- Born Name: Vaughn Monroe
- Birthday: 1911-10-07 (Year-Month-Day)
- Website: http://www.vaughnmonroesociety.org/
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Vaughn Wilton Monroe (October 7, 1911 – May 21, 1973) was an American baritone singer, trumpeter and big band leader and actor, most popular in the 1940s and 1950s. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording and radio.[edit] BiographyMonroe was born in Akron, Ohio on October 7, 1911. He graduated from Jeannette High School in Pennsylvania in 1929 where he was senior class president and voted most likely to succeed. After graduation, he attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology, where he was an active member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity.He formed his first orchestra in Boston in 1940 and became its principal vocalist. He began recording for Victors low-priced Bluebird label. That same year, Monroe built The Meadows, a restaurant and nightclub on Route 9 in Framingham, Massachusetts, west of Boston. He hosted the Camel Caravan radio program from there starting in 1946. It burned to the ground in December 1980.Monroe was tall and handsome which helped him as a band leader and singer, as well as in Hollywood. He was sometimes called the Baritone with Muscles, the Voice with Hair on its Chest, ol Leather Tonsils, or Leather Lungs.He recorded extensively for RCA Victor until the 1950s and his signature tune was Racing with the Moon (1941). Among his other hits were In the Still of the Night (1939), There I Go (1941), There Ive Said It Again (1945), Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (1946), Ballerina (1947), Riders in the Sky (1949), Someday (Youll Want Me To Want You) (1949), Sound Off (1951), and In the Middle of the House (1956). He also turned down the chance to record Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.Monroe also wrote a number of songs ranging from Army Song to less-known ones like the Jeannette High School Alma Mater.Movies also beckoned, although he did not pursue it with vigor. Monroe appeared in 1944s Meet the People, Carnegie Hall (1947), Singing Guns (1950), and The Toughest Man in Arizona (1952). He co-authored The Adventures of Mr. Putt Putt, a childrens book about airplanes and flying, published in 1949.He hosted The Vaughn Monroe Show on CBS television from 1950–51 and from 1954–55, and also appeared on Bonanza and The Mike Douglas Show, as well as The Ed Sullivan Show, Texaco Star Theatre, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Tonight Show, and American Bandstand. He was a major stockholder in RCA and appeared in print ads and television commercials for the companys TV and audio products.Monroe died on May 21, 1973 at Martin County Memorial Hospital, shortly after having stomach surgery . He was buried in Fernhill Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum in Stuart, Florida.[edit] References^ a b Vaughn Monroe Dies At 62. United Press International. May 22, 1973. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WuEpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bBEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6299,1622915&dq=vaughn+monroe&hl=en. Retrieved 2010-10-08. He was born in Akron, Ohio, in 1911 and his first claim to fame was winning the Ohio state trumpet contest as a teenager. In his high school days he was a ... ^ a b c d Wertz, Marjorie Singer Vaughn Monroes road to stardom went through Jeannette Feb. 9, 2007 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review^ Achievements Songs^ Vaughn Monroe, 62, Dies; Singer and Bandleader; Headliner of An Era. New York Times. May 22, 1973. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F0091FF838551A7493C0AB178ED85F478785F9. Retrieved 2010-10-08. Vaughn Monroe, the singer and bandleader of the late nine. teen-forties and early fifties, died tonight at Martin County Memorial Hospital, where he had undergone surgery two weeks ago. He was 62 years old. [edit] External linksVaughn Monroe Big Band Era SingerSinger Vaughn Monroes road to stardom went through JeannetteSongs Written by Vaughn Monroe (as listed on the Vaughn Monroe Appreciation Society website)The MeadowsPersondataNameMonroe, VaughnAlternative namesShort descriptionDate of birthOctober 7, 1911Place of birthDate of deathMay 21, 1973Place of deathRetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughn_MonroeCategories: American bandleaders | American male singers | American trumpeters | Musicians from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Jubilee Records artists | RCA Victor artists | Dot Records artists | People from Akron, Ohio | People from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania | 1911 births | 1973 deathsHidden categories: Articles using Infobox musical artist with deprecated parameters | Articles with hCardsPersonal toolsLog in / create accountNamespacesArticleDiscussionVariantsViewsReadEditView historyActionsSearchNavigationMain pageContentsFeatured contentCurrent eventsRandom articleDonate to WikipediaInteractionHelpAbout WikipediaCommunity portalRecent changesContact WikipediaToolboxWhat links hereRelated changesUpload fileSpecial pagesPermanent linkCite this pagePrint/exportCreate a bookDownload as PDFPrintable versionLanguagesDanskDeutschFrançaisItaliano This page was last modified on 9 January 2011 at 00:33.Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License;additional terms may apply.See Terms of Use for details.Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.Contact usPrivacy policyAbout WikipediaDisclaimersif ( window.mediaWiki ) {mediaWiki.config.set({wgCanonicalNamespace: , wgCanonicalSpecialPageName: false, wgNamespaceNumber: 0, wgPageName: Vaughn_Monroe, wgTitle: Vaughn Monroe, wgAction: view, wgArticleId: 529813, wgIsArticle: true, wgUserName: null, wgUserGroups: [*], wgCurRevisionId: 406780477, wgCategories: [Articles using Infobox musical artist with deprecated parameters, Articles with hCards, American bandleaders, American male singers, American trumpeters, Musicians from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jubilee Records artists, RCA Victor artists, Dot Records artists, People from Akron, Ohio, People from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 1911 births, 1973 deaths], wgBreakFrames: false, wgRestrictionEdit: [], wgRestrictionMove: [], wgSearchNamespaces: [0], wgFlaggedRevsParams: {tags: {status: {levels: 1, quality: 2, pristine: 3}}}, wgStableRevisionId: null, wgRevContents: {error: Unable to get content., waiting: Waiting for content}, wgWikimediaMobileUrl: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki, wgCollapsibleNavBucketTest: false, wgCollapsibleNavForceNewVersion: false, wgArticleAssessmentJUIPath: http://bits.wikimedia.org/w/extensions-1.17/UsabilityInitiative/js/js2stopgap/jui.combined.min.js, Geo: {city: , country: }, wgNoticeProject: wikipedia});}if ( window.mediaWiki ) {mediaWiki.loader.load([mediawiki.legacy.wikibits, mediawiki.util, mediawiki.legacy.ajax, mediawiki.legacy.mwsuggest, ext.vector.collapsibleNav, ext.vector.collapsibleTabs, ext.vector.editWarning, ext.vector.simpleSearch]);mediaWiki.loader.go();}if ( window.mediaWiki ) {mediaWiki.user.options.set({ccmeonemails:0,cols:80,contextchars:50,contextlines:5,date:default,diffonly:0,disablemail:0,disablesuggest:0,editfont:default,editondblclick:0,editsection:1,editsectiononrightclick:0,enotifminoredits:0,enotifrevealaddr:0,enotifusertalkpages:1,enotifwatchlistpages:0,extendwatchlist:0,externaldiff:0,externaleditor:0,fancysig:0,forceeditsummary:0,gender:unknown,hideminor:0,hidepatrolled:0,highlightbroken:1,imagesize:2,justify:0,math:1,minordefault:0,newpageshidepatrolled:0,nocache:0,noconvertlink:0,norollbackdiff:0,numberheadings:0,previewonfirst:0,previewontop:1,quickbar:1,rcdays:7,rclimit:50,rememberpassword:0,rows:25,searchlimit:20,showhiddencats:0,showjumplinks:1,shownumberswatching:1,showtoc:1,showtoolbar:1,skin:vector,stubthreshold:0,thumbsize:4,underline:2,uselivepreview:0,usenewrc:0,watchcreations:1,watchdefault:0,watchdeletion:0,watchlistdays:3,watchlisthideanons:0,watchlisthidebots:0,watchlisthideliu:0,watchlisthideminor:0,watchlisthideown:0,watchlisthidepatrolled:0,watchmoves:0,wllimit:250,flaggedrevssimpleui:1,flaggedrevsstable:false,flaggedrevseditdiffs:true,flaggedrevsviewdiffs:false,vector-simplesearch:1,useeditwarning:1,vector-collapsiblenav:1,usebetatoolbar:1,usebetatoolbar-cgd:1,variant:en,language:en,searchNs0:true,searchNs1:false,searchNs2:false,searchNs3:false,searchNs4:false,searchNs5:false,searchNs6:false,searchNs7:false,searchNs8:false,searchNs9:false,searchNs10:false,searchNs11:false,searchNs12:false,searchNs13:false,searchNs14:false,searchNs15:false,searchNs100:false,searchNs101:false,searchNs108:false,searchNs109:false});mediaWiki.loader.state({user.options:ready});/* cache key: enwiki:resourceloader:filter:minify-js:3:ae2156c08a06314b12473d37e57711e2 */} if ( window.isMSIE55 ) fixalpha();