When John Walsh moved from Weymouth to Pembroke in 1943, he said goodbye to Bobby Hackett, who was a few grades behind him. “We both went to the same elementary school in Weymouth when we were kids, ...
All of Hackett's recordings have been gathered on The Complete Capitol Bobby Hackett Solo Sessions (Mosaic), which was released in 2002. The reason I'm writing about the box now is that I hear Mosaic ...
All About Jazz is celebrating Bobby Hackett's birthday today! Bobby Hackett, one of nine children, was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. At an early age he played the ukulele and by the ...
Bobby Hackett, the well-known cornet-player, will be featured with Ivan Wain-wright's Blue Boys at the Jazz Club's sixth session in the Hop Scotch Room of the Copley Square Hotel Sunday afternoon, ...
In an ABC studio on the third floor of Manhattan’s RCA Building, the Candid Microphone show had just gone off the air. The boys in the studio orchestra slowly began to pack up their instruments before ...
They are two of the most-iconic National Age Group (NAG) records in history. Want proof? They have endured for a combined 91 years, an inordinate amount of time in a sport that continually pushes ...
For Bobby Hackett, there is one more swimming accomplishment to go-swimming the 1500 free in less than 15 minutes. The 17-year-old high school senior sees the possibility of it happening this summer–a ...