Big Bandleaders Bingo Cards

Big Band Leaders Bingo Card

These cards are about Big Band Leaders. The names listed here are some of the big bandleaders who were popular during the Big Band Era. These include words like Benny Carter, Dean Mora, Fletcher Henderson, Horace Henderson, and Ray McKinley.

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Words List For Big Band Leaders Bingo Cards

Benny Carter Bill Elliott Billy May Cab Calloway Claude Bolling
Dean Mora Duke Ellington Eddie Reed Eliot Lawrence Erskine Hawkins
Fletcher Henderson George Gee Glenn Miller Henry Mancini Henry Red Allen
Horace Henderson Jay McShann Les Brown Lionel Hampton Ray Anthony
Ray McKinley Shorty Rogers Sy Oliver Terry Gibbs Tommy Dorsey



How To Play Big Bandleaders Bingo

  1. Print out your free Big Band Leaders bingo boards, or make custom ones with Bingo Card Creator. Click here to get started.
  2. Give one card to each player.
  3. Call off words randomly, for example by using a call list. You can either just say a word, like "Glenn Miller", or you can make up a more involved clue involving Glenn Miller.
  4. When a word is called, each player should find it and mark it.
  5. The first player(s) to clear five words in any direction (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) wins a small prize.

Notes: How long a bingo game lasts depends on what pace you read the clues at and how many players you have. If you read faster, such as for older or more experienced students, or if you have more players, the game tends to end more quickly. In general, I suggest allocating between twenty and thirty minutes to a bingo game. Since they can potentially end as early as the fourth word called, though that is quite rare, I encourage you to keep playing in the event of the game being over earlier than you expected it to be. Almost 90% of bingo games with a 25 word list and 25 players will see their first bingo within 7 to 11 words being called.