Art Jarrett

Art Jarrett ( born July 20, 1907 in Brooklyn as Arthur L. Jarrett, Jr., † July 23, 1987 in Los Angeles ) was an American singer, actor, and big band leader in the swing and popular music.

Art Jarrett was the son of the actor and playwright Arthur L. Jarrett, Sr.; he also played guitar, banjo and trombone. In the late 1920s he took on records with jazz and dance orchestras of Earl Burtnett, Ted Weems, Jimmy Noone and Red Nichols Brunswick and Victor Records. In 1931 he had a Hiterfolg with "Georgia on My Mind ," with Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra, whose recording reached number 10 on the charts. Popular was his high tenor voice in music films, such as 1933, when he sang the song Everything I Have Is Yours in Dancing Lady, Did You Ever See a Dream Walking from the film Sitting Pretty and Let's Fall in Love from the eponymous film. In 1935, he founded his own orchestra, which occurred in Chicago Blackhawk Restaurant; to his musicians was, inter alia, Randy Brooks. During this time he was married to the swimmer and singer Eleanor Holm, who retired from the band, when she was preparing for the 1936 Olympic Games. 1941 Jarrett took over the leadership of Hal Kemp's orchestra after his death in a car accident. As an actor, he worked at the Western with Trigger Pals; on Broadway he appeared in the show Three After Three. In the 1950s, Art Jarrett appeared regularly on television shows such as Rhythm Rodeo, then worked as a disc jockey and businessman in the orange juice market in Yonkers (New York).