Bob Carroll (singer/actor)

Bob Carroll ( born June 18, 1918 † November 19, 1994 in Port Washington (New York)) was an American singer in the range of swing and popular music as well as an actor.

Bob Carroll belonged with his immaculate, comfortable soft baritone to the generation of band singers, who were based in the 1930s on melodratischen vocals by Bing Crosby. As a singer, he was a member in the 1940s, the leading orchestras of the swing era, such as Charlie Barnet ( " I Hear a Rhapsody " and " I'll Remember April," 1941), Jimmy Dorsey ( " Ballerina" ), and finally Glenn Miller's Army Air Force Band.

Other recordings in this period made ​​Carroll 1942 with Ted Fioritos Orchestra " Rio Rita ," for Decca Records, which became Fioritos signature tune. Five years later, took Carroll's " Sapphire of the South Seas " on the Dick McIntyre Orchestra. With the end of the big band era also Carroll's career was as a singer at an end; In the early 1950s he was still with Gordon Jenkins, for he recorded the 1951 hit, " Charmaine ". In the 1960s, he switched to acting and has participated in numerous Broadway theater, film and television productions. The highlight of his acting career was in the 1960s; his best-known film in 1981 was The Prowler. He has also appeared in numerous television soap operas ( The Edge of Night ) and series. He died at age 76 in his hometown of Port Washington (New York).

Bob Carroll is not to be confused with the same tenor saxophonist (1905-1952), who played with Fats Waller, among others.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Charlie Barnet: The Transcription Performances 1941 (Hep Records)
  • Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: Casino Gardens Ballroom 1946 (Hep, 1945-47 )

Swell

  • Will Friedwald: Swinging Voices of America - A compendium of great voices. Hannibal, St. Andrew - Woerdern, 1992. ISBN 3-85445-075-3
  • Leo Walker: The Big Band Almanac. Ward Ritchie Press, Pasadena. 1978
  • Biography by Eugene Chadbourne at Allmusic
  • Jazz Singer
  • Actor
  • American musician
  • Born in 1918
  • Died in 1994
  • Man
Singing Charmaine (song)
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