Poley McClintock

Poley McClintock (1900-1980) was a member of Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians, a popular jazz band of the 1920s.[1][2] His characteristic vocal inflections are heard frequently in many of the Pennsylvanians' novelty tunes, singing his parts in a low-range frog-like croak.[3] It is widely believed that the part sung by Tony Burrows in The Pipkins' 1970 novelty record Gimme Dat Ding was intended as a tribute to McClintock.

Poley's son James (Jamie) McClintock is a 1957 graduate of Hamilton College; he later earned an MA in Speech and Drama at Cornell University.

References

  1. ↑ John Dunning (19 March 1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. pp. 270–. ISBN 978-0-19-977078-6.
  2. ↑ Thomas A. DeLong (1980). The Mighty Music Box: The Golden Age of Musical Radio. Amber Crest Books. ISBN 978-0-86533-000-9.
  3. ↑ The New York Times Biographical Service. New York Times & Arno Press. July 1984.


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