Posted June 28, 200718 yr NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Saxophone player Boots Randolph was hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday in Nashville. Officials at Skyline Medical Center said Randolph's family had asked that no other information be released about him other than to ask for prayers. The 80-year-old Randolph is best known for his 1963 hit "Yakety Sax," which became the theme song for the TV show "The Benny Hill Show" more than two decades after the tune was released. He had been a top Nashville session musician, playing with dozens of recording artists, including Elvis Presley. Randolph performed regularly in Nashville nightclubs for 30 years until the mid-1990s Associated Press Sad news indeed, hope his health improves.
June 30, 200718 yr Author Jerry Chesnut was talking to George Klein on his radio show about Boots. It doesn't sound good, unfortunately :( He's had a bleed in the brain and is in a coma. If he does manage to make a recovery, Jerry says that he won't be able to play the sax again. That's not the important thing though, we all hope he recovers to spend time with his family. Here's the link to the interview. http://groups.msn.com/elvisinternational/g...mp;all_topics=0
July 3, 200718 yr Author http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/elvis1959/elvis_boots.jpg Boots Randolph, whose spirited saxophone playing on songs like the Benny Hill theme "Yakety Sax" made him one of Nashville's top musicians, died Tuesday. He was 80. Randolph suffered a cerebral haemorrhage June 25 and had been in a coma. He was taken off a respirator earlier Tuesday, said Betty Hofer, a publicist and spokeswoman for the family. Randolph played regularly in Nashville nightclubs for 30 years, becoming a tourist draw for the music-obsessed city, much like Wayne Newton in Las Vegas and Pete Fountain in New Orleans. He recorded more than 40 albums and spent 15 years touring with the Festival of Music, teaming with fellow instrumentalists Chet Atkins and Floyd Cramer. As a session musician, he played on Elvis Presley's "Return to Sender," Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman," Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Round the Christmas Tree" and "I'm Sorry," REO Speedwagon's "Little Queenie," Al Hirt's "Java" and other songs including ones by Buddy Holly and Johnny Cash. In 1963 he had his biggest solo hit, "Yakety Sax," which he wrote. Source: Elvis Unlimited / Updated: Jul 3, 2007 This is very sad news indeed :( My thoughts are with his family. I Can’t Stop Loving You – Boots and Floyd Cramer in 1987 5ps20Q5Epd8 Elvis and Boots on March 25, 1961 at the USS Arizona Memorial Benefit Concert doing Reconsider Baby http://www.elvisinternational.com/intervie...interviews.html
July 5, 200718 yr Author A couple of nice obituaries for Boots in the Daily Telegraph and the Independent :) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...7/05/db0503.xml http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obitu...icle2737100.ece
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