Richard "Billy" Vaughn (April 12, 1919 - September 26, 1991) was a singer, multi-instrumentalist, and orchestra leader. He was born in Glasgow, Kentucky, where his father was a barber who loved music and inspired Billy to teach himself to play the mandolin at age 3, while suffering a case of the measles. He went on to learn a number of other instruments.

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  • Richard "Billy" Vaughn (April 12, 1919 - September 26, 1991) was a singer, multi-instrumentalist, and orchestra leader. He was born in Glasgow, Kentucky, where his father was a barber who loved music and inspired Billy to teach himself to play the mandolin at age 3, while suffering a case of the measles. He went on to learn a number of other instruments. In 1941 Vaughn joined the United States National Guard for what had been planned as a one-year assignment, but when World War II broke out, he was sent abroad till the war ended in 1945. He decided to make music a career when he was discharged from the army at the end of the war, and attended Western Kentucky State College, now known as Western Kentucky University, majoring in music composition. He had apparently learned barbering from his father, because he did some while studying at Western Kentucky to support himself financially, when he was not able to get jobs playing the piano at local night clubs and lounges. While he was a student there, three other students, Jimmy Sacca, Donald McGuire, and Seymour Spiegelman, who had formed a vocal trio, The Hilltoppers, recruited Vaughn to play the piano with them. He soon added his voice to theirs, converting the trio to a quartet. As a member of the group, he also wrote their first hit song, "Trying," which charted in 1952. In 1954 he left the group to join Dot Records in Gallatin, Tennessee as music director. He subsequently formed his own orchestra, which had a big hit in that same year with "Melody of Love. " He went on to have many more hits over the next decade and a half, and based purely on chart successes, was the most successful orchestra leader of all time. The Billy Vaughn Orchestra began touring in 1965 with numerous sell-out tours throughout Japan, Brazil, and Korea. Vaughn died of mesothelioma at Palomar Hospital in Escondido, California on September 26, 1991 - he was 72 years old.
  • Billy Vaughn war ein US-amerikanischer Musiker und Orchesterleiter.
  • ビリー・ヴォーン（Billy Vaughn、1919年4月12日 - 1991年9月26日）は、アメリカの歌手、マルチプレイヤー、指揮者。ポピュラー音楽/イージー・リスニングのヒット・メーカーとして有名。
  • Richard «Billy» Vaughn var en amerikansk sanger og orkesterleder. Han ble født og vokste opp i Glasgow, Kentucky, hvor han ble inspirert av sin far til å lære seg å spille mandolin, da han som treåring var syk med meslinger. Han lærte seg senere å spille mange instrumenter. I 1941 vervet Vaughn seg i Nasjonalgarden, og ble sendt til Europa. Han ble der til slutten av 2. verdenskrig, og bestemte seg for å satse på en musikkarriere da han kom hjem. Vaughn studerte musikkomposisjon ved Western Kentucky State College (nå Western Kentucky University, og livnærte seg som pianist ved lokale nattklubber, og frisør. Tre andre studenter ved universitetet, Jimmy Sacca, Donald McGuire og Seymour Spiegelman, hadde dannet en vokaltrio, og rekrutterte Vaughn som pianist til gruppen deres, The Hilltoppers. Han ble raskt den fjerde stemmen, og skrev også deres første hitlåt, Trying, som entret hitlistene i 1952. I 1954 forlot han gruppen, for å jobbe som musikkdirektør hos Dot Records i Gallatin, Tennessee. Han dannet sitt eget orkester, som samme året hadde en stor hit med Melody of Love. Han hadde i løpet av de neste 15 årene mange hits verden over, og var den første til å toppe Norges offisielle hitliste i 1958, med låten Sail Along Silvery Moon. Vaughn døde av kreft i Palomar, California, 26. september, 1991. Han ble 72 år gammel.
  • Billy Vaughn foi um maestro e compositor que fez muito sucesso nas decadas de 50/60 e executou com sua orquestra, clássicos da música latina como "La paloma", "El Choclo", "La Golondrina", "Estrellita", "La Cumparsita" e "El Minisero" weells e muitas outras. A orquestra de Vaughn marcou época ao lado de Ray conniff,Laurence welk e algumas outras menos famosas, foi a belíssima época das BIG BANDS.
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  • Richard "Billy" Vaughn (April 12, 1919 - September 26, 1991) was a singer, multi-instrumentalist, and orchestra leader. He was born in Glasgow, Kentucky, where his father was a barber who loved music and inspired Billy to teach himself to play the mandolin at age 3, while suffering a case of the measles. He went on to learn a number of other instruments.
  • Billy Vaughn war ein US-amerikanischer Musiker und Orchesterleiter.
  • ビリー・ヴォーン（Billy Vaughn、1919年4月12日 - 1991年9月26日）は、アメリカの歌手、マルチプレイヤー、指揮者。ポピュラー音楽/イージー・リスニングのヒット・メーカーとして有名。
  • Richard «Billy» Vaughn var en amerikansk sanger og orkesterleder. Han ble født og vokste opp i Glasgow, Kentucky, hvor han ble inspirert av sin far til å lære seg å spille mandolin, da han som treåring var syk med meslinger. Han lærte seg senere å spille mange instrumenter. I 1941 vervet Vaughn seg i Nasjonalgarden, og ble sendt til Europa. Han ble der til slutten av 2. verdenskrig, og bestemte seg for å satse på en musikkarriere da han kom hjem.
  • Billy Vaughn foi um maestro e compositor que fez muito sucesso nas decadas de 50/60 e executou com sua orquestra, clássicos da música latina como "La paloma", "El Choclo", "La Golondrina", "Estrellita", "La Cumparsita" e "El Minisero" weells e muitas outras. A orquestra de Vaughn marcou época ao lado de Ray conniff,Laurence welk e algumas outras menos famosas, foi a belíssima época das BIG BANDS.
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