Murray Kellner

Murray Kellner (April 29, 1900 – November 20, 1991) was an American violinist who had a long and prolific career on records and radio from the 1920s to the 1970s as an orchestral director, session musician and arranger. He was sometimes credited as Kellner Murray.

Biography Born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Russian Jewish emigrants, He also made recordings for Gennett including the traditional tune "Hell Broke Loose in Georgia", on which he was billed as "The Fiddlin' Cowboy". and was also a member of a Paul Whiteman-sponsored studio group, The Virginians. In the mid-1930s, he led one of the orchestras on the popular NBC radio show Let's Dance.

He moved to Hollywood after World War II, and maintained a high profile as a session musician, recording with such stars as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Nat King Cole, Doris Day and Bobby Darin.

Kellner died in Los Angeles in 1991.