Harlan Lattimore

Harlan Lattimore (November 25, 1908 – July 1980), was a popular African-American singer with several jazz orchestras of the 1930s, most notably Don Redman's. Starting in 1932, singing in the Don Redman Orchestra, Harlem nightclub Connie's Inn marketed Lattimore as the "colored Bing Crosby" [sic].[1]

  1. ^ Cary Ginell, Mr. B: The Music and Life of Billy Eckstine (NY: Hal Leonard, 2013). ISBN 9781480366794