A few days ago, when I mentioned Peanuts Hucko in a post on trumpeter Don Ferrara, I received a bunch of emails from readers either wondering who he was or chortling about his nickname. Michael ...

Michael Andrew "Peanuts" Hucko was born in 1918 in Syracuse, NY and moved to New York City in 1939. From 1939 to 1940, He played tenor saxophone with Will Bradley and Joe Marsala. After a brief time ...

Louise Tobin, 91, sang for Benny Goodman, the King of Swing, and was married to two other bandleaders, Harry James and Peanuts Hucko. Louise Tobin's singing career was skyrocketing. The North Texas ...

Revered jazz clarinetist Michael “Peanuts” Hucko, who played with Glenn Miller’s band during World War II and briefly led the band in the 1970s, died Friday in Fort Worth after a long illness. He was ...

Aubrey native Louise Tobin is often remembered for discovering Frank Sinatra and touring with her husband and clarinetist Peanuts Hucko. But Tobin, whose big band jazz career started in 1930s Denton, ...

I hope you get the chance to read my Music Notes piece about Dan Elliott's upcoming "The Lost Tapes" CD project in today's Weekend section. Here's the late, great Peanuts Hucko introducing Elliott ...

Peanuts Hucko, a jazz clarinetist who worked with Glenn Miller and Louis Armstrong but was probably best known for his association with Lawrence Welk, died June 19 in Fort Worth. He was 85 and lived ...

Jazz clarinetist Michael “Peanuts” Hucko, who played with Glenn Miller’s band during World War II and briefly led the band in the 1970s, died Thursday June 19 in Fort Worth, Texas, after a long ...