Billy Vaughn
Sign in to saveAmerican singer, multi-instrumentalist, orchestra leader, and A&R man for Dot Records (1919-1991)
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Richard "Billy" Vaughn was a singer, multi-instrumentalist and orchestra leader. He was born in Glasgow, Kentucky, where his father was a barber who loved music and inspired Billy to teach himself to play the mandolin at age 3, while suffering a case of the measles. He went on to learn a number of other instruments. In 1941, Vaughn joined the United States National Guard for what had been planned as a one-year assignment, but when World War II broke out, he was sent abroad till the war ended i
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Glasgow
- Place of death
- Escondido
- Occupation
- music executive
- Employer
- Dot Records
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- orchestral pop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- London Records
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- National Guard of the United States
- Image
- Billy Vaughn 1958 (cropped).JPG
- Significant event
- 2008 Universal Studios fire
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- date of birth
- 1919-04-12
- date of death
- 1991-09-26
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Billy Vaughn
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
- birth name
- Richard Smith Vaughn
- name in native language
- Billy Vaughn
- contributed to creative work
- Bombs on Monte Carlo
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