Boots Randolph
Sign in to saveAmerican musician (1927–2007)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Boots Randolph - Some Favorite Songs
- Yakety Sax (Benny Hill) for Saxophone Quartet
- Yakety Sax (Benny Hill) per Quartetto Di Sassofoni
- Yakety Sax (Benny Hill) per Quartetto Di Clarinetti
- Yakety Sax (Benny Hill) for Clarinet Quartet
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Film & TV
Known for
- Elvis Presley: The Searcher — Self (archive footage)2018
- Journey To The Sky2004
- Murder in Music City — Self1979
- The Barbara McNair Show — Self1969
- That Tennessee Beat — Boots Randolph1966
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 60,853
- Total plays
- 293,138
Tags
jazzsaxophonecountrysaxbop
Homer Louis "Boots" Randolph III (June 3, 1927 – July 3, 2007) was an American musician best known for his 1963 saxophone hit, "Yakety Sax". Randolph was a major part of the "Nashville Sound" for most of his professional career. Randolph was born in Paducah, Kentucky and raised in Cadiz, Kentucky, attending high school in Evansville, Indiana. At the end of World War II, Boots Randolph played saxophone, trombone and vibraphone in the United States Army Band. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/B
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Randolph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Paducah
- Place of death
- Nashville
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Capitol Records
- Official website
- www.bootsrandolph.com
- Image
- WIKI BOOTS RANDOLPH 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Boots Randolph
- date of birth
- 1927-06-03
- date of death
- 2007-07-03
- cause of death
- cerebral hemorrhage
- end of work period
- 2007-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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