The Crew Chiefs were a vocal group popular in the 1940s, known for accompanying Tex Beneke, Glenn Miller, and Ray McKinley.

[1][2] Member Artie Malvin co-wrote the song "I'm Headin' For California" with Glenn Miller in 1944.

[3] The name of the group is an allusion to a crew chief in the U.S. Army Air Force.

The group appeared on the I Sustain the Wings radio broadcasts with Captain Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra.

After the war, they were part of the Glenn Miller Orchestra under the direction of Tex Beneke.