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Arthur London, 1 April 1915, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, d. 2 June 1990, Salt Lake City, Iowa, USA. An actor and singer, with a fine, strong baritone voice and rugged good looks, Lund sang with Jimmy Joy's Band, before attracting the attention of a far more famous clarinet leader, Benny Goodman, in the late 30s. During his two spells with Goodman in the 40s, which were separated by a four-year stint with the US Navy in the South Pacific, he duetted with Peggy Lee on a recording of "Winter Weather", and also sang on other band sides such as "Don't Be A Baby, Baby", "I Don't Know Enough About You" and the immensely popular "Blue Skies". When he went solo in 1947, Lund immediately had a US number 1 with Mack Gordon and Edmund Goulding's lovely ballad, "Mam'selle", which he followed, through until 1953, with other hits such as "Peg O' My Heart", "And Mimi", "But Beautiful", "Love Is So Terrific", "Hair Of Gold" (with the Crew Chiefs), "You Call Everybody Darling", "On A...
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