Poley McClintock
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Poley McClintock (1900-1980) was a member of Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians, a popular jazz band of the 1920s.[1]
As a child, McClintock was a neighbor of Waring in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. The two performed together in the Boy Scout Fife and Bugle Corps, with Waring as drum major and McClintock as drummer.[2] In 1915, he and Waring's brother, Tom, formed a banjo group, The Waring-McClintock Snap Orchestra.[3]
His characteristic vocal inflections are heard frequently in many of the Pennsylvanians' novelty tunes, singing his parts in a low-range frog-like croak.[4] It is widely believed that the part sung by Tony Burrows in The Pipkins' 1970 novelty record "Gimme Dat Ding" was intended as a tribute to McClintock.[citation needed]
McClintock was married to silent film actress Yvette Mitchell.[3]
References
- ^ John Dunning (19 March 1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. pp. 270–. ISBN 978-0-19-977078-6.
- Thomas A. DeLong (1980). The Mighty Music Box: The Golden Age of Musical Radio. Amber Crest Books. ISBN 978-0-86533-000-9. - ^ "Special Fanfarer for Fred Waring". Independent. California, Long Beach. March 9, 1966. p. C 5. Retrieved September 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Fred Waring And Pal, 62 Years In Business". The Gaffney Ledger. South Carolina, Gaffney. January 16, 1978. p. 11. Retrieved September 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ The New York Times Biographical Service. New York Times & Arno Press. July 1984.
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