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Phil Harris (born Wonga Philip Harris) (June 24, 1904 – August 11, 1995) was an United States|American singer, songwriter, jazz musician, actor and comedian. Though successful as an orchestra leader, Harris is remembered today for his recordings as a vocalist, his Voice acting|voice work in animation and the radio situation comedy in which he co-starred with his second wife, singer-Actor|actress Alice Faye, for eight years.
Bandleader
Although he was born in Linton, Indiana, Harris actually grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and identified himself as a Southerner (his hallmark song was "That's What I Like About the South"). His upbringing accounted for both his trace of a Southern accent and, in later years, the self-deprecating Southern jokes of his radio character. The son of two circus performers, Harris' first work as a drummer came when his father, as tent bandleader, hired him to play with the circus band.<ref name="riverside">Staff and news services. "Phil Harris, comic, bandleader," ''The Press-Enterprise'' (Riverside, California), August 13, 1995, page B5.</ref> Harris began his music career in earnest as a drummer in San Francisco, forming an orchestra with Carol Lofner in the latter 1920s and starting a long engagement at the... read all