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James Roland "Poley" McClintock (September 22, 1900, Tyrone, Pennsylvania — January 6, 1980, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) was a member of Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians, a popular jazz band of the 1920s.
As a child, McClintock was a neighbor of Waring in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. The two performed together in the Boy Scout Fife and Bugle Corps, with Waring as drum major and McClintock as drummer. In 1915, he and Waring's brother, Tom, formed a banjo group, The Waring-McClintock Snap Orchestra.
His characteristic vocal inflections are heard frequently in many of the Pennsylvanians' novelty tunes, singing his parts in a low-range frog-like croak. It is widely believed that the part sung by Tony Burrows in The Pipkins' 1970 novelty record "Gimme Dat Ding" was intended as a tribute to McClintock.
McClintock was married to silent film actress Yvette Mitchell.
References
- Taken from McClintock's World War II draft card.
- Biodata, adp.library.ucsb.edu. Accessed June 21, 2023.
- John Dunning (March 19, 1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. pp. 270–. ISBN 978-0-19-977078-6.
- Thomas A. DeLong (1980). The Mighty Music Box: The Golden Age of Musical Radio. Amber Crest Books. ISBN 978-0-86533-000-9. - "Special Fanfarer for Fred Waring". Independent. California, Long Beach. March 9, 1966. p. C5. Retrieved September 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fred Waring And Pal, 62 Years In Business". The Gaffney Ledger. South Carolina, Gaffney. January 16, 1978. p. 11. Retrieved September 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- The New York Times Biographical Service. New York Times & Arno Press. July 1984.
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