Bud Linn(1909-1968)
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
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A lifelong singer, Bud Linn's association with the King's Men quartet
was his primary profession, beginning in 1930. From 1934 to 1937 The
King's Men (Ken Darby, Arranger & Bass; Rad Robinson Baritone; Jon
Dodson, Lead Tenor; Bud Linn, Top Tenor) were a feature of the Paul
Whiteman Orchestra on RCA records and the Kraft Music Hall. They
subsequently appeared with many other orchestra leaders, including Rudy
Vallee. They were heard, and sometimes seen, in many feature films,
including "Sweetie" (My Sweeter than Sweet), "Hollywood Party" (Feelin'
High) "Let's Go Native" (title song), "Belle of the Nineties" (Troubled
Waters), "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Murder at the Vanities" (Lovely
One) and notably "The Wizard of Oz," in which they are the off screen
voices for the Lollipop Guild. On screen they were remembered as the
singing cowboys of the Hopalong Cassidy films. In the costume party
scene of the film "Honolulu," the King's Men play the Marx Brothers
(Mr. Linn played Harpo). For a few years they were associated with the
Music Department at Disney Studios (Make Mine Music, Pinocchio). The
King's Men group was the basis for the Ken Darby Singers, featured on
John Charles Thomas' "Westinghouse Broadcasts" and on many Decca
phonograph records, such as Bing Crosby's original recording of "White
Christmas." When Bud Linn was not singing he was the first Director for
the YMCA in Thousand Oaks, California.