[2] Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital, Manhattan, NY.
Father: Andrew Rushing (trumpeter)
Mother: Cora Beuford (given usually as "Cora Freeman")
Wife: Mabel
Wife: Connie (m. 1940s, until his death, two sons)
Son: Robert
Son: William
High School: Douglass High School
The Count Basie Orchestra Vocalist (1935-48)
Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame 1988
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Learning Tree (6-Aug-1969) · Chappie Logan