1. Vaughn Wilton Monroe was an American baritone singer, trumpeter and big band leader who was most popular in the 1940s and 1950s.
20 Facts About Vaughn Monroe
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Vaughn Monroe has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for recording and another for radio performance.
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Vaughn Monroe graduated from Jeannette High School in Pennsylvania in 1929.
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Vaughn Monroe began recording for RCA Victor's subsidiary label, Bluebird.
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That same year, Vaughn Monroe built The Meadows, a restaurant and nightclub to the west of Boston on Massachusetts Route 9 in Framingham, Massachusetts.
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Vaughn Monroe hosted the Camel Caravan radio program from The Meadows, starting in 1946 and, during this time, was featured in a Camel cigarettes commercial.
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Vaughn Monroe was tall and handsome, which helped him as a band leader and singer, as well as in Hollywood.
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Vaughn Monroe recorded extensively for RCA Victor until 1956, and his signature tune was "Racing With the Moon".
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Vaughn Monroe turned down the chance to record "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer".
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Vaughn Monroe's orchestra had a number of excellent musicians including future jazz guitar great Bucky Pizzarelli.
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In ballrooms, Vaughn Monroe often reserved the final set of the evening for unrestrained, swinging music.
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Hollywood beckoned, although Vaughn Monroe did not pursue acting with much vigor.
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Vaughn Monroe appeared in Meet the People, Carnegie Hall, Singing Guns, and Toughest Man in Arizona.
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Vaughn Monroe co-authored The Adventures of Mr Putt Putt, a children's book about airplanes and flying, a personal interest of his.
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Vaughn Monroe hosted The Vaughn Monroe Show on CBS Television and appeared on Bonanza, The Mike Douglas Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, Texaco Star Theatre, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and American Bandstand.
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Vaughn Monroe was a major RCA stockholder and appeared in print ads and television commercials for the company's television and audio products.
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Vaughn Monroe was awarded two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for recording at 1600 Vine Street and one for radio at 1755 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
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Vaughn Monroe married Marian Baughman on April 2,1940, in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, where they had met as high school students.
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An avid railroad enthusiast, Vaughn Monroe collected and built HO scale model trains.
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Vaughn Monroe died on May 21,1973, at Martin County Memorial Hospital in Florida, shortly after having stomach surgery for a bleeding ulcer.