Hill, Tiny (actually, Thomas)
Hill, Tiny (actually, Thomas)
Hill, Tiny (actually, Thomas), pop-jazz drummer, vocalist and bandleader; b. Sullivan, 111., July 19, 1906; d. Roanoke, Va., March 1972. He weighed more than 350 pounds and led a band described as “swinging cornball,” and was especially popular in the midwestern U.S. His best-known record was “Angry” which was used as a theme. He also had one of several hit versions of “Slowpoke” in 1952. He carried on working well into the 1960s, making dancers happy and offending no one.
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Uncollected Tiny Hill and His Orch. (1944).
— Music Master Jazz and Blues Catalogue /Lewis Porter
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