Tommy Traynor; Big Band Crooner With Modernaires

Tommy Traynor, 70, baritone Big Band singer with the Modernaires. Growing up in Los Angeles, Traynor began his singing career with the Bob Mitchell Boys Choir and sang in several popular films, including “Angels With Dirty Faces,” “Bells of St. Mary’s” and “Going My Way.” He later sang with the bands of Jan Garber, Frankie Masters, Benny Goodman and Jerry Gray. In 1949, he joined the Modernaires, who had established themselves with the Glenn Miller Band in 1939 and the song “Chattanooga Choo Choo.” Traynor was among the more enduring of 17 vocalists who sang with the trio over more than half a century. About 7,000 people attended his farewell concert last year in Warner Center. On July 8 in Oxnard.