Al Rinker

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alton M. Rinker (born December 20, 1907 in Tekoa , Washington , † June 11, 1982 in Burbank , California ) was an American jazz singer and songwriter who became known through his collaboration with Paul Whiteman . Later he also worked as a radio producer.

Live and act

Rinker began as a partner of Bing Crosby in a band in Spokane during his college days in 1925 , and then went self-employed as a duo. In 1926 they played their first song I've Got the Girl with Don Clarks Orchestra. That same year, Whiteman signed the two in Los Angeles ; In 1927 the singer, songwriter and pianist Harry Barris was added. In this vocal trio, The Rhythm Boys , Rinker worked with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra and appeared in music films such as Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931) and Two Plus Fours (1930), as well as in Whiteman's film The King of Jazz (1930), in which they sang songs like Mississippi Mud . In 1931 the Rhythm Boys were still working with Gus Arnheim . When Crosby embarked on a solo career, the group broke up and got together again for a radio appearance in 1943. Meanwhile, Rinker made a career on the radio. With Beatric Kay he produced the radio show The Gay Nineties Revue for CBS from 1940 to 1944 .

1952 had Rinker with the song You Can't Do Wrong Doin 'Right , for which he had written the lyrics, an appearance in the film Push-Button Kitty and in the television series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis . He also wrote the song Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat for the 1970 Disney cartoon Aristocats .

Al Rinker's sister was the jazz singer Mildred Bailey , his younger brother Charles Rinker was known as a songwriter for Gene de Paul .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Radio: Rhythm Boys Time , July 19, 1943
  2. ^ Anthony Slide: The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville , p. 277.
personal data
SURNAME Rinker, Al
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rinker, Alton M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Tekoa (Washington)
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 1982
Place of death Burbank , California