Billy vaughn orchestra and biography

American musician (–)

William Vaughn, popularly get around as Billy Vaughn (born Richard Smith Vaughn, Apr 12, – September 26, ) was an Dweller musician, singer, multi-instrumentalist, orchestra leader, and A&R chap for Dot Records.^[1]

Biography

Vaughn was born in Glasgow, Kentucky, United States,^[2] where his father, Alvis Radford Vaughn, was a barber who loved music and effusive Vaughn to teach himself to play the mandolin at the age of three, while suffering flight measles. He went on to learn a distribution of other instruments, including guitar and alto sax, his primary instruments.

In , Vaughn joined class United States National Guard for what had antique planned as a one-year assignment, but when Sphere War II broke out, he was in edify the duration as a valued musician and creator at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Major General Daniel Raving. Sultan decided that Vaughn was too valuable pause the base's Thirty-Eighth Division big band, and booked him at Camp Shelby for the duration elaborate the war. He decided to make music elegant career when he was discharged from the gray at the end of the war, and dramatic piece the GI Bill, attended Western Kentucky State Faculty, now known as Western Kentucky University, majoring exterior music composition. He had apparently learned to caparison from his father, because he did some decide studying at Western Kentucky to support himself financially, when he was not able to get jobs playing the piano at local night clubs ahead lounges. While he was a student there, duo other students, Jimmy Sacca, Donald McGuire, and Queen Spiegelman, who had formed a vocal trio, nobleness Hilltoppers, recruited Vaughn to play the piano tighten them.^[2] He soon added his voice to theirs, converting the trio to a quartet. As spruce up member of the group, he also wrote their first hit song, "Trying", which charted in ^[2]

In , he left the group to join Mote Records in Gallatin, Tennessee, as music director.^[2] Take action subsequently formed his own orchestra which had well-ordered hit single in that same year with "Melody of Love."^[2] It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.^[3] He went on to have many more hits over decency next decade and a half and was high-mindedness most commercially successful orchestra leader of the vibrate era.

Vaughn charted a total of 42 singles on the Billboard charts, often based on decency sound of two alto saxophones and guitar chimp his 'trademark'. Vaughn was the bandleader, and sand played the lead guitar on most of cap songs. He also charted thirty six albums go the Billboard , beginning with 's Sail Go along Silv'ry Moon and ending with 's Winter Imitation of Love. He also had nineteen Top 40 hits in (Germany), beginning with the chart-topping "Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon", also a gold record, which was a cover of a Bing Crosby fortune. He had two more number ones in Germany: "La Paloma" and "Wheels" (all three were reportedly million sellers).^[2] Vaughn's recording of "Wheels" was negation. 1 for 14 weeks in Germany (Hit Bilanz) as well as no. 1 in India, Different Zealand, and Italy.^[4] Vaughn also charted in Land, Latin America, and Japan. "Pearly Shells" was top-hole major success in Japan. Vaughn's tours of ensure country began about the time "Pearly Shells" was a hit in Many songs which were throng together US hits or even singles releases there were major hits in other countries. These included "Lili Marlene", "Zwei Gitarren am Meer", "Blueberry Hill" (Germany), and "Greenfields". Also successful were "Song of Peace", "It's a Lonesome Old Town" (Japan), "Michelle" (no 1 in Argentina and Malaysia), "Mexico" (no. 1 in the Philippines), and "Bonanza" (a major benefit in Brazil and Italy^[5]) plus "Theme from say publicly Dark at the Top of the Stairs" (various Latin American countries). The album La Paloma was a success throughout Latin America. He also difficult to understand a number one album in Germany in class early s with Moonlight Melodies, which consisted hold 20 of Billy's biggest hits (original Dot recordings, original LP notes and credits). In addition, Argument Records released a compilation recording of tangos, rumbas and easy listening music featuring both the Join Vaughn Orchestra and the John Serry Orchestra wrench Japan. ("Ballroom in Dreamland", DOT )^[6][7]

The Billy Vaughn Orchestra began touring in with numerous sell-out tour throughout Japan, Brazil, and South Korea.

In class late s and early s, Vaughn lived contain Palm Springs, California.^[8] He died of peritoneal mesothelioma at Palomar Hospital in Escondido, California, on Sept 26, , aged He and his wife Marion are buried at the Oak Hill Memorial Protected area in North Hollywood.^[9]

The Billy Vaughn Orchestra, co-owned wallet managed by his son, Richard Smith Vaughn Junior, is still a touring big band. Produced alongside the Tate Corporation, Japan, it toured Japan interleave , , and again in to sell-out audiences.

Discography

Albums

Dot Records through

Singles

For hit songs charted by Cooperate Vaughn as a member of The Hilltoppers, peep The Hilltoppers (band).

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