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Babs Gonzales

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Born
27 October 1919
Born In
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States
Died
23 January 1980 (aged 60)
Babs Gonzales (Lee Brown, October 27, 1919 – January 23, 1980) was an American jazz vocalist and band leader of the late 40's Be Bop era and later was known as an effusive beat poet. He may be most notable for penning the song "Oop-Pop-A-Da", which was made famous by Dizzy Gillespie, but originally recorded and performed by his own band, Three Bips and a Bop, a scat group that later was briefly expanded for some sessions as Six Bips and a Bop in December of 1948. Babs was also a road manager in the early 50's for the James Moody band and was also once th… read more
Babs Gonzales (Lee Brown, October 27, 1919 – January 23, 1980) was an American jazz vocalist and band leader of the late 40's Be Bop era and later was known as an effusive beat poet. He may be most notable for penning the song "Oop-Pop-A-Da", which was made famous by Dizzy Gill… read more
Babs Gonzales (Lee Brown, October 27, 1919 – January 23, 1980) was an American jazz vocalist and band leader of the late 40's Be Bop era and later was known as an effusive beat poet. He may be most notable for penning the song "Oop-Pop-A-Da", which was made famous by Dizzy Gillespie, but originally recorded and performed by his own band, Three Bips… read more

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1 Play track The History of Blue Note, 70th Anniversary Oop-Pop-A-Da
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2 Play track Tales Of Manhattan Manhattan Fable
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3 Play track Blue Monk (Blue Note Plays Monk's Music) 'Round About Midnight
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4 Play track Weird Lullaby Professor Bop
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5 Have Yourself A Funny Christmas The Be-Bop Santa Claus
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6 Weird Lullaby Prelude to a Nightmare
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7 Play track Jazz & Bebop Singer - The Best Of Cool Whalin'
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8 Oop-Pop-a-Da (Remastered) - Single Oop-Pop-a-Da (Remastered)
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9 The Bebop Story Bebop Santa
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10 Cherry Ferrari Cherry Ferrari
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    13 Apr 1992 · 20 tracks

    Weird Lullaby
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    Complete Jazz Series 1947 - 1949
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    Tales Of Manhattan
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