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'''Glen Gray Knoblauch''', <ref>''[[The Mississippi Rag]]'', "Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra," [[George A. Borgman]], October 2006, page 1</ref> better known as '''Glen Gray''', (June 7, 1900 <ref>''The Mississippi Rag'', "Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra," George A. Borgman, October 2006, page 1, </ref> &ndash; August 23, 1963, Plymouth, Massachusetts) was a [[jazz]] [[saxophonist]] and leader of the [[Casa Loma Orchestra]].

'''Glen Gray Knoblauch''', <ref>''The Mississippi Rag'', "Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra," [[George A. Borgman]], October 2006, page 1</ref> better known as '''Glen Gray''', (June 7, 1900 <ref>''The Mississippi Rag'', "Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra," George A. Borgman, October 2006, page 1, </ref> &ndash; August 23, 1963, Plymouth, Massachusetts) was a [[jazz]] [[saxophonist]] and leader of the [[Casa Loma Orchestra]].

Gray was born to Lurdie P. and Agnes (Gray) Knoblauch in Metamora, Illinois. His father was a lifelong railroad worker who died when Glen was two years of age. <ref>''The Mississippi Rag'', "Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra," George A. Borgman, October 2006, page 1</ref> His widowed mother married George H. DeWilde who was a few years younger than she was. When he was 13 years old, Gray organized a group known as Spike's Jazz Band.

Gray was born to Lurdie P. and Agnes (Gray) Knoblauch in Metamora, Illinois. His father was a lifelong railroad worker who died when Glen was two years of age. <ref>''The Mississippi Rag'', "Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra," George A. Borgman, October 2006, page 1</ref> His widowed mother married George H. DeWilde who was a few years younger than she was. When he was 13 years old, Gray organized a group known as Spike's Jazz Band.