From:   "Dik de Heer" 
Date:  Thu Apr 25, 2002  1:15 am
Subject:  Born To Be With You : Earl Bostic
 
EARL BOSTIC (By Shaun Mather)

Born Earl Eugene Bostic, 25 April 1913, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Died 28 October 1965, Rochester, New York

Saxophonist / clarinetist / flutist/ arranger.
R&B sax-man Earl Bostic was a prolific recording artist who recorded nearly
400 songs for the King label of Cincinatti who Bostic stuck with from 1949
until 1963. Earl was a schooled musician, formally trained at Xavier University
in New Orleans. His career started in the mid-West during the early '30s, but
by the end of the decade he had relocated to New York, where he worked for
Hot Lips Page, Lionel Hampton and Cab Calloway. As an arranger, he worked
for many bands, including those of Paul Whiteman, Artie Shaw, Gene Krupa
and Louis Prima. He formed his own band in 1944, recorded for Allegro, then
Gotham, and had his first hit in 1948 with "Temptation" (# 10 R&B). Hig biggest
smash was "Flamingo", which topped the R&B charts for four weeks in 1951.
Other hits were "Sleep", "Cherokee" and You Go To My Head". Bostic sidemen
have included Bill Doggett, MIckey Baker and Earl Palmer. In 1956 he had his
first heart attack, which sidelined him for three years. He resumed music
part-time in 1959 and recorded LP's with more jazz content, until he was
felled by a second heart attack in 1965.

CD : The EP Collection, vol. 1 and vol. 2 (See For Miles)