Jackie Paris
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Jackie was born in Nutley, New Jersey to an Italian-American family; his uncle Chick had been a guitarist with Paul Whiteman’s famous Orchestra.
Jackie was a very popular child entertainer in vaudeville, a pint-sized song and dance man, who shared the stage with—and was encouraged by—such legendary black headliners as Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and The Mills Brothers.
After serving in the army during World War II, Jackie, inspired by his friend Nat King Cole, put together a trio featuring himself on guitar and vocals. “The Jackie Paris Trio” were a smash hit at the Onyx Club on New York’s 52nd Street. They played at the club for an unprecedented 26 weeks, perhaps the longest-running residency in the history of Swing Street.
The first song Jackie ever recorded was “Skylark”, on one of two sessions made by his trio, for MGM Records in 1947. Composer Hoagy Carmichael once said of Jackie’s rendition that “the kid sings the hell out of it.”
In 1949, Jackie was the first white vocalist to tour with the famous Lionel Hampton Orchestra. He remembered an occasion when he actually did 78 consecutive one nighters with the band. When he finally got off the road, he received an offer to join Duke Ellington’s Orchestra, but at that time was too exhausted to take it. For years after, Ellington’s son Mercer would tell him, “You’re the only guy that ever turned down my old man.”
Jackie was a very popular child entertainer in vaudeville, a pint-sized song and dance man, who shared the stage with—and was encouraged by—such legendary black headliners as Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and The Mills Brothers.
After serving in the army during World War II, Jackie, inspired by his friend Nat King Cole, put together a trio featuring himself on guitar and vocals. “The Jackie Paris Trio” were a smash hit at the Onyx Club on New York’s 52nd Street. They played at the club for an unprecedented 26 weeks, perhaps the longest-running residency in the history of Swing Street.
The first song Jackie ever recorded was “Skylark”, on one of two sessions made by his trio, for MGM Records in 1947. Composer Hoagy Carmichael once said of Jackie’s rendition that “the kid sings the hell out of it.”
In 1949, Jackie was the first white vocalist to tour with the famous Lionel Hampton Orchestra. He remembered an occasion when he actually did 78 consecutive one nighters with the band. When he finally got off the road, he received an offer to join Duke Ellington’s Orchestra, but at that time was too exhausted to take it. For years after, Ellington’s son Mercer would tell him, “You’re the only guy that ever turned down my old man.”
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The Song Is Paris
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