William McKinney

William " Bill" McKinney ( born September 17, 1895 in Cynthiana, Kentucky, † October 14, 1969 ) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader, head of McKinney 's Cotton Pickers.

McKinney worked as a drummer in a circus band and headed to his military service in World War I in Springfield, Ohio, the " Synco Jazz Band ", which he left to play the drums Cuba Austin. After tours not only in the Midwest, but to California, she resided in 1926 at the Arcadia Ballroom in Detroit. After them Jean gold chain had procured a lucrative appearance in the Greystone Hotel Ballroom, they called themselves " McKinney 's Cotton Pickers. " The Musical Director was Don Redman. First recordings they made 1928. After the dissolution of the band in the Depression-era 1934, he led a dance band in Boston, but was from 1937 manager of a cafe with dance hall in Detroit. He also managed bands. In the 1950s, he retired from the music business, worked in a car factory in Detroit and then went back to his hometown of Cynthiana. 1978 John Chilton wrote his biography.