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Phil Harris (born Wonga Philip Harris) (June 24, 1904 – August 11, 1995) was an American singer, songwriter, jazz musician and comedian. Though successful as an orchestra leader, Harris is remembered today for his recordings as a vocalist, his voice work in animation and the radio situation comedy in which he co-starred with his second wife, singer-actress Alice Faye, for eight years.
Although he was born in Linton, Indiana, Harris actually spent much of his childhood in Nashville, Tennessee, which accounted for both his trace of a Southern accent and, in later years, the self-deprecating Southern jokes of his radio character. Harris began his music career as a drummer in San Francisco, forming an orchestra with Carol Lofner in the latter 1920s and starting a long engagement at the St. Francis Hotel. The partnership ended by 1932, and Harris led and sang with his own band, now based in Los Angeles. On September 2, 1927, he was married to actress Marcia Ralston in Sydney, Australia. The couple adopted a son, Phil Harris, Jr. (b. 1935). They were divorced in September, 1940.
In 1936, Harris became musical director of The Jell-O Show Starring Jack Benny (later renamed The Jack Benny Program), singing and leading his band and—-when his knack for snappy one-liners became...
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Top 10 Phil Harris Songs
Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat
I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)
The Bare Necessities
Thomas O'Malley Cat
I Wan'na Be Like You
The Bare Necessities (From Walt Disney's ''The Jungle Book'')
Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat (From Disney's ''The Aristocats'')
The Thing
The Bare Necessities - Soundtrack
I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song) [From Walt Disney's ''The Jungle Book'']
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Top 10 Phil Harris Albums
The Thing About Phil Harris
The Very Best Of
The Very Best of Phil Harris
Phil Harris & Friends
His Original And Greatest Hits
That's What I Like About The South
At His Best
Comedy Classics Vol 1
Echos From The Coconut Grove
Six Pack - Phil Harris - EP
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