Posted June 2, 200817 yr http://www.radioink.com/HeadlineEntry.asp?...p;pt=todaysnews Radio Personality, Former Presley Backup Singer Hugh Jarrett Dies ATLANTA -- June 1, 2008: Hugh Jarrett, who sang bass as a member of Elvis Presley's backup quartet, the Jordanaires, has died at age 78 of injuries he sustained in a March 25 auto accident. Jarrett worked in radio in South Carolina and Tennessee -- including a stint at WKDA/Nashville -- before joining the Jordanaires in 1954, and when he left the quartet in 1958 he returned to broadcasting, as "Big Hugh Baby," at WLAC/Nashville. He later worked in Atlanta radio, at WPLO and WSB and at WFOM/Marietta, GA, at WGGA/Gainesville, and at Country KBBQ/Los Angeles -- also working as an MC at famed L.A. club the Palomino. Jarrett moved back to Atlanta for good in 1970. While continuing his radio career, Jarrett also had some success as an actor, appearing in such TV series as In the Heat of the Night and in TV movies. Jarrett most recently hosted a Sunday-morning gospel show on WWEV/Cumming, GA. He was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1999, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2004, and the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame in 2007.
June 2, 200817 yr Thanks for that Mark, Carole(Tilly) already posted it in the Bill Burke thread. R.I.P. Hugh :(
June 2, 200817 yr Cheers, Mark. The Jordanaires are legendary and it's so sad to hear Hugh has passed away :(
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