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Evans Merle And His Circus BandMerle Evans Merle Evans Add article description Merle Slease Evans (December 26, 1891 – December 31, 1987) was an American cornet player and circus band conductor who conducted the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for fifty years. He was known as the "Toscanini of the Big Top." Evans was inducted into the American Bandmasters Association in 1947 and the International Circus Hall of Fame in 1975. Quick facts Born, Died ... Merle Evans Born Merle Slease Evans (1891-12-26)December 26, 1891 Columbus, Kansas Died December 31, 1987(1987-12-31) (aged 96) Sarasota, Florida Close Early life Merle Evans was born in Columbus, Kansas in 1891. His father was a foreman in a coal mine. He had six siblings. Evans had an… (Source: Wikipedia)
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