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...Linda Ronstadt has sung for Jimmy in Southern California. Ford's back-up musicians play more to the Lawrence Welk set; his boosters include Singers Tony Martin, Pat Boone and Vicki Carr. "Jimmy Carter is weird like musicians are supposed to be weird," says Jazz Trumpeter Al Hirt, "and I don't want anyone like me running the country...
Married. Al Hirt, 52, Dixie-Pop trumpet player; and Lydia Lucas, 32, Hirt's business manager since 1969; both for the second time; in Algiers, La., less than an hour after Hirt's previous marriage of 33 years ended in divorce. Hirt is almost as famous for his heft (over 250 lbs. at the last weigh-in) as for his high-volume horn. His hits include such brassy tunes as Java, Cotton Candy and Fly Me to the Moon, which was piped into outer space in 1965 to help the Gemini 7 astronauts relax...
When it comes to reducing, some people don't fool around. At 333 Ibs., Jazz Trumpeter Al Hirt, 49, decided to cut out fat. He had some 26 Ibs. of it removed by abdominal surgery at the University College of Medicine in Virginia. "I had reached the point where this operation was preventive medicine for me," says Hirt. "I believe it will help me live longer. I hope I'll get to see my grandchildren...
...Band has produced several well known musicians, including John Green '28 and George Thow '29, but the most famous of former bandsmen is Leroy Anderson '29. Anderson is one of America's more successful jazz composers, and his "Bugler's Holiday" has been recorded by everyone fromAl Hirt to the Boston Pops. Anderson directed the Band for six years during the period 1929-1936, and wrote original marches for the Band for years afterwards...
KRAFT MUSIC HALL (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).* Eddy Arnold hosts the first of six variety shows entitled Country Fair. His guests this week: Al Hirt, Joanie Sommers and John Byner...