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MANONE, Wingy

(b Joseph Matthews Manone, 13 Feb. 1900, New Orleans; d 9 July '82, Las Vegas) Trumpet, vocalist, bandleader. Lost his right arm in a streetcar accident as a child; took up trumpet and was playing on riverboats at 17. Occasional record gigs from '25 incl. 'Tar Paper Stomp' '30 (by 'Barbecue Joe and his Hot Dogs'), aka 'Wingy's Stomp', marking the first recorded appearance of the riff that soon became 'Hot And Anxious' by Horace Henderson, then 'In The Mood' by Edgar Hayes and Glenn Miller, the biggest hit of the Swing Era. Led own band '34--41 with such sidemen as future Bob Crosby alumni Ray Bauduc, Eddie Miller etc; also Bud Freeman, Jack Teagarden, George Brunis, many others came and went: hits on OKeh/Vocalion '35--6 incl. 'Nickel In The Slot', with vocal by Manone and guitarist Nappy Lamare; on Bluebird '36--8 one of several recordings of Slim Gaillard's 'Flat Foot Floogie'. 'Annie Laurie' '38 with Freeman and the sweet clarinet of Joe Marsala also had an affecting Manone vocal: garbled words, sweet and swinging at the same time; in '39 the band incl. Chu Berry, Buster Bailey and Cozy Cole, with wonderful solos, e.g. on 'Limehouse Blues'. In the '50s he did radio work with Bing Crosby, settled in Vegas '54, worked occasionally well into '70s. ASV's compilation Swingin' At The Hickory House '97 collected tracks '24--45.