Louise Tobin

Marriages / Children

  • Harry James (1935-43)
  • Harry (b. 1941)
  • Jeren (b. 1942)
  • Peanuts Hucko (1967)

Louise Tobin

Vocalist Louise Tobin sang with both Benny Goodman and Bobby Hackett in 1939. She also appeared with Will Bradley and Jack Jenney. Tobin was the wife of trumpeter and bandleader Harry James until he left her to marry Betty Grable. She reportedly brought his attention to singer Frank Sinatra, whom she heard on the radio. In 1967 Tobin married clarinetist Peanuts Hucko, with whose various groups she sang and recorded up through the 1990s.