Jazz bassist, composer, session musician who has recorded/performed with/for a myriad of people like Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, Beach Boys, Nelson Riddle, Frank Zappa and many others,

30s-40s big band singer with clyce mccoy band, whom she married - maxine bennett mccoy, was 100 yrs old in dec '15 appling care ctr, 1536 appling care ln, cordova tn 38016

Player of the 1950 NCAA Tournament; led New York City College to 1950 NCAA title; #1 pick of New York Knicks in 1950

writer