1) Arm or rubber 2) Baton waver 3) Conductor 4) Count Basie, notably 5) Director 6) Glenn or Mitch Miller 7) Music director 8) One who must face the music 9) Ricky ricardo was one 10) The leader of a dance band 1) Bee 2) Goodman 3) Herman 4) Miller 5) Shaw 
A bandleader is the leader of a band of musicians. The term is most commonly, though not exclusively, used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music. Most bandleaders are also performers with their own band. The bandleader role is dependent on ...
[n] - the leader of a dance band
noun the leader of a dance band