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Earl 'Fatha' Hines More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

28 December 1903, Duquesne, Pennsylvania, USA

Date of Death

22 April 1983, Oakland, California, USA

Birth Name

Earl Kenneth Hines

Nickname

Fatha

Mini Biography

Pianist, composer ("Everything Depends on You"), conductor and author educated at Schenley High School and in private piano study. He accompanied singers and was pianist for several instrumental groups, eventually forming his own band in Chicago in 1928, which he conducted into 1948 when he joined Louis Armstrong, remaining into 1951, thereafter touring Europe with Jack Teagarden into 1957. In San Francisco he led a band, making many records, and he gave weekly broadcasts for the US Treasury Department. Joining ASCAP in 1949, his other popular-song and instrumental compositions include "Deep Forest", "Rosetta", "My Monday Date", "Jelly Jelly, "Tantalizing a Cuban", "Mad House", "Dancing Fingers", and "The Earl".

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Spouse

Janie

(? - 1980) (divorced) 1 child

Trivia

Father of actress Janear Hines.

Famous Jazz pianist.

Played "trumpet" style piano.

Was a member of "Louis Armstrong and his All Stars."

Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1980.

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 388-389. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.

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