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Charles Williams Higgins (April 17, 1924 – September 14, 1999) was an American saxophonist. Higgins relocated from his birthplace of Gary, Indiana to Los Angeles in his teens, where he played trumpet and went to school at the . Later switching to saxophone, he penned the single "Pachuko Hop" (1952), which became popular among American Latinos on the West Coast. The "Pachuko Hop" single's B-side, "Motorhead Baby", was the inspiration for the nickname of musician Motorhead Sherwood, who played with Frank Zappa. The song "Pachuko Hop" is also referenced in the lyrics to the songs "Jelly Roll Gum Drop" on Zappa's album Cruising with Ruben & the Jets (1968) and "Debra Kadabra" by Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart on their collaborative album Bongo Fury (1975). Zappa listed Chuck Higgins as a re

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  • تشاك هيغينز (بالإنجليزية: Chuck Higgins)‏ هو معلم موسيقى أمريكي، ولد في 17 أبريل 1924 في غاري في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 14 سبتمبر 1999 في لوس أنجلوس في الولايات المتحدة بسبب سرطان الرئة. (ar)
  • Charles Williams Higgins (April 17, 1924 – September 14, 1999) was an American saxophonist. Higgins relocated from his birthplace of Gary, Indiana to Los Angeles in his teens, where he played trumpet and went to school at the . Later switching to saxophone, he penned the single "Pachuko Hop" (1952), which became popular among American Latinos on the West Coast. The "Pachuko Hop" single's B-side, "Motorhead Baby", was the inspiration for the nickname of musician Motorhead Sherwood, who played with Frank Zappa. The song "Pachuko Hop" is also referenced in the lyrics to the songs "Jelly Roll Gum Drop" on Zappa's album Cruising with Ruben & the Jets (1968) and "Debra Kadabra" by Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart on their collaborative album Bongo Fury (1975). Zappa listed Chuck Higgins as a reference in his influence list accompanying his album Freak Out! (1966). The 1955 single, "Wetback Hop", became the subject of controversy because of the use of the derogatory term for Mexicans in the title. It was an attempt to associate the listener with the earlier success of "Pachuko Hop", which refers to Mexican zoot suiters of the 1940s. The song appears on the 1996 Rocket Sixty-Nine release Jump Shot!. Higgin's Orchestra performed at the famed twelfth Cavalcade of Jazz held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles which was produced by Leon Hefflin, Sr. on September 2, 1956. Also performing that day were Dinah Washington, The Mel Williams Dots, Julie Stevens, Little Richard, Bo Rhambo, Willie Hayden & Five Black Birds, The Premiers, Gerald Wilson and His 20-Pc. Recording Orchestra and Jerry Gray and his Orchestra. Higgins also played as a sideman with Charlie Parker and The Orioles, among others, and Johnny "Guitar" Watson played in Higgins's band for a short time. He recorded for Aladdin Records, Caddy Records, Lucky Records, Specialty Records, and Dootone Records, achieving regional success into the 1960s. In the middle of the 1960s he left active performance to become a teacher, though in the 1970s he recorded a few songs in the disco style. Later that decade and into the 1980s he returned to 1950s-style R&B, touring California clubs as well as England. Some of Higgins's back catalogue was released on reissue labels in the 1990s and 2000s. Higgins died of lung cancer in 1999 in Los Angeles, California. (en)
  • Charles William Higgins unter dem Akronym Chuck Higgins (* 17. April 1924 in Gary, Indiana; † 14. September 1999 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war ein amerikanischer Jazz-, R&B- und Rock-Saxophonist. Er war vor allem bekannt für seinen Pachuco Hop, ein Rhythm-and-Blues-Stück aus dem Jahr 1952. Higgins beherrschte bereits das Trompetenspiel, als er als Teenager 1940 aus seiner Heimatstadt Gary nach Los Angeles kam. Nach dem Besuch des Los Angeles Conservatorys, wo er auch Posaune und Saxophon lernte, gründete er eine Band unter anderem mit dem Pianisten Frank Dunn und dem Saxophonisten Johnny Parker. Deren Debütsingle Pachuko Hop auf sollte Higgins bekannteste Nummer werden, dessen schneller Drive und röhrendes Saxophon in Kombination mit den Vokaleinwürfen „Pachuko“ der mexikanischstämmigen Einwohnerschaft der kalifornischen Metropole besonders gefiel und dadurch zu einem der ersten Klassiker des Chicano Rocks wurde. In seiner Band spielte auch der junge Johnny Guitar Watson. Higgins wurde auch ein gefragter Begleitmusiker, der unter anderem mit Charlie Parker und den Orioles spielte. Auch in eigener Sache war Higgins sehr produktiv, indem er eine Vielzahl von Singles auf wichtigen kalifornischen Independent-Labels der 1950er veröffentlichte, darunter Aladdin Records, Specialty Records und . Anfang der 1960er Jahre wurde er Musiklehrer an verschiedenen örtlichen Schulen. Ein Comebackversuch im Discosound scheiterte Mitte der 1970er, so dass sich Higgins auf den R&B rückbesann und sich statt auf Plattenveröffentlichungen auf Liveauftritte beschränkte. Er starb am 14. September 1999 an Lungenkrebs. Auf dem Cover des Debütalbums Freak Out! zählen die Mothers of Invention Higgins zu ihren Einflüssen, indem sie ihn unter der Rubrik These People Have Contributed Materially in Many Ways to Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them (dt. „Diese Musiker haben in vielfältiger Weise mit ihrem Material dazu beigetragen, unsere Musik zu dem zu machen, was sie ist. Bitte macht ihnen das nicht zum Vorwurf“) aufführten. (de)
  • Chuck Higgins, de son vrai nom Charles Williams Higgins, est un saxophoniste et chanteur de rhythm and blues américain, né à Gary, dans l'Indiana en 1924 et mort à Los Angeles en 1999. (fr)
  • Chuck Higgins (Gary, 17 april 1924 - Los Angeles, 14 september 1999) was een Amerikaanse jazz-, r&b- en rocksaxofonist. (nl)
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  • تشاك هيغينز (بالإنجليزية: Chuck Higgins)‏ هو معلم موسيقى أمريكي، ولد في 17 أبريل 1924 في غاري في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 14 سبتمبر 1999 في لوس أنجلوس في الولايات المتحدة بسبب سرطان الرئة. (ar)
  • Chuck Higgins, de son vrai nom Charles Williams Higgins, est un saxophoniste et chanteur de rhythm and blues américain, né à Gary, dans l'Indiana en 1924 et mort à Los Angeles en 1999. (fr)
  • Chuck Higgins (Gary, 17 april 1924 - Los Angeles, 14 september 1999) was een Amerikaanse jazz-, r&b- en rocksaxofonist. (nl)
  • Charles Williams Higgins (April 17, 1924 – September 14, 1999) was an American saxophonist. Higgins relocated from his birthplace of Gary, Indiana to Los Angeles in his teens, where he played trumpet and went to school at the . Later switching to saxophone, he penned the single "Pachuko Hop" (1952), which became popular among American Latinos on the West Coast. The "Pachuko Hop" single's B-side, "Motorhead Baby", was the inspiration for the nickname of musician Motorhead Sherwood, who played with Frank Zappa. The song "Pachuko Hop" is also referenced in the lyrics to the songs "Jelly Roll Gum Drop" on Zappa's album Cruising with Ruben & the Jets (1968) and "Debra Kadabra" by Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart on their collaborative album Bongo Fury (1975). Zappa listed Chuck Higgins as a re (en)
  • Charles William Higgins unter dem Akronym Chuck Higgins (* 17. April 1924 in Gary, Indiana; † 14. September 1999 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war ein amerikanischer Jazz-, R&B- und Rock-Saxophonist. Er war vor allem bekannt für seinen Pachuco Hop, ein Rhythm-and-Blues-Stück aus dem Jahr 1952. (de)
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