Vince Guaraldi had many musical relatives and relatives in the music business. One of them was his uncle, band leader and whistler extraordinaire Muzzy Marcellino.
Marcellino started his career in 1932 for Ted Fio Rito's Orchestra as lead guitar player and occasional lead singer. He started his own orchestra in the late thirties which lasted about a decade, and played a couple small roles in B pictures during this time. After his band dissolved, Art Linkletter offered Marcellino as musical director of the The Linkletter Show in 1952, a job that would last through the show's 17 year run. During this time, Marcellino became notorious for his whistling. Originally, his whistling was more of a novelty act for his Big Band, but Muzzy became high in demand to whistle on whatever advertisement, TV show, or movie that needed just that. Famously, he performed the theme song for The High and The Mighty and even recorded bird calls for Disneyland's Enchanted Tiki Room. Muzzy Marcellino would release his debut album of whistling ballads, Birds of a Feather..., in 1958.
Here is the discography surrounding Muzzy Marcellino's debut album:
Birds of a Feather...
"Willow Weep for Me" by Muzzy Marcellino
Pass the Headphones!!
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