Bobby Hackett
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American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1915-01-31
- Active to
- 1976-06-07
dixielandjazzswing
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 30,359
- Total plays
- 201,608
Tags
jazztrumpetswing30s40s
Bobby Hackett was born under the name of Robert Leo Hackett on the 31st January, 1915 in Providence , Rhode Island. Bobby, who was later to become the most important white representative of Dixieland jazz, learned banjo, guitar and violin as a child. He left school at 14 and played from then on with local dance orchestras. He eventually learned the trumpet and performed at the beginning of his career with Pee Wee Russel and Teddy Roy in Boston. He <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bobby+Hacket
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Yonkers
- Occupation
- swimmer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- competitive swimming
- Member of team
- Harvard Crimson
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 83
- Height
- 188
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- name in native language
- Bobby Hackett
- date of birth
- 1959-08-15
- nickname
- Bobby
- birth name
- Robert William Hackett, Jr.
- different from
- Bobby Hackett
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