Gray, Glen (‘Spike’) (1906–1963)

US bandleader and musician. He played saxophone in the Orange Blossom Band in Toronto, Canada, in 1928. In New York City in 1929 the band became the Casa Loma Orchestra with Gray as its leader. The band's singer Kenny Sargent was a top romantic vocalist of the 1930s and 1940s and guitarist Gene Gifford's arrangements helped usher in the swing era. In 1956 Gray initiated a series of all-star albums, recreating the sounds of big bands.

He was born in Roanoke, Illinois.