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This item is an 8" X 10",black and white photo of Teddy Walters (Vinniello). The photo of dated June 29,1954. Teddy Walters is a Jazz/Big Band musician who was features with Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra.Jimmy Dorsey's career really took off in 1941 when he scored 12 Top Ten hits. "I Hear a Rhapsody" reached number one in April, followed by "High on a Windy Hill" the same month. Another key hit was Dorsey's third consecutive chart-topper, "Amapola," with alternate verses sung by Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell, which hit number one in March and was the most popular record of the year. Before 1941 was over, Dorsey had returned to number one with "My Sister and I," "Green Eyes" (another duet between Eberly and O'Connell), "Maria Elena," and "Blue Champagne," and he ranked second only to Glenn Miller as the most successful recording artist of the year. Hollywood took an interest in him, and he made his film debut in Lady, Be Good in September 1941. The recording ban called by the American Federation of Musicians in August 1942 cut down on Dorsey's recording opportunities, but he still managed to score six Top Ten hits during the year, among them "Tangerine," another Latin-tinged number with duet vocals by Eberly and O'Connell, which was featured in his second film, The Fleet's In, released in March. Overall, he ranked as the fourth biggest recording artist of the year behind Miller, Harry James, and Kay Kyser. The year 1943 was more of a struggle, but Decca settled with the union a year ahead of its rivals, Columbia and RCA Victor, and so its artists, Dorsey among them, were able to dominate the charts in 1944. Dorsey scored five Top Ten hits, among them the chart-topper "Besame Mucho" (vocals by Eberly and Kitty Kallen), ranking as the third most successful recording artist of the year behind Decca labelmates Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters. Amid that string of vocal hits, it's easy to forget that the Jimmy Dorsey Band was also a serious jazz outfit, whose members liked to stretch out when they could and just play, and leave the vocalists on the sidelines. The instrumental "Contrasts," which dated from 1932, was his signature tune and a perfectly respectable jazz piece, and they also saw some success with the lighthearted pop-jazz piece "John Silver," and stretched the envelope with a surprisingly modern electric guitar sound (among other attributes) on "Sorghum Switch" in 1942.The photo has been autographed on the front by Teddy Walters in blue fountain pen. The autograph reads-"To Jimmy Amodei-My sincere best wishes for success and your future happiness-Teddy Walters Vinniello-June 29,1954"..............BOTH PHOTO AND AUTOGRAPH ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION..............
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