Big Tiny Little
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Dudley "Big Tiny" Little, Jr. (August 31, 1930 – March 3, 2010)[1] was an American musician who appeared on The Lawrence Welk Show from 1955 to 1959. His primary instrument was the piano.
Biography
Born in
After his tenure on the show (he was replaced by
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show of January 20, 1963, was devoted entirely to masters of the piano, featuring Dinah Shore's four guests, Liberace, Peter Nero, Ray Charles and Big Tiny Little.
He lived in Carson City, Nevada, and died there on March 3, 2010, aged 79.[1]
Discography
- Make Room for Tiny (Brunswick Records BL-54030) (1957)
- Honky Tonk Piano (Brunswick Records BL-54049) (1959)
- Big Tiny Little's Music of the 20s (Brunswick Records BL-757057) (1959)
- Big Tiny's Little Black Book (Coral Records CRL 757356) (1960)
- "Big" Tiny Little's Singing Honky-Tonk (Coral Records CRL 757335) (1960)
- Big Tiny Little In Person (Coral Records CRL 757390) (1961)
- Christmas With Big Tiny Little (Coral Records CRL 757391) (1961; reissued by MCA Records in 1995 as Ragtime Christmas)
- Little Land (Coral Records-CRL-757386) (1961)
- Big Tiny Little Movin' On (Coral Records CRL 57425) (1963)
- Tiny Little's Forties (Coral Records CRL 757445) (1964)
- Mr. Piano Personality (Coral Records CRL57461) (1964)
- Honky Tonk Hootenanny (Coral Records-CRL-57448) (1964)
- Golden Piano Hits (GNP Crescendo Records GNPD 2113) (1978)
- Honky Tonk Piano (with Mickey Finn) (GNP Crescendo GNPD 2127) (1979)
In popular culture
"Big Tiny" Little's Brunswick recording of "Twelfth Street Rag", from the album Honky Tonk Piano (Side 1, track 4), was the theme for Joe Franklin's long-running TV show on New York City station WOR-TV (now WWOR-TV). Little's version served as the opening and closing theme until the mid-1990s.
References
- ^ a b c d Big Tiny Little Thedeadrockstarsclub.com, accessed March 2010
External links
- The short film STAFF FILM REPORT 66-25A (1966) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
- "Big" Tiny Little - Twelfth Street Rag (Stereo), YouTube
- "The Joe Franklin Show" opnening circa 1967, YouTube