H. B. Radke has performed for over twenty of his twenty-something years. A whiz on the trumpet at the age of 6, H. B. played his first gig with Connie Stevens and Rich Little. With the helpful tutelage of H.B.'s father, former Harry James lead trumpeter, Fred Radke, he started his own big band just a year and a half later. The H.B. Radke Orchestra became an instant hit in the Seattle area. Local TV performances ultimately led to command performances for Presidents' Ronald Reagan and George Bush, as well as national TV shows.

As H. B. grew older so did the band. He studied at the Grove School of Music in Los Angeles, and took a side trip into the world of Disco and House music production. It wasn't long before he went back to his true love...Swing. It was during his re-immersion into jazz that H. B. started singing.

He currently leads one of the most popular social bands in the Pacific Northwest and has performed with some of today's entertainment legends including: Mel Torme; Tony Bennett; The Harry James Orchestra; and many more. Performances also include shows with: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; Pat Boone; Sha Na Na; Helen Reddy; the Royal Crown Review; the New Morty Show; and Dionne Warwick.

Television, Radio and the Internet are also hip to HB. Merits include "Coffee and Pepto" as the nations #1 swing song on MP3.com, several appearances on national syndicated shows Tom Leykis and Shaken Not Stirred, and appearances in the independent motion picture "Love My Guts". HB has also provided music for the TV show "Sports Saturday", as well as radio play of tunes "SODO MOJO" and "Viva Rodriguez".

Some of HB's corporate and live performances include: Detlef Schrempf Celebrity Golf Classic Gala, Boeing, Microsoft, Adobe, AT&T, WRQ Photodisk, Fisher Broadcasting, Richard Karn Star Days, The Bite of Seattle, Bumbershoot, The Bite of Portland, Poncho, Children's Hospital, Starbucks, The Paragon, PacWest Racing (Bruce McCaw), Ackerley Communications, Gene Juarez, Onyx, The Cobalt Group, U-Barter.com, University of Puget Sound, University of Washington, Portland Lutheran University; and many more.

HB's, awesome turbocharged swing has also played to capacity crowds at The Kingdome and Safeco Field for The Seattle Supersonics, The Seattle Mariners and The Seattle Seahawks.

"This band is a gas, as Frank Sinatra might have said. Seattle's musical Rat Pack can swing with the best."

Gene Stout - Seattle P-I pop critic