Biography
Real name Austin "Skip" Young. American Jazz vocalist and musician.
Born c.1898. Died June 20, 1936 in New York, New York at the age 38 of tuberculosis.
In early 1920's he began singing with the Mason-Dixon Seven Orchestra (in Virginia). He sang with Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra on over 70 recordings. He also sang briefly with Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders in 1930 then with Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra.
He had been the master of ceremonies in theatres in Cleveland, Ohio and Boston, Massachusetts. He attended the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
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