Scatman Crothers had a lengthy musical career cutting over 100 sides between 1938 and 1983.1.Rock roma rock it 2.Woodchoppers ball 3.Blueberry Hill 4.I got rhythm 5.Tell me how long the train's been gone 6.Exactly like you 7.Hound dog 8.My dearest one 9.Yancey special 10.I'm gonna rock 'n' roll 11.I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter 12.The fool 13.Copenhagen 14.Nobody knows why 15.Please don't talk about me when I'm gone 16.The best things in my life are free 17.Pappa 18.My blue heaven 19.Undecided 20.Transfusion 21.Wrappin' up 22.Be bop a lula 23.Sweet lips 24.Ghost riders 25.Hey lawdy mama 26.Keep that coffee hot 27.The gal looks good 28.I'm in love again 29.Nobody knows why 30.Kansas City.
Scatman Crothers
Best known for his movie acting, Benjamin 'Scatman' Crothers also had a lengthy musical career cutting over 100 sides between 1938 and 1983. This set features 30 of those tracks including scatting jazz, R&B, covers of rock 'n' roll hits, pop ballads and more. Includes 24 page booklet with extensive notes, vintage illustrations and a (rather confusing) discography.Benjamin Sherman 'Scatman' Crothers was born 23rd May 1910 in Terre Haute, Indiana, and died 26th November 1986 in Van Nuys, California.
His father was a cobbler and the proprietor of a second-hand clothing store. At the age of fourteen, Scatman Crothers began teaching himself to play both drums and guitar and to sing in the scat style later made popular by Louis Armstrong and others. Still in his teens, Crothers landed a job entertaining customers at one of the local speakeasies, a place frequented by Chicago mobsters trying to lie low. He received no salary at the roadhouse, but the lavish tips made him 'the richest kid in high school', Crothers recalled in a 1981 Jet article.
Scatman learned music and played drums in various jazz and novelty groups in the late 20s and 30s. In the 1930's, he played with T-Bone Walker and Louis Armstrong, and formed a big band in 1936, getting the nickname, 'Scatman'. Sam 'The Man' Taylor began working with Scat Man Crothers and the Sunset Royal Orchestra in the late '30s. Scatman moved to L. A. in 1944 and began recording. His wide repertoire then included love songs, bebop, blues, swing, scat, and old jazz.