Phil Dooley

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Phil Dooley (* around 1905; † after 1959) was an American jazz singer (including drums and trumpet) and songwriter who distinguished himself as a musical comedian in the 1940s.

Live and act

Dooley, who was from Chicago, worked in New York in the early 1930s; In 1932 recordings were made under the pseudonym Joe Haymes and His Orchestra ("The Yes Habit", Victor ) and with the Graham Prince Palais D'Or Orchestra and the Eliot Everett Orchestra. In the same year he played the tracks "Can't Do Without His Love", "Get Cannibal" (written by Ted Weems , Phil Dooley and Red Nichols ), "Hello, Gorgeous" and "Great Big Bunch of" for Victor under his own name You “a. Other titles Dooleys and his band appeared during this time under the pseudonyms Al Calman and His Hot Sizzlers ("One Note Trumpet Player" / "Hell's Bells"; Regal Zonophone) and The Midnight Revellers ("Let's Have A Party"). In the following years he worked in Chicago as a band leader, but without further recording.

In the early 1940s, Dooley had a music comedy quartet in which he acted as a drummer and trumpeter. In 1942 he played with the vibraphonist Max Miller in Chicago clubs; In 1943 he appeared both as a soloist and with the comedy troupe The Funatics ;; In the mid-1940s he was back touring as a soloist. The last recordings were made in New Orleans in 1959, when he sang with Armand Hug and His New Orleans Dixielanders and with Emile Christian and His New Orleans Jazz Band. Dooley also wrote the song Junk Man's Blues with Red Nichols, which Nat Gonella recorded in 1936 . According to the discographer Tom Lord , he was involved in six recording sessions in the field of jazz between 1932 and 1959.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Billboard Feb. 6, 1943
  2. ^ Draw Page: The Ha-ha: Poems , 1999, p. 179.
  3. ↑ Phil Dooley (vocalist) in the Discography of American Historic Recordings (DAHR) (English). Retrieved December 17, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Phil Dooley (director) at DAHR (English). Retrieved December 17, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Charles A. Sengstock: That Toddlin 'Town: Chicago's White Dance Bands and Orchestras, 1900-1950 . 2004, p. 174.
  6. ^ Billboard Nov. 21, 1942, p. 18.
  7. ^ Billboard Nov. 14, 1942
  8. ^ Billboard May 22, 1943
  9. ^ Billboard June 19, 1943, p. 178.
  10. ↑ Billboard January 15, 1944
  11. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series, 1960
  12. ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 20, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Dooley, Phil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician and songwriter, also music comedian
DATE OF BIRTH around 1905
DATE OF DEATH after 1959