Kind Jarrett

78er by Art Jarrett & His Orchestra:
"Everythings's Been Done Before"

Art Jarrett (* 20th July 1907 in Brooklyn as Arthur L. Jarrett, Jr. , † 23. July 1987 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American singer, actor and Big Band -Leader in the area of Swing and the Popular Music .

Art Jarrett was the son of actor and playwright Arthur L. Jarrett, Sr.; he also played guitar, banjo and trombone. In the late 1920s he recorded for Brunswick and Victor Records with the jazz and dance orchestras of Earl Burtnett , Ted Weems , Jimmie Noone and Red Nichols . In 1931 he had a hit with " Georgia on My Mind ", with Frankie Trumbauer and his orchestra, whose recording reached number 10 in the charts. His high tenor voice was also popular in music films, such as 1933 when he sang the song Everything I Have is Yours in Dancing Lady , Did You Ever See a Dream Walking from the film Sitting Pretty and Let's Fall in Love from the film of the same name. In 1935 he formed his own orchestra, which performed at the Blackhawk Restaurant in Chicago ; one of his musicians was u. a. Randy Brooks . During this time he was married to the swimmer and singer Eleanor Holm , who left the band as she was preparing for the 1936 Olympic Games . In 1941, Jarrett took over the leadership of Hal Kemp's orchestra after his death in a car accident. As an actor he worked on the western Trigger Pals ; on Broadway , he appeared on the show Three After Three . In the 1950s, Art Jarrett appeared regularly on television shows such as Rhythm Rodeo , then worked as a disc jockey and businessman in the orange juice trade in Yonkers .

literature

• Leo Walker: The Big Band Almanac . Ward Ritchie Press, Pasadena 1978

Web links

• Art Jarrett in the Internet Movie Database (English)