Flamingo
Originally by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Herb Jeffries
Released on Rudy's Rock - The Sax That Changed the World (1976)
- Aliases
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Rudy Pompilli & The Comets
- Real name
- Rudolph Clement Pompilli
- Born
- April 16, 1924
- Died
- February 5, 1976
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00475297318 4 works
- Comments
- Tenor saxophone player and composer. Member of The Comets from 1955 until his death; the group's longest-serving member. According to several sources, the original spelling of Rudy's surname was Pompilii. It is said to have been changed by Bill Haley when he joined The Comets with the rationale that "ii" looked like a typographical error.
- Member of
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The Kingsmen [US3]
- Related
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Bill Haley The Comets' saxophonist (1955-1976)
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