Gene Austin
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Biography
[Edit]A singer and composer who came rambling out of Texas at the beginning of the 20th century, Gene Austin is best-known for his "My Blue Heaven," one of the most popular records of all time. He was born Eugene Lucas, but later took on his stepfather Jim Austin's surname, coming of age in a series of Louisiana small towns. Austin was all of 15 when he joined the Army, participating in the dangerous expedition to capture Pancho Villa in 1916. As if that wasn't enough, he also served in France during World War I, a conflict that many participants returned from with more than just slight scratches. Austin studied both dentistry and law in Baltimore, somehow passing up both careers in order to pursue his passion for singing. This was an interest he took on totally instinctively. He wound up composing more than 100 songs without ever learning to read or properly notate music. His singing style was remarkably influential, as well as attractive; Austin pursued a lighter and more personable approach than had been common among the male pop singers who preceded him, well-suited to radio and to early microphone pickups. The sound of his tenor voice became well-known in the early days of radio and the antique phonographs of the '20s and '30s. From 1926 to 1929 Austin was an exclusive recording artist for Victor, and his 1927 “My Blue Heaven” and 1928 “Ramona” were immensely popular records; though sales figures cited are frequently inflated, “Ramona” may have sold in the range of a million copies. “My Blue Heaven”, however, is viewed in retrospect as a definitive rendering of the tune, and has been utilized in the soundtracks of numerous movies, including Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). Austin had both the pull and taste to insist, for at least one chunk of his recording career, that only Fats Waller was good enough to provide piano accompaniment for him, and no one else.
Austin's recording career started up in 1923, gaining momentum the following year when producer Jimmy McHugh took on the assignment of "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street," which would be the first of a series of hits for the team. Irving Mills was Austin's lyricist for this number, which would be followed by other smash sides such as "My Melancholy Baby," "Girl of My Dreams," "Carolina Moon," and "Sleepy Time Gal." By the early '30s, the movies were beckoning, but in this field, Austin created only a small crop of three films, the best of which was Gift of Gab. Austin performed regularly on radio as well as live. In 1939, he toured with Billy Wehle in a traveling music and comedy show that set up in a tent. Following a few years as a nightclub performer, his career began to falter, only to be revived by a late-'50s television special. After this, he was back in nightclubs and began writing a new series of original songs. Las Vegas was his home base through all of these ups and downs. In 1962, he ran for governor of Nevada but was tromped by incumbent Grant Sawyer. As would befit a crooner, or perhaps not, Austin enjoyed five different marriages. He only stopped writing songs in the final ten months of his life, after developing lung cancer.
Title: Popular 1920's Jazz Vocals (Encore 3) [Recorded 1928-1942]
Artist: Gene Austin
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Classical
Title: Gene Austin Popular 1920's Jazz Vocals (Recorded 1925-1930)
Artist: Gene Austin
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: Popular 1920's Jazz Vocals (Encore 2) [Recorded 1925-1928]
Artist: Gene Austin
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Classical
Collections
Title: Top Hits of the 1930s
Genre: Rock
Title: Roaring '20s Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Charleston All Night! The Very Best Of
Genre: Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Top 100 Classics - The Very Best of the 1920's, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Speakeasy Music of the 1920's
Genre: Jazz
Title: Top 100 Classics - The Very Best of the 1920's, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Hits Vintage Nº4 / 100 Hits Vintage N?4
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Songs for Vintage Ambient
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Songs for Romantic Dinner
Genre: Jazz
Title: Those Wonderful Thirties
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Hits Vintage Nº 3 / 100 Hits Vintage N? 3
Genre: Pop
Title: A Trip Down Memory Lane
Genre:
Title: 100 Hits Vintage Nº5 / 100 Hits Vintage N?5
Genre: Pop
Title: A Retrospective Hits of 1934
Genre: Pop
Title: The Charleston
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Old Good Times (1930-1931)
Genre: World Music
Title: Hits Of '26
Genre:
Title: Echoes From the 1920S
Genre: Pop
Title: Irving Berlin: A Hundred Years
Genre: Jazz
Title: Golden Years Vol. 1
Genre:
Title: The Legends of Song - Volume One
Genre: Pop
Title: The Wonderful 30s
Genre: Pop
Title: Hits Of '25
Genre:
Title: Roaring 20s Revue, Vol. 1
Title: Best of the Roaring Twenties
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Retrospective Hits of 1931
Genre: Pop
Title: Country Music Pioneers on Edison
Genre: Country
Title: That Was the Year - 1927
Genre: Pop
Title: The Jimmy McHugh Songbook
Genre: Jazz
Title: Sing for Your Supper
Title: Song Shop, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Songs They Sang in the 1930's, Vol. 6
Genre: World Music, Pop
Title: Makin Whoopee
Genre:
Title: Personalities of the 1920s
Genre: Pop
Title: Hot Record Society - 20 Hits:1919 To 1939
Genre: Pop
Title: The Age Of Charleston
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: 1929 Hits (Remastered)
Genre: Pop
Title: Roaring 20s Revue, Vol. 5
Title: Greatest Hits Of The 20's
Genre: Jazz
Title: Charleston
Genre: Jazz
Title: Classic Recordings from 1926
Genre: Jazz
Title: The First Crooners, Vol. I: The Twenties
Genre: Pop
Title: Super Tracks & Great Singers - Volume 6
Genre: Pop
Title: Tea For Two - Hits From 1925
Genre:
Title: The Great Composers - Fred Ahlert
Genre:
Title: 1920's Hit Tracks , Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Songs They Sang in the 1930's, Vol. 8
Genre: World Music, Pop
Title: Jazz Hits 1920's and 30's
Genre: Jazz
Title: They Called It Crooning
Genre: Jazz
Title: Crooners - The Beginnings
Genre:
Title: Hits Of '31
Genre:
Title: Deluxe Classics, Vol. 06
Featuring albums
Title: The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs of the Jazz Age, Vol. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz
Title: Beginners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Big Broadcast, Volume 1: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz
Title: Get Low (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Golden Years Vol. 1
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: The Big Broadcast, Vol. 12: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Sweetheart Waltz
Artist: Cavan O'Connor, Bert Firman Orchestra
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop