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Mary Louise Tobin (November 11, 1918 – November 26, 2022) was an American jazz singer and musician. She appeared with Benny Goodman , Bobby Hackett , Will Bradley , and Jack Jenney . Tobin introduced " I Didn't Know What Time It Was " with Goodman's band in 1939.
Nov 27, 2022 · With the big band era in full swing in 1939, Louise Tobin, a vocalist with Benny Goodman’s orchestra, was on the cusp of nationwide fame. But she soon put her career on hold at the...
Nov 26, 2022 · Louise Tobin, a big-band singer of the 1930s and ’40s who urged her then-husband, trumpet player and orchestra leader Harry James, to hire a promising young man she heard on the radio, a New...
Nov 28, 2022 · Louise Tobin, big band singer who discovered Frank Sinatra, died Saturday at her granddaughter’s home in Carrollton, Texas at the age of 104.
Nov 29, 2022 · Aubrey native Louise Tobin is often remembered for discovering Frank Sinatra and touring with her husband and clarinetist Peanuts Hucko.
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Dec 9, 2022 · Louise Tobin, a big-band singer of the 1930s and ’40s who urged her then-husband, trumpet player and orchestra leader Harry James, to hire a promising young man she heard on the radio, a New Jersey singing waiter named Frank Sinatra, died Nov. 26 at a granddaughter’s home in Carrollton, Tex.
Nov 28, 2022 · One of the last great female vocalist of the big band era has passed away. Louise Tobin was a vocalist with Benny Goodman, wife of Harry James, and she helped to discover Frank Sinatra. She was...
