Orrin Tucker

Robert Orrin Tucker ( born February 17, 1911 in St. Louis, Missouri, † April 9, 2011 in San Gabriel Valley, South Pasadena, California ) was an American saxophonist and big band leader in the field of popular music.

Life

Orrin Tucker grew up in Wheaton (Illinois ) and began to work in his time at college with his own bands. He studied at Northwestern University and at North Central College in Illinois. In the early 1930s he formed his first professional dance band in St. Louis. She became known for her appearances at the World Fair in Chicago in 1933 Their signature tune was " Drifting and Dreaming". ; 1939 Tucker's band is a commitment at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles; it arose first recordings for Columbia, including their biggest hit " Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! " which the Bandvokalistin " Wee " Bonnie Baker sang and made known nationwide Tucker Band. It was followed by other hits like " Billy ", which were transferred to the sponsored by Lucky Strike Hit Parade on the radio station CBS.

1942, Tucker as a volunteer for the U.S. Navy as an instructor; After the war he continued to work with the big band and joined in the following years nationwide on in the big hotels and clubs. In 1955, he had a weekly show that was sent from the Hollywood Palladium for a few months. In 1959 he reduced his ensemble members to seven and walked mostly in Hollywood, Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe. In 1975, he took over a ballroom on Sunset Boulevard and called him the Stardust Ballroom, for a TV special in which he had just played. In 1982, he joined the ballroom for economic reasons. Orrin Tucker was not until the 1990s an active musician and bandleader.