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Vaughn Wilton Monroe (October 7, 1911 – May 21, 1973) was an American baritone singer, trumpeter and big band leader and actor, most popular in the 1940s and 1950s. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording and radio.
Monroe was born in Akron, Ohio on October 7, 1911. He graduated from Jeannette High School in Pennsylvania in 1929 where he was senior class president and voted "most likely to succeed." After graduation, he attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology, where he was an active member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. Monroe attended New England Conservatory for one semester in 1935, studying voice with Clarence B. Shirley.
He formed his first orchestra in Boston in 1940 and became its principal vocalist. He began recording for Victor's low-priced Bluebird label. That same year, Monroe built The Meadows, a restaurant and nightclub on Route 9 in Framingham, Massachusetts, west of Boston. He hosted the Camel Caravan radio program from there starting in 1946. It burned to the ground in December 1980.
VAUGHN MONROE AND HIS ORCHESTRA
VOCAL BY VAUGHN MONROE (VM) AND THE
MOON MAIDS(MM)
VM CLIMB ABOARD A BUTTERFLY
AND TAKE OFF ON THE BREEZE,
LET YOUR WORRIES FLUTTER BY
AND DO JUST AS YOU PLEASE,
IN THE LAND WHERE DOLLAR BILLS
ARE FALLING OFF THE TREES
VM&MM; ON A DREAMER'S HOLIDAY.
VM EVERY DAY FOR BREAKFAST
THERE'S A DISH OF SCRAMBLED STARS,
AND FOR LUNCHEON
YOU'LL BE MUNCHIN'
RAINBOW CANDY BARS,
YOU'LL BE LIVIN' ALA MODE
ON JUPITER AND MARS,
VM&MM; ON A DREAMER'S HOLIDAY.
VM&MM; MAKE IT A LONG VACATION,
TIME, THERE IS PLENTY OF.
VM YOU'LL NEED NO RESERVATION,
VM&MM; JUST BRING ALONG THE ONE YOU LOVE.
VM HELP YOURSELF TO HAPPINESS
AND SPRINKLE IT WITH MIRTH,
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND CONCENTRATE
AND DREAM FOR ALL YOU'RE WORTH.
YOU WILL FEEL TERRIFIC
WHEN YOU GET BACK DOWN TO EARTH,
VM&MM; ON A DREAMER'S HOLIDAY.
(ORCHESTRA PLAYS THE CHORUS. THEN;)
VM HELP YOURSELF TO HAPPINESS
AND SPRINKLE IT WITH MIRTH,
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND CONCENTRATE
AND DREAM FOR ALL YOU'RE WORTH.
YOU WILL FEEL TERRIFIC
WHEN YOU GET BACK DOWN TO EARTH,
ON A DREAMER'S HOLIDAY.
MM YOU WILL FEEL SO TERRIFIC
WHEN YOU GET BACK DOWN TO EARTH,