Interviews

Dick Haymes

Recorded October 09th, 1972 - 18 min

Big band singer with the Harry James, Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey orchestras, he was heard on scores of radio remote broadcasts as well as on programs of his own, including Club 15 with the Andrews Sisters.  He had nine Gold Records in the 1940s and co-starred in a number of film musicals. He was born September 13, 1918 and was 54 at the time of our conversation following a performance at the Blue Max in the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in suburban Chicago.  He died March 28, 1980 at age 61.