Possible Clues:

• Drummer Gene
• 1940s Big-Band leader
• Jazz drummer Gene
• Swing era drummer
• Big-band drummer
• Drummer with Benny Goodman
• Swing Era drummer Gene
• He had a 1941 hit with 'Drum Boogie'
• Drummer with Goodman in the 1930s
• Gene dubbed the "Founding Father of the Modern Drum Set" by Modern Drummer