PRYSOCK, ARTHUR

PRYSOCK, ARTHUR. Popular-music singer (2 January 1929 in Spartanburg, South Carolina). He first attracted wide attention as a jazz baritone with Woodrow (Buddy) Wilson's big band in 1944, which played regularly at the Savoy Ballroom in the Harlem community of the city of New York. After leaving the band about 1952, he toured as a soloist in nightclubs and concert halls, generally accompanied by his brother's group, the Red Prysock Trio. During the 1960s he began to appear frequently...