- Born
- 10 May 1907
Mount Healthy - Died
- 22 June 1979
Plymouth - Country
- United States
- Record labels
- Capitol Records
Biography
Pee Wee Hunt was a jazz musician who played trombone and voice. Pee Wee Hunt was born on 10 May 1907 in Mount Healthy and died on 22 June 1979 in Plymouth. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Capitol Records. Honours include star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Walter Gerhardt "Pee Wee" Hunt (May 10, 1907 – June 22, 1979) was an American jazz trombonist, vocalist, and bandleader. Hunt was born in Mount Healthy, Ohio. He developed a musical interest at an early age, as his mother, Sadie, played the banjo and his father, Edgar C., played violin. He had a younger sister, Marian, and younger brother, Raymond. The teenage Hunt was a banjoist with a local band while he was attending college at Ohio State University, where he majored in Electrical Engineering, and during his college years he switched from banjo to trombone. He graduated from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. He joined Jean Goldkette's Orchestra in 1928. Hunt was the co-founder and featured trombonist with the Casa Loma Orchestra, but he left the group in 1943 to work as a Hollywood radio disc jockey, before joining the Merchant Marine near the end of World War II. He returned to the West Coast music scene in 1946.
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Awards
Historic 78 rpm records
- SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET PEE WEE HUNT · FIELDS · McHUGH archive.org ↗
- AFTER YOU'VE GONE PEE WEE HUNT · CREAMER · LAYTON archive.org ↗
- Basin Street Blues Pee Wee Hunt And Ensemble · Williams · 1946 archive.org ↗
- Muskrat Ramble Pee Wee Hunt And Ensemble · Ory · 1946 archive.org ↗
- Basin Street Blues Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra · Pee Wee Hunt · Spencer Williams · 1946 archive.org ↗
- Muskrat Ramble Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra · Edward Ory · 1946 archive.org ↗
- BASIN STREET BLUES PEE WEE HUNT and His Orchestra · Pee Wee Hunt · (Williams) · 1946 archive.org ↗
- THE PREACHER AND THE BEAR PEE WEE HUNT and His Orchestra · Pee Wee Hunt · (Arzonia) · 1946 archive.org ↗
Frequently asked questions
What instrument did Pee Wee Hunt play?
Pee Wee Hunt is known for playing trombone and voice.
When and where was Pee Wee Hunt born?
Pee Wee Hunt was born 10 May 1907 in Mount Healthy.
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