Johnny Long

Johnny Long was born on Sep 12, 1916 in USA. Johnny Long's big-screen debut came with Follies Girl directed by William Rowland in 1943, strarring Bandleader Johnny Long.

A left-handed violinist who started an eleven-piece campus band at Duke University in 1932, originally called 'The Freshmen' (later the 'Duke Collegians'), who went on to turn professional upon graduation. Long's success was largely based on a single 1940 hit song, "A Shanty In Old Shanty Town", which sold over a million copies. The band subsequently landed a lucrative recording contract with Decca and national radio broadcasts followed. Long eventually expanded the outfit to seven saxes and seven brass for a bigger sound. This group, performing a hybrid mix of swing and sweet, enjoyed a fair amount of popularity, particularly with younger audiences in the South and Midwest. Not surprisingly, one of the sponsored radio shows the band appeared on was 'The Teen-Timers Show'. The main female vocalist was