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Vaughn Wilton Monroe
1911-1973
The
Big Band Era. Swing. World War II.
The optimism of
post-war America.
This was the culture and times in which Vaughn Monroe lived and worked at
the height of his career, and which his contributions had a hand in shaping.
For
those of us too young to remember, Vaughn Monroe was one of the popular male
vocalists to come out of the big band phenomenon. He had a rich baritone
voice that he used masterfully. He played trumpet and trombone with the same
virtuosity. His 6-foot frame and likable personality put him out in front of
the orchestra and behind the baton.
Many
a young couple fell in love to Monroe's crooning of some sentimental melody.
The list of his hit songs is as long as the memories that his music invokes
for those of us who were there.
CLAIRE SCHWARTZ, 2001
Vaughn
Monroe
has to be the most popular singing bandleader there has ever been. There
have been numerous bandleaders who have sung, and been blessed with good
voices, but regardless of their abilities, their vocal offerings came second
to their conducting fame. Vaughn Monroe was the exception -- a bandleader
who, in the public perception, was first and foremost a singer.
EDWARD CHASE, 2000
"The Vaughn Monroe Collection"
2CD set - Flare U.K.
In Memory...
Vaughn
Monroe
Still Racing
with the Moon
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Bulletin Board updated Big Band
Jump Newsletter, Volume 127, March-April 2010, Bandleader
Profile on Vaughn Monroe thanks to John Tumpak. 6/28/10
Bulletin Board updated with LA
Times website page featuring Vaughn Monroe in the Hollywood Star Walk
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INFORMATION! 6/12/10
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The Chocolate Choo Choo
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Vaughn
recorded this song with his orchestra on December 15, 1947, however no
strings are listed in the session notes. An unissued recording was made in February of 1950, and
Vaughn sang this song on the Vaughn Monroe (radio) Show broadcast from New
York on March 8, 1952.
This is one of the songs on our Music Room list. Mark Gallagher just
posted this number to YouTube as well.
Tinker (Cunningham) Rautenberg remembers the first time they performed
it at Hershey Park, Hershey, PA.
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