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Louise Tobin (Mary Louise Tobin) was born on 11 November, 1918 in Aubrey, Texas, U.S., is an American jazz singer and musician (1918–2022). Discover Louise Tobin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 104 years old?

Popular As Mary Louise Tobin
Occupation Singer, musician
Age 104 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 11 November, 1918
Birthday 11 November
Birthplace Aubrey, Texas, U.S.
Date of death 26 November, 2022
Died Place Carrollton, Texas, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1918

Mary Louise Tobin (November 11, 1918 – November 26, 2022) was an American jazz singer and musician.

The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Tobin, she was born in Aubrey, Texas on November 11, 1918, but moved with her family to Denton, Texas, after her father died.

When she was 12, she appeared on stage with the North Texas Stage Band.

Tobin began singing at Denton High School when she was 14 years old.

1934

In 1934, Tobin also sang at the Sylvan Club, near Arlington, Texas, and at theaters in Beaumont, Dallas, and Houston, Texas.

1935

At the age of 16, on May 4, 1935, she married 19-year-old Harry James, who was also playing locally.

1939

Tobin introduced "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" with Goodman's band in 1939.

Tobin brought Frank Sinatra to James' attention in 1939 after hearing Sinatra sing on the radio.

James subsequently signed Sinatra to a one-year contract at $75 a week.

While Tobin was singing with Bobby Hackett's band at Nick's in Greenwich Village, jazz critic and producer John Hammond heard her and brought Benny Goodman to a performance of hers.

Tobin soon joined the Goodman band and went on to record "There'll Be Some Changes Made", "Scatterbrain", "Comes Love", "Love Never Went to College", "What's New?", and "Blue Orchids" with Goodman.

Johnny Mercer wrote "Louise Tobin Blues" especially for her while she was with the group.

It was arranged by Fletcher Henderson.

1940

In 1940, Tobin recorded "Deed I Do" and "Don't Let It Get You Down", with Will Bradley and His Orchestra.

1941

Her biggest hit with Goodman was "There'll Be Some Changes Made", which was number two on Your Hit Parade in 1941 for 15 weeks.

Tobin was the first wife of trumpeter and bandleader Harry James, with whom she had two sons.

1942

They had two sons: Harry (born 1941) and Jerin Timothyray "Tim" James (born March 21, 1942).

1943

Tobin and James were divorced May 1943 in Juárez, Mexico.

1945

In 1945, she recorded "All through the Day" with Tommy Jones and His Orchestra, and "June Comes Every Year" with Emil Coleman and His Orchestra.

1946

In 1946, she performed with Skippy Anderson's Band at the Melodee Club in Los Angeles, and, in 1950, she recorded "Sunny Disposish" with Ziggy Elman and His Orchestra.

1962

After a long hiatus spent raising her two boys, Tobin accepted an invitation from jazz critic and publisher George Simon to sing at the 1962 Newport Jazz Festival, where she met her future husband, clarinetist Peanuts Hucko.

The Whitney Balliett review of the festival published in The New Yorker included the statement: "Louise Tobin sings like the young Ella Fitzgerald".

1967

Hucko and Tobin began performing together regularly, including at the Gibson-inspired Odessa Jazz Parties and a regular engagement at Blues Alley in Washington, D.C. They married in 1967 and moved to Denver, Colorado, where they were co-owners and the house band of the Navarre Club.

1974

In 1974, Hucko led the Glenn Miller Orchestra, touring worldwide with Tobin singing.

1977

In 1977, Tobin recorded "There'll Be Some Changes Made" with Hucko on the album San Diego Jazz Club Plays the Sound of Jazz.

"There'll Be Some Changes Made" became an oft-requested fan favorite at concerts.

1980

In the 1980s, they toured Europe, Australia, and Japan with the Pied Piper Quartet and recorded the albums Tribute to Louis Armstrong and Tribute to Benny Goodman, featuring Tobin singing several numbers on both.

1992

In 1992, Starline Records issued Swing That Music, including a vocal duet with Hucko and Tobin singing "When You're Smiling".

This was their final recording made together.

2003

Hucko died in 2003.

2008

In 2008, Tobin donated her extensive collection of original musical arrangements, press clippings, programs, recordings, playbills, and photographs to create the Tobin-Hucko Jazz Collection at Texas A&M University-Commerce.

A biography of Tobin, Texas Jazz Singer--Louise Tobin in the Golden Age of Swing and Beyond by Kevin Mooney, was published in May 2021.

Tobin was featured on the jazz program "Hot Jazz Saturday Night" just three weeks before she died.

Tobin died at the home of her granddaughter in Carrollton, Texas on November 26, 2022, aged 104.

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