Lionel Hampton Birthday – Lionel Hampton was born on April 20, 1908 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. His family was poor, and he grew up in a neighborhood known as “Black Bottom.”
He got his start in music by playing drums and xylophone in local bands in the 1920s. In the 1930s, he joined the Benny Goodman Orchestra as a vibraphonist and became one of the first jazz musicians to popularize the instrument. Hampton went on to form his own band, the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, which became one of the most popular and successful big bands of the 1940s and 1950s. He continued to perform and record until his death on August 31, 2002 at the age of 94.
Lionel Hampton shares a birthday with these jazz musicians:
Alberto Tebaldi