Clancy Hayes
Clarence Leonard Hayes (November 14, 1908 – March 13, 1972)[1] was an American jazz vocalist and banjo player. His regular banjo was a six string one, which is tuned as a guitar.
Early life
[edit]Hayes was born in Caney, Kansas, on November 14, 1908.[2] As a child, he learned the drums, then switched to guitar and banjo.[2]
Later life and career
[edit]Hayes was part of a vaudeville troupe in the Midwest after 1923, and lived in San Francisco from 1927.[2] He became more popular in the 1930s through radio and club performances.[2] From 1938 to 1940 he played in a big band led by Lu Watters, after which he spent a decade with the Yerba Buena Jazz Band, playing rhythm banjo and, on occasion, drums.[3] He spent almost all of the 1950s singing with Bob Scobey's band.[3]
In the 1960s he led his own bands, which also recorded for various labels.[3] He also played with the Firehouse Five Plus Two, Turk Murphy, and a group that evolved into the World's Greatest Jazz Band.[3] As a vocalist, "Hayes was noted for his straightforward singing of ballads and his flamboyant delivery of livelier songs."[2] He died in San Francisco on March 13, 1972.[2]
Discography
[edit]- Clancy Hayes and His Washboard Five (Down Home, 1951)
- Cakewalk to Lindy Hop (Columbia, 1956)
- Clancy Hayes Sings (Verve, 1957)
- Clancy Hayes' Dixieland Band (Audio Fidelity, 1960)
- Swingin' Minstrel (Good Time Jazz, 1963)
- Oh! By Jingo (Delmark, 1964)
- Happy Melodies (ABC-Paramount, 1965)
- Live at Earthquake McGoon's (ABC-Paramount, 1966)
- More of Manassas (Fat Cat Jazz, 1969)
- Mr. Hayes Goes to Washington (Clanco, 1972)
- Satchel of Song (San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation, 2001)
With Bob Scobey
- The San Francisco Jazz of Bob Scobey (Verve, 1957)
- Between 18th and 19th on Any Street (RCA Victor, 1957)
- Beauty and the Beat (RCA Victor, 1957)
- Direct from San Francisco! (Good Time Jazz, 1957)
- Scobey & Clancy Raid the Juke Box (California, 1958)
- College Classics (RCA Victor, 1958)
References
[edit]- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1110. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ a b c d e f Koch, Lawrence (2003). "Hayes, Clancy [Clarence Leonard]". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J194600.
- ^ a b c d Yanow, Scott. "Clancy Hayes". AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Lu Watters and His World Famous Yerba Buena Jazz Band, featuring a live performance by Clancy Hayes.
- Clancy Hayes Archive.
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- 1908 births
- 1972 deaths
- People from Parsons, Kansas
- People from Caney, Kansas
- American jazz singers
- American jazz banjoists
- American jazz guitarists
- Singers from Kansas
- 20th-century American singers
- 20th-century American guitarists
- Guitarists from Kansas
- American male guitarists
- 20th-century American male musicians
- American male jazz musicians
- World's Greatest Jazz Band members
- Yerba Buena Jazz Band members