Freddie Fisher (musician)

Freddie Fisher (11 June 1904–28 March 1967) was an American musician, leader of a band variously known simply as the Freddie Fisher Band, Freddie Fisher and His Schnickelfritz Orchestra (The word schnickelfritz is an affectionate term of German origin for "a mischievous little boy"; comparable to scamp.^[1]), or Colonel Corn and His Band.^[2] The band, which first made its name in Minnesota, was essentially a novelty act, influenced by such vaudeville performers as Clayton, Jackson, and Durante.^[3] His deliberately corny approach to songs was a precursor to Spike Jones.^[4]

Hits in Billboard's early (pre-1944) country music charts include "Horsey, Keep Your Tail Up", "Sugar Loaf Waltz" and "They Go Wild, Simply Wild Over Me".

Fisher was born in 1904 in (near Garnavillo, Iowa^[3]) and died in 1967 in Aspen, Colorado.^[2] He appeared in at least nine films between 1938 and 1949.^[2]^[5] The latter part of his life was lived in Aspen, where he ran a repair shop called Fisher the Fixer and played in a band that included his son King Fisher.^[6]

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^ schnickelfritz, Dictionary of American Regional English. Retrieved online 14 August 2011.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Freddie Fisher at IMDb. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Music: Schnickelfritz, Time magazine, 6 September 1937. Retrieved online 14 August 2011.
^ Cub Koda, Spike Jones and His City Slickers (biography), Pandora Radio. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^ At least one source says he appeared in 15 films, but does not list them: Mary Eshbaugh Hayes, Freddie Fisher Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine, The Aspen Times, 3 July 2005. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^ Mary Eshbaugh Hayes, Freddie Fisher Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine, The Aspen Times, 3 July 2005. Retrieved 14 August 2011.