He was Slim Gaillard, a noted American jazz singer, songwriter and actor. Gaillard walked confidently toward the lifeguard tower on Main Beach, where a group of civic leaders stood awkwardly by a ...

Rifftides reader Ries Niemi reflects on the Slim Gaillard performance in the clip from Hellzapoppin'. It's interesting to contrast this with one of the very last Slim Gaillard clips I have seen, in ...

Slim Gaillard, "Searching For You: The Lost Singles of McVouty 1958-1974" (Sunset Blvd.) It's a funny thing about "jump blues" and pre-rock R&B from the late-'40s and early '50s: Once upon a time ...

We just missed it, but Slim Gaillard, the hepcat who wrote such now-forgotten songs as “Cement Mixer (Put-Ti-Put-Ti)” and “Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy Floy),” was born 100 years ago ...

In 1945, the hippest Hollywood nightlife destination was Billy Berg's, on the corner of Vine and DeLongpre. A tall, suave black man named Slim Gaillard, who favored pinstripe suits, held court ...

One of Slim Gaillard’s album covers. He just might have been the most most interesting man in the world, and he had a Tacoma connection in the 1970s.

No, jazz cult legend Bulee "Slim" Gaillard wasn't born in Cuba to a sea-captain father and then abandoned on the island of Crete. That's what the colorful guitarist/pianist often claimed. But ...

Slim Gaillard would have turned 100 this week. While many people won’t instantly recognize his name, they have probably heard such eccentric Slim hits as “Cement Mixer (Put-Ti-Put-Ti)” and ...

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Artist: DREAM WARRIORS WITH SLIM GAILLARD Composer: Louie Robinson / F Allert / Slim Gaillard Publisher: MCA Album: Ludi / Very Easy to Assemble But Hard to Take Apart EP Label: Island Number ...