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Jimmy Rushing
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Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1988.
Jazz vocalist.
"Mr. Five by Five" is a 1944 popular song by
Don Raye
and
Gene de Paul
that celebrates the heavyset Rushing, "Mr. Five by Five" himself, who was the featured vocalist of
Count Basie and His Orchestra
from 1935 to 1948. The song was introduced in the Universal Pictures films
Behind the Eight Ball (1942)
and
Who Done It? (1942)
.
Ella Mae Morse
with
Freddie Slack's Orchestra
had a hit recording with the song in 1942 (Capitol 115), as did
Harry James
and His Orchestra on the Columbia label that year.
His uncles are: Wesley Manning, and George 'Fathead' Thomas, were members of The McKinney's Cotton Pickers.
Parents are: Andrew Rushing, and Cora Rushing.
Has two sons, Robert, and William.
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