Boots Randolph
| Boots Randolph | |
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Randolph performing live March 2000
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Homer Louis Randolph III |
| Also known as | "Boots" |
| Born |
June 3, 1927 Paducah, Kentucky, United States |
| Died | July 3, 2007 (aged 80) Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| Genres | Nashville sound |
| Occupation(s) | Saxophonist |
| Instruments | Saxophone |
| Labels | RCA Victor, Capitol, Monument |
| Associated acts | Elvis Presley, Chet Atkins, Jerry Lee Lewis |
| Website | bootsrandolph |
| Notable instruments | |
| Saxophone, trombone, vibraphone | |
Homer Louis "Boots" Randolph III (June 3, 1927 – July 3, 2007) was an American musician best known for his 1963 saxophone hit "Yakety Sax" (which became Benny Hill's signature tune). Randolph was a major part of the "Nashville sound" for most of his professional career.
Randolph was born in Paducah, Kentucky, and raised in Cadiz, Kentucky, attending high school in Evansville, Indiana.
At the end of World War II, Boots Randolph played saxophone, trombone, and vibraphone in the United States Army Band. After his service in the Army, he played with Dink Welch's Kopy Kats in Decatur, Illinois, from 1948 to 1954. He briefly resided in Louisville, Kentucky, before returning to Decatur to start his own group. He left Decatur in 1957.
During his forty plus career, Randolph performed in hundreds of venues alongside many artists in pop, rock, jazz, and country music. He played on many recording sessions with Elvis Presley and also performed on soundtracks for a number of Presley's motion pictures, one popular song being "Return to Sender".
Randolph recorded for Monument Records in Nashville and played on Roy Orbison's 1963 hit, "Mean Woman Blues." He was also featured on "Little Queenie" by REO Speedwagon, "Java" by Al Hirt, "Turn On Your Love Light" by Jerry Lee Lewis, and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee. He was present on many recordings by guitarist Chet Atkins with whom he often performed. Early in his career, he often billed himself as Randy Randolph.
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