- Vaughn Monroe
Infobox musical artist
Name = Vaughn Monroe
Background = solo_singer
Born = birth date|1911|10|7|mf=y,Akron, Ohio ,United States
Died = death date and age|1973|5|21|1911|10|7|mf=y,Stuart, Florida ,United States
Genre =Big band , Traditional Pop
Years_active = 1940-1963
Label = RCA Victor
URL = [http://www.vaughnmonroesociety.org/ Vaughn Monroe Big Band Era Singer]Vaughn Wilton Monroe (
October 7 ,1911 –May 21 ,1973 ) was an Americansinger ,trumpet er andbig band leader, most popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Monroe was born inAkron, Ohio and graduated from Jeannette High School in Pennsylvania in 1929 [ [http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/rss/s_492023.html where he was senior class president and voted "most likely to succeed." Singer Vaughn Monroe's road to stardom went through Jeannette - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ] ] . He formed a band inBoston in 1940 and became its principal vocalist. He also wrote a number of songs ranging from "Army Song" to less known ones like the "Jeannette High School Alma Mater" [ [http://www.vaughnmonroesociety.org/achievements/achievements_songs.htm Achievements Songs ] ]In the 1940s, Monroe built The Meadows, a restaurant/nightclub on Route 9 in
Framingham, Massachusetts , west of Boston. He broadcast his "Camel (cigarette) Caravan" radio program from there starting in 1946. It burned to the ground in December, 1980.He recorded extensively for
RCA Victor until the 1950s and his signature tune was "Racing with the Moon" (1941). Among his other hits were "There I Go " (1941), "There I've Said It Again " (1945), "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow " (1946), "Ballerina" (1947), "Ghost Riders in the Sky " (1949), "Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You) " (1949), and "Sound Off " (1951). One lost opportunity - he turned down the chance to record "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer ".He was tall and handsome which helped him as a band leader and singer, as well as in
Hollywood , although he did not pursue a movie and television career with vigor. He was sometimes called 'the baritone with muscles'.References
External links
* [http://www.vaughnmonroesociety.org/ Vaughn Monroe Big Band Era Singer]
* [http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/rss/s_492023.html Singer Vaughn Monroe's road to stardom went through Jeannette]
* [http://www.vaughnmonroesociety.org/achievements/achievements_songs.htm Songs Written by Vaughn Monroe (as listed on the Vaughn Monroe Appreciation Society website)]
* [http://www.vaughnmonroesociety.org/resume/Omeadows.htm The Meadows]
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