Jimmy rushing biography

Jimmy Rushing, American blues and jazz singer, best known for performing with the Count Basie Orchestra.

James Andrew Rushing, a vocalist in the Count Basie Band from to , was born in Oklahoma City, August 26, , to Andrew and Cora Rushing.

James Andrew Rushing (August 26, – June 8, ) was an American singer and pianist from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., best known as the featured.

James Andrew “Jimmy” Rushing—affectionately known as “Mister Five-By-Five” for being “five feet tall and five feet wide”—was a blues shouter.

He studied music theory in high school, attended college at Wilberforce University, and was a professional pianist for a time.

James Andrew Rushing (August 26, – June 8, ) was an American singer and pianist from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., best known as the featured..

Jimmy Rushing

American blues and jazz singer

Jimmy Rushing
Rushing in 1946
Birth name	James Andrew Rushing
Born	(1901-08-26)August 26, 1901 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	June 8, 1972(1972-06-08) (aged 70) New York City, U.S.
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Years active	1924–1972^[1]

Musical artist

James Andrew Rushing (August 26, 1901^[2] – June 8, 1972)^[3] was an American singer and pianist from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., best known as the featured vocalist of Count Basie's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948.^[4]

Rushing was known as "Mr.

Five by Five" and was the subject of an eponymous 1942 popular song that was a hit for Harry James and others; the lyrics describe Rushing's rotund build: "he's five feet tall and he's five feet wide".^[4] He joined Walter Page's Blue Devils in 1927 and then joined Bennie Moten's band in 1929.^[4] He stayed with the successor Count Basie ban