Mary Louise Tobin was an American jazz singer and musician.
14 Facts About Louise Tobin
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Louise Tobin appeared with Benny Goodman, Bobby Hackett, Will Bradley, and Jack Jenney.
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Louise Tobin's biggest hit with Goodman was "There'll Be Some Changes Made", which was number two on Your Hit Parade in 1941 for 15 weeks.
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Louise Tobin was the first wife of trumpeter and bandleader Harry James, with whom she had two sons.
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The daughter of Mr and Mrs Hugh Louise Tobin, she was born in Aubrey, Texas on November 11,1918, but moved with her family to Denton, Texas, after her father died.
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Louise Tobin began singing at Denton High School when she was 14 years old.
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In 1934, Louise Tobin sang at the Sylvan Club, near Arlington, Texas, and at theaters in Beaumont, Dallas, and Houston, Texas.
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Louise Tobin brought Frank Sinatra to James' attention in 1939 after hearing Sinatra sing on the radio.
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In 1940, Louise Tobin recorded "Deed I Do" and "Don't Let It Get You Down", with Will Bradley and His Orchestra.
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Hucko and Louise Tobin began performing together regularly, including at the Gibson-inspired Odessa Jazz Parties and a regular engagement at Blues Alley in Washington, DC They married in 1967 and moved to Denver, Colorado, where they were co-owners and the house band of the Navarre Club.
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In 1977, Louise Tobin recorded "There'll Be Some Changes Made" with Hucko on the album San Diego Jazz Club Plays the Sound of Jazz.
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In 1992, Starline Records issued Swing That Music, including a vocal duet with Hucko and Louise Tobin singing "When You're Smiling".
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Louise Tobin was featured on the jazz program "Hot Jazz Saturday Night" just three weeks before she died.
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Louise Tobin died at the home of her granddaughter in Carrollton, Texas on November 26,2022, aged 104.