Louise Tobin

Mary Louise Tobin (born November 11, 1918 in Aubrey, Texas) is an American singer. She appeared with Benny Goodman, Bobby Hackett, Will Bradley, and Jack Jenney. Tobin introduced I Didn't Know What Time It Was with Benny Goodman’s band in 1939. Her biggest hit with Goodman was There'll Be Some Changes Made, which was number two on the Hit Parade in 1941 for 15 weeks.

In 1932 Tobin won a CBS Radio Talent Contest and, after touring with society dance orchestras in Texas, joined Art Hicks and his Orchestra in 1934. At that time, Harry James played first trumpet for Hicks and a year later, on May 4, 1935, Tobin and James were married. They had two sons: Harry (born 1941) and Tim (née Jerin Timothyray James; born March 21, 1942). Tobin brought Frank Sinatra to James' attention in 1939 after hearing Sinatra sing on the radio. James subsequently signed Sinatra to a one-year contract at $75 a week.

While Tobin was singing with trumpeter Bobby Hackett at Nick’s in the Village, jazz critic and producer John Hammond heard her and brought Benny Goodman to a performance. Tobin soon joined the Benny Goodman band and went on to record There'll Be Some Changes Made, Scatterbrain, Comes Love, Love Never Went to College, What's New?, and Blue Orchids, with Goodman. Johnny Mercer especially wrote Louise Tobin Blues for her while she was with Goodman. It was arranged by Fletcher Henderson.

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