Sunny Clapp
Charles "Sunny" Clapp (also Sonny Clapp , born February 5, 1899 in Battle Creek (Michigan) ; † December 9, 1962 in San Fernando , California ) was an American jazz and entertainment musician ( trombone , also alto saxophone , clarinet ) who was active as a songwriter , arranger and leader of a territory band .
Life
Sunny Clapp played from the late 1920s a. a. with Jimmy McHugh's Bostonians ("Baby!") and Blue Steele . In 1929 he performed with his Territory Band, Sunny Clapp and His Band o'Sunshine, mainly in Texas . His band included u. a. Sidney Arodin . Between 1929 and 1931 Clapp recorded with his band for the labels Okeh Records and RCA Victor in San Antonio , Camden (New Jersey) and in New York City. including " Girl of My Dreams ", "Learn to Croon", "When My Baby Smiles at Me", "Treat Me Like a Baby" (1931, by Andy Razaf) and "Come Easy, Go Easy" (1931, with Hoagy Carmichael ). Furthermore, Clapp was also with Roy Wilson and His Georgia Crackers for recordings in the studio during this time .
Clapp's most famous composition " (I Found a) Girl of My Dreams " was a. a. Covered by Blue Steele, later also by Perry Como , Vic Damone , Dizzy Gillespie , Jackie Gleason , Etta James , Guy Lombardo and by Charles Mingus during the sessions for his album Mingus Ah Um (1959) and was used as film music, among others. a. in the TV series Petticoat Junction . Other songs by Klapp were "Bundle of Southern Sunshine" (Okeh 1929), "I'd Trade My Air Castles for a Love Next and You" (with TJ McWilliams), "Remember I Love You" and "Sugar Babe, I ' m Leavin '! ”(recorded by Blues Steele, Victor 20971).
Web links
- Sunny Clapp in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Sunny Clapp at Allmusic (English)
- Sunny Clapp in the DAHR database , see also other database entries: A B C D E F (English). Retrieved May 27, 2019.
- Sunny Clapp at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Contributing musicians were u. a. Mannie Klein , Fud Livingston , Jack Pettis .
- ↑ Other musicians were Bob Hutchingson, Tom Howell (tp), Lee Howell (tb, vcl), (cl, as) Mac McCracken (ts), Dick Dickinson (bar), Cliff Brewton (p) Lew Bray (bj, g, vcl), Francis Palmer (tu), Joe Hudson (dr).
- ^ Discography at Red Hot Jazz
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 19, 2014)
- ^ Published as Sheet Music in 1928 by Mills .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clapp, Sunny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clapp, Charles; Clapp, Sonny |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz and entertainment musician (trombone, also alto saxophone, clarinet) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Battle Creek, Michigan |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 1962 |
| Place of death | San Fernando , California |