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Pee Wee Hunt

tb, voc, 1907-1979 US, Mount Healthy, Ohio
Singer / Musician of Jazz and Pop
A.k.a. Walter Gerhardt Hunt

Jazz trombonist, vocalist and band leader. Interested in music from an early age, at Ohio State University while majoring in electrical engineering Hunt switched from banjo to trombone. With Jean Goldkette And His Orchestra in 1928, and a member & featured trombonist of The Casa Loma Orchestra in 1928. Leaving them in 1943 to work as a Hollywood radio disc jockey before joining the Merchant Marine near the end of World War II. Upon his return to the West Coast in 1946, his successes include 1948's 3 miliion seller "Twelfth Street Rag". Born May 10, 1907, Mt. Healthy, Ohio. Died June 22, 1979, Plymouth, Massachusetts, at age 72, after a long illness.

     
Instruments
  • Trombone
  • Vocals
  • Backing Vocals
Genres
  • Jazz
  • Pop
  • Soundtrack
Popular Tracks   
Twelfth Street Rag on Presenting Pee Wee Hunt by Pee Wee Hunt
Creepin' Can-Can on The Classics Ala Dixie by Pee Wee Hunt
Somebody Stole My Gal on Presenting Pee Wee Hunt by Pee Wee Hunt
Hunt's Goulash on The Classics Ala Dixie by Pee Wee Hunt
I Love Paris on Presenting Pee Wee Hunt by Pee Wee Hunt
Twelfth Street Rag (Alternate Take) on Presenting Pee Wee Hunt by Pee Wee Hunt
Oh! on Presenting Pee Wee Hunt by Pee Wee Hunt
Rigoletto Rock on The Classics Ala Dixie by Pee Wee Hunt
Begin the Beguine on Presenting Pee Wee Hunt by Pee Wee Hunt
The Darktown Strutters Ball on Presenting Pee Wee Hunt by Pee Wee Hunt

Track list and 30sec audio provided by


Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Pee Wee Hunt: Vintage Jam Session 1954Pee Wee Hunt2017Compil.
Plays And Sings DixiePee Wee Hunt2011Album
Dixieland Classics (Part 1)Pee Wee Hunt2001Single
12th Street RagPee Wee Hunt1998Compil.
On The Sunny SidePee Wee Hunt1978Album
Oh!...Pee Wee Hunt1967Compil.
Dixieland KickoffPee Wee Hunt1964Single
The Best Of Pee Wee HuntPee Wee Hunt1963Compil.
On The Sunny Side Of The StreetPee Wee Hunt / Muggsy Spanier / Matty Matlock1963Compil.
A Hunting We Will Go (That's The Way The Fox Trots!)Pee Wee Hunt1961Album
A Hunting We Will Go (That's The Way The Fox Trots)Pee Wee Hunt1961Single
Capitol's Dixie SeriesPee Wee Hunt1961Single
The Greatest Dixieland BandsPee Wee Hunt, Pee Wee Russell / Jack Teagarden, Louis Prima & His Band1960Album
Illinois LoyaltyPee Wee Hunt1960Single
Classics Ala DixiePee Wee Hunt1960Single
Dance PartyPee Wee Hunt1960Album
Goodbye BluesPee Wee Hunt1960Single
DixielandPee Wee Hunt1959Single
Miss Otis Regrets / I Love ParisPee Wee Hunt1959Single
The Blues A la DixiePee Wee Hunt1959Single
DixielandPee Wee Hunt1959Single
Dixieland KickoffPee Wee Hunt1959Album
Blues A La DixiePee Wee Hunt1959Album
Rodgers And Hammerstein Ala DixiePee Wee Hunt1958Single
Class Of '25Joe "Fingers" Carr / Pee Wee Hunt1958Album
Cole Porter Ala DixiePee Wee Hunt1958Single
Cotton Pickin' CarmenPee Wee Hunt1958Single
Class Of '25Joe "Fingers" Carr, Pee Wee Hunt1958Single
Rodgers And Hammerstein Ala DixiePee Wee Hunt1958Album
Cole Porter Ala DixiePee Wee Hunt1958Album
June Is Bustin' Out All Over / The Surrey With The Fringe On TopPee Wee Hunt1958Single
The Classics Ala DixiePee Wee Hunt1958Album
Class Of '25Joe "Fingers" Carr And Pee Wee Hunt1957Single
Class Of '25Joe "Fingers" Carr And Pee Wee Hunt1957Single
"Pee Wee" & "Fingers Part 3Joe "Fingers" Carr, Pee Wee Hunt1957Single
"Pee Wee" & "Fingers"Joe "Fingers" Carr, Pee Wee Hunt1957Single
Dixieland Classics (Part 3)Pee Wee Hunt1956Single
Dixieland Classics (Part 1)Pee Wee Hunt1956Single
Dixieland Classics Part 2Pee Wee Hunt1956Single
"Pee Wee" & "Fingers"Joe "Fingers" Carr And Pee Wee Hunt1956Album
Dixieland Classics Number ThreePee Wee Hunt1956Single
Gratefully YoursThe Four Knights with Pee Wee Hunt1955Single
Swingin' Around (Part 2)Pee Wee Hunt1955Single
Straight From Dixie!Pee Wee Hunt1955Album
Dixieland By Pee Wee HuntPee Wee Hunt1954Album
Oh!Pee Wee Hunt1954Single
Straight From DixiePee Wee Hunt1953Single
Dixieland StylistPee Wee Hunt / Nappy Lamare / Pete Daily / Armand Hug1952Single
The Darktown Strutters' Ball / Basin Street BluesPee Wee Hunt1951Single
Save Your Love For MePee Wee Hunt1949Single
12th Street RagPee Wee Hunt1949Album
The Classics Ala DixiePee Wee HuntSingle
Come Back To Sorento / Lonely ManPee Wee HuntSingle
Straight from Dixie! with Pee Wee HuntPee Wee HuntAlbum
Classics Ala DixiePee Wee HuntSingle
"Pee Wee" & "Fingers Part 3Joe "Fingers" Carr, Pee Wee HuntSingle
KittyPee Wee Hunt And Joe "Fingers" CarrSingle
Saturday Night Dancing PartyPee Wee HuntAlbum
Pee Wee & FingersPee Wee Hunt And Joe "Fingers" CarrSingle
Classics Ala DixiePee Wee HuntSingle
Saturday Night Dancing PartyPee Wee HuntAlbum
youthful fountainPee Wee HuntSingle
Illinois Loyalty - Our DirectorPee Wee HuntSingle
Ja-DaPee Wee HuntSingle
Class Of '25Joe "Fingers" Carr And Pee Wee HuntSingle
How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm / Swingin' Down The LanePee Wee Hunt and Joe "Fingers" CarrSingle
Swingin' Around Part 1Pee Wee HuntSingle
Straight From Dixie part 1Pee Wee HuntSingle
Savoy Presents Dixieland Pee Wee Hunt Dixielanders VOL 4Pee Wee HuntSingle
Lonely Man / Surrender (Come Back To Sorrento)Pee Wee HuntSingle
The Vamp / So BluePee Wee HuntSingle
The Classics A La DixiePee Wee HuntSingle
"Pee Wee" & "Fingers"Joe "Fingers" Carr And Pee Wee HuntSingle
The Sheik Of ArabyJoe "Fingers" Carr, Pee Wee HuntSingle
"Pee Wee" & "Fingers Part 3Joe "Fingers" Carr, Pee Wee HuntSingle
KittyPee Wee Hunt And Joe "Fingers" CarrSingle
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