Slim Gaillard AKA Bulee Gaillard Born: 4-Jan-1916 Birthplace: Detroit, MI Died: 26-Feb-1991 Location of death: London, England Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified Remains: Buried, Sunset Memorial Gardens, Cleveland, TN
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: Black Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Jazz Musician Nationality: United States Executive summary: Cee-ment mixer, put-ti put-ti Military service: US Air Force (WWII) Jazz guitarist and vocalist, typically sang in an idiosyncratic nonsense jive, called vout. Performed with bassist Slam Stewart as Slim and Slam, and made hits with "Flat Foot Floogie" and "Cement Mixer" in the 30s.
Name-dropped in Jack Kerouac's On The Road.
Daughter: Janis Hunter (m. Marvin Gaye)
Cuban Ancestry
Greek Ancestry
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR Sky Bandits (31-Oct-1986) Absolute Beginners (18-Apr-1986) · Party Singer The Curious Female (10-Nov-1970) Go, Man, Go! (27-Jan-1954) · Himself Hellzapoppin (26-Dec-1941)
Is the subject of documentaries:
The World of Slim Gaillard, 1989, DETAILS: BBC
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