Bobby Hackett

Bobby Hackett

Robert Leo Hackett (January 31, 1915 – June 7, 1976) was an American jazz musician who played trumpet, cornet, and guitar with the bands of Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Hackett was a featured soloist on some of the Jackie Gleason mood music albums during the 1950s.

Birth and Death Data: Born January 13, 1915 (Providence), Died June 7, 1976 (Massachusetts)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1937 - 1951

Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet, cornet, guitar

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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 185 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BS-068418	10-in.	11/24/1941	Moonlight sonata	Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Chummy MacGregor	Jazz/dance band, with piano solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-068419	10-in.	11/24/1941	Slumber song	Glenn Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with humming	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-068420	10-in.	11/24/1941	(There'll be blue birds over) The white cliffs of Dover	Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-068421	10-in.	11/24/1941	We're the couple in the castle	Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-068422	10-in.	11/24/1941	It happened in Hawaii	Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Modernaires	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-068456	10-in.	12/8/1941	Moonlight cocktail	Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Modernaires	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal quartet	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-068457	10-in.	12/8/1941	Happy in love	Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-068458	10-in.	12/8/1941	Fooled	Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-068459	10-in.	12/8/1941	Keep 'em flying	Glenn Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-068460	10-in.	12/8/1941	Chip off the old block	Glenn Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-068461	10-in.	12/8/1941	The story of a starry night	Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-068789	10-in.	1/8/1942	Skylark	Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-068790	10-in.	1/8/1942	When the roses bloom again	Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-068791	10-in.	1/8/1942	Always in my heart	Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-068833	10-in.	1/5/1942	The president's birthday ball	Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton ; Modernaires	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-068834	10-in.	1/5/1942	Angels of mercy	Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-068835	10-in.	1/8/1942	Dear Mom	Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Modernaires	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-068836	10-in.	1/5/1942	On the old assembly line	Tex Beneke ; Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton ; Modernaires	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet and vocal ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-068837	10-in.	1/5/1942	Let's have another cup o' coffee	Ernie Caceres ; Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton ; Modernaires	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet and vocal ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-071190	10-in.	10/20/1941	Dreamsville, Ohio	Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Modernaires	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-071191	10-in.	10/20/1941	Papa Niccolini (The happy cobbler)	Tex Beneke ; Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solos and mixed vocal ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-071192	10-in.	10/20/1941	Jingle bells	Tex Beneke ; Ernie Caceres ; Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Modernaires	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solos and mixed vocal ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-071193	10-in.	10/20/1941	This is no laughing matter	Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-071860	10-in.	2/18/1942	Shhh, it's a military secret	Tex Beneke ; Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton ; Modernaires	Jazz/dance band, with female-male duet and mixed vocal ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-071861	10-in.	2/18/1942	Don't sit under the apple tree (with anyone else but me)	Tex Beneke ; Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton ; Modernaires	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet and vocal ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar

(Results 26-50 of 185 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hackett, Bobby," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104371.

Hackett, Bobby. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104371.

"Hackett, Bobby." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.