count Basie’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Count Basie was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.
Swing-era bandleader noted for his theme songs One O'Clock Jump from 1937 and April in Paris from 1932.
He originally wanted to be a Drummer, but he grew up near Sonny Greer, who would become Duke Ellington's legendary Drummer in 1919. He thought he could never outmatch Greer's talent, so he took up piano at 15.
His group, Count Basie and his Cherry Blossoms, was an outgrowth of Bennie Moten's band in Kansas City. He eventually relocated the Cherry Blossoms to Chicago, then to New York City.
His father was a student of the mellophone, and his mother was a Pianist. His mother paid 25 cents per piano lesson for him when he was young. He married Catherine Morgan on August 21, 1942, with whom he had one child.
He and Chick Webb engaged in a much-publicized battle of the bands at the Savoy in 1938.
