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Billy Vaugn

12-12-2011

Glasgow native and WKU alum Billy Vaughn found fame with the Hilltoppers Quartet in 1952 when he asked three other students to record one of his songs. The rest, as they say, is history. Vaughn went o..

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Glasgow native and WKU alum Billy Vaughn found fame with the Hilltoppers Quartet in 1952 when he asked three other students to record one of his songs. The rest, as they say, is history. Vaughn went on to form his on big band, tour the country and release over 25 albums of jazz and pop standards. This record released in 1957 is no exception. It contains standards by composers Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter and Hoagy Carmichael.
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Indian Love Call
Dream
Sweet and Lovely
Time on My Hands
Night and Day
I'm in the Mood for Love
My Melancholy Baby
Moonglow
Intermezzo
I'll Get By
Stardust
Read more about Vaughn in Don Thomason's article "Billy Vaughn" in The Amplifier, February 2007 available in the Kentucky Library.

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