Vaughn Monroe
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| Vaughn Monroe | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 7, 1911, Akron, Ohio, United States |
| Died | May 21, 1973 (aged 61), Stuart, Florida, United States |
| Genre(s) | Big band, Traditional Pop |
| Years active | 1940-1963 |
| Label(s) | RCA Victor |
| Website | Vaughn Monroe Big Band Era Singer |
Vaughn Monroe (October 7, 1911 – May 21, 1973) was an American singer, trumpeter and big band leader, most popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Monroe was born in Akron, Ohio and graduated from Jeannette High School in Pennsylvania in 1929[1]. He formed a band in Boston 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" [2]
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 I'll See You in My Dreams,My Dreams Are Getting Better,When the Lights Go On Again,Doing the Mumbo,That Lucky Old Sun,Cool Water,The Donkey Serenade.The Trolley Song,You Do,Red Sails In The Sunset "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".One current CD of his is called "Racing with the Moon"The songs on this cd are Racing with the Moon,There I Go,THe Donkey Serenade,So You're the One,The last Time I Saw Paris,Tangerine,My Devotion,When The Lights Go On Again,The Trolley Song,The Very Thought of You,THere,I've Said It Agian,Rum and Coca-Cola,Cool Water,Let it Snow,Let it Snow,Let it Snow,Seems Like Old Times,I Wish I Didn't Love You So,You Do,Dance,Ballerina,Dance,Someday You'll Want Me to Want You,Red Ross for a Blue Lady,Ghost Riders in the Sky,That Lucky Old Sun,Bamboo and Mule Train.
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'.
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