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Alois Maxwell "Al" Hirt was an American trumpeter and bandleader. He is best remembered for his million-selling recordings of "Java" and the accompanying album Honey in the Horn (1963), and for the theme music to The Green Hornet. His nicknames included "Jumbo" and "The Round Mound of Sound". Colin Escott, an author of musician biographies, wrote that RCA Victor Records, for which Hirt had recorded most of his best-selling recordings and for which he had spent much of his professional recording career, had dubbed him with another moniker: "The King." Hirt was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in November 2009.
Birth Name
Alois Maxwell Hirt
Born
Tuesday, 07 November 1922
Died
Tuesday, 27 April 1999
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Touched by an Angel | Al Hirt | 1994 |
| Salute! | Self | 1983 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| Make Your Own Kind of Music! | Himself / Self | 1971 |
| Rollin' on the River | Self | 1971 |
| Number One | Himself / Al Hirt | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| The Johnny Cash Show | Self - Trumpeter | 1969 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| What Am I Bid? | Al Hirt | 1967 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Touched by an Angel | Al Hirt | 1994 |
| Salute! | Self | 1983 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| Make Your Own Kind of Music! | Himself / Self | 1971 |
| Rollin' on the River | Self | 1971 |
| Number One | Himself / Al Hirt | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| The Johnny Cash Show | Self - Trumpeter | 1969 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| What Am I Bid? | Al Hirt | 1967 |
| Fanfare | Self - Host | 1965 |
| Fanfare for a Death Scene | Reynaldo Mendel | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Self - Musician | 1963 |
| The Jimmy Dean Show | Self | 1963 |
| Here's Edie | Self | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest / Himself / Himself - Musical Guest | 1962 |
| The Andy Williams Show | Self | 1962 |
| The Lively Ones | Self - Performer | 1962 |
| Rome Adventure | Al Hirt | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Trumpeter | 1961 |
| World by Night No. 2 | Self | 1961 |
| The Bell Telephone Hour | Self - Trumpeter | 1959 |
| The Kraft Music Hall | Self | 1958 |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | 1956 |
| The Lawrence Welk Show | Self - Trumpeter | 1955 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Tiny Tex | 1951 |
| The Bob Hope Show | Self | 1950 |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Himself / Himself - Guest | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Trumpeter / Self / Self - Trumpet Player / Trumpet Player / Jazz Trumpeter | 1948 |
