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- Category: Recording
- Star rank: 2246
- Address:
1604 Vine St - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing south
- GPS location:
34.101170, -118.326539
Al Hibbler
Biography
Albert George “Al” Hibbler (August 16, 1915 – April 24, 2001) was an American baritone vocalist, who sang with Duke Ellington’s orchestra before having several pop hits as a solo artist. Some of his singing is classified as rhythm and blues, but he is best classified as a bridge between R&B and traditional pop music. According to one authority, “Hibbler cannot be regarded as a jazz singer but as an exceptionally good interpreter of twentieth-century popular songs who happened to work with some of the best jazz musicians of the time.”
Fact file
- Birth name: Albert George Hibbler
- Born: August 16, 1915 Tyro, Mississippi, United States
- Died: April 24, 2001 (aged 85) Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Genres: Easy listening Traditional popular music Jazz
- Occupations: Singer
- Instruments: Vocals
- Years active: 1935–2001
- Labels: Norgran Decca Reprise others
- Associated acts: Duke Ellington
Read more about Al Hibbler at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
Vine St, east side, between Selma and Hollywood
Nearby you will also find Tom Brown, Jimmy Durante, Scott Forbes, Audrey Hepburn, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Madge Kennedy, Kathryn Grayson, Frank Sinatra, and many others.