My Funny Valentine ~ Hal McIntyre & His Orchestra (1945)

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Channel: MrRJDB1969 · 2014 · Music

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My Funny Valentine ~ Hal McIntyre & His Orchestra, voc. Ruth Gaylor (1945)
Echo added to the original recording on Bluebird Records #30-0837, flip side of Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night In The Week)
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Hal McIntyre was born,  Harold William McIntyre,  on November 29,  1914 in Cromwell, Connecticut.  On May 3, 1959, Hal was critically injured in a fire ,  that occurred in an Hollywood apartment, belonging to Jeanne McManus,  his orchestra's vocalist. The fire was caused by a lit cigarette,  that Hal had apparently fallen asleep with while smoking.  He died from his injuries on May 5, 1959.  Hal McIntyre was just 44 years old at the time of his death. Harold is buried with his parents,  Matthew and Nettie McIntyre, in Saint John's Cemetery in Middletown, Connecticut.

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