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Doc Severinsen & His Big Band's lyrics & chords
Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen (born July 7, 1927) is an American pop and jazz trumpeter, best known for leading the NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Early life Severinsen was born in Arlington, Oregon, the son of Minnie Mae and Carl Severinsen, who was a dentist.[1] He was nicknamed "Little Doc" after his father, and had originally wanted to play the trombone. But the senior Severinsen, a gifted amateur violinist, urged him to study the violin. The younger Severinsen insisted on the trombone, but had to settle for the...read more