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Dick Penner isn’t exactly children name, even in rockabilly circles, but any man who could co-write a vintage like “Ooby Dooby” offers carved some type of a location for himself in the annals from the music. Despite his having been delivered in Chicago, Dick Penner got a go at as …

Jutta Hipp had a strangely short career, dropping from music altogether soon after emigrating to america. She analyzed painting in Germany and performed jazz during Globe War II. Once the Soviets required over East Germany, she relocated with her family members to Munich. Hipp performed locally and in 1952, documented …

The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra was one of the most unusual bands from the Golf swing Period, not least since it didn’t even enter into existence until following the Golf swing Period was over. The outfit’s two market leaders, Edward Ernest (Eddie) Sauter (b. December 2, 1914, in NY [Brooklyn], NY; d. …

The Collins category of Seattle, WA, apparently contains generation upon generation of — without exception — talented music artists. Trumpeter Dick Collins, acknowledged every once in awhile because the less-casual Richard Collins, finished up playing on an array of jazz and pop documenting sessions, but started his professional profession like …

An excellent Dixieland trumpeter, Dick Cathcart became best-known for his function of ghosting the performing of Pete Kelly (as played by Jack port Webb) within a radio series, film, and tv program all titled Pete Kelly’s Blues. In early stages, Cathcart performed trumpet within the U.S. Military Air Force Music …

In 1948, trombonist Pee Wee Hunt and his band were fooling around in a Capitol recording session. They performed a satirical edition of “Twelfth Road Rag” that discovered them playing like beginner Dixielanders and renegades of 1921-design jazz. The Capitol professionals were happy, the performance premiered, also to everyone’s shock, …

Not much is well known on the subject of Johnny Sparrow’s background, in addition to the undeniable fact that he may attended through the South/Southwest, maybe Texas, and that he first emerged within the reed portion of Jay McShann’s Orchestra, succeeding Charlie Parker during early 1944. He became a member …

Big-voiced blues, ballads and pre-rock singer who had an instant in the past due ’50s spotlight recording for Bethlehem. She under no circumstances attained widespread reputation, but was specifically good on like songs.

Specializing in even ballads, this Philadelphia R&B vocal quintet notched three strikes in 1957-1958. Andrews shaped The Hearts in 1953, plus they debuted another year for the Rainbow label. Chess found their initial big vendor, “Long Lonely Evenings,” through the small Mainline label in 1957. Mainline also originally released their …

A versatile trumpeter with a variety, an attractive tone, and solid technical abilities, Nick Travis spent a lot of his truncated profession as a studio room musician although he was an excellent jazz improviser too. Travis found early knowledge playing skillfully from age 15. He caused Johnny McGhee, Vido Musso …