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Gerald L. Duppler (May 18, 1903 – July 11, 1989), better known under his stage name Tommy Tucker, was an American bandleader.. The Tommy Tucker Orchestra entertained many listeners as a big band in the 1930s and 1940s.
Tommy Tucker (bandleader) (1903–1989), big band leader in the 1930s Tommy Tucker (singer) (1933–1982), American blues singer and songwriter "Tommy Tucker", song by the band Bow Wow Wow
Slide Hampton (born 1932) (Slide Hampton Ultra Big Band) Erskine Hawkins (1914–1993) Horace Heidt ... Tommy Tucker (1903-1989) (Tommy Tucker and his Orchestra) V
Tommy Tucker (born Robert Higginbotham; March 5, 1933 – January 22, 1982) [1] was an American blues singer-songwriter and pianist. He is best known for the 1964 hit song, " Hi-Heel Sneakers ", that went to No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and peaked at No. 23 in the UK Singles Chart .
Overton first formed a singing group with her sister Jean Swain and two college friends, Bix Brent and Pauli Skindlov in 1946. The group toured with orchestra leader Tommy Tucker for 6 months, was known as Tommy Tucker's Two Timers, and recorded the song "Maybe You'll Be There" with bandleader Tommy and his lead singer Don Brown.
While the Big Band Era suggests that big bands flourished for a short period, they have been a part of jazz music since their emergence in the 1920s when white concert bands adopted the rhythms and musical forms of small African-American jazz combos.
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Mulligan dropped out of high school during his senior year to pursue work with a touring band. He contacted bandleader Tommy Tucker when Tucker was visiting Philadelphia's Earle Theatre. While Tucker did not need an additional reedman, he was looking for an arranger and Mulligan was hired at $100 a week to do two or three arrangements a week ...