Art Lund
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Art Lund (1 April 1915, Salt Lake City, Utah — 31 May 1990, Holliday, Utah [1]) was a famous baritone singer, initially with bandleaders Benny Goodman and Harry James, and was also a television and stage actor.
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[edit] Early days
Arthur Lund was a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University, and received his master's degree from the United States Naval Academy in aerological engineering. [2]
Lund was a teacher of mathematics at a high school in Kentucky, and sang with local bands as a sideline before giving up school teaching to tour with Jimmy Ray's orchestra.[1] He originally billed himself as Art London.[3]
[edit] Recording career
After spells with Benny Goodman and Harry James, he went solo in 1946, and recorded his biggest seller the following year. The song was "Mam'selle", written by Mack Gordon (lyrics) and Edmund Goulding (melody). This gramophone record was #1 in the U.S. Billboard magazine chart and earned a gold disc.[1] Other hits for Lund were "(I'd Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China", "What'll I Do", "You Call Everybody Darlin'" and "Peg O' My Heart".
[edit] Acting career
Lund had lead roles on Broadway in The Most Happy Fella (1956); Destry Rides Again (1959), as a replacement for the plot's villain, Scott Brady; Donnybrook! (1961); and Sophie (1963). Lund also worked in two shows that closed before scheduled Broadway openings, We Take the Town (1962), as Robert Preston's standby; and Breakfast at Tiffany's (1966).
[edit] Awards
Lund has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 6126 Hollywood Boulevard.[4]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs, 2nd, London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd, p. 40. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
