Bobby Sherwood Biography

Fast Facts

• Joined his parents vaudeville act as a banjo player when he was 7 years old
• Taught himself to play guitar and trumpet by the age of 13
• Worked as a musician, arranger, composer, singer, bandleader, actor, disc jockey and emcee for radio and television
• Was Bing Crosby's accompanist and backed him on his earliest Decca recordings
• Named his friend Milton Berle the godfather of his son, Billy Sherwood
• Before the development of multitrack recording equipment, he made a recording that featured him singing four vocal parts, playing four trumpet parts, and playing parts on mellophone, vibes, trombone, piano, guitar, bass and drums
• Enjoyed betting on horse races and memorizing racing trivia