recorded several tunes as "Wingy Manone and His Cats"; that same year he performed in Soundies movie musicals. One of his Soundies reprised his recent hit, "Rhythm on the River." Manone's autobiography, Trumpet on the Wing, was published in 1948. From the 1950s, he was based mostly in California and Las Vegas, Nevada, although he also toured through the United States, Canada, and parts of Europe to appear at jazz festivals. In 1957, he attempted to break into the teenage rock-and-roll market with his version of "Party Doll", the Buddy Knox hit. His version on Decca 30211 made No. 56 on Billboard'''s Pop chart and it received a UK release on Brunswick 05655. Manone's compositions include "There'll Come a Time (Wait and See)" with Miff Mole (1928), "Tar Paper Stomp" (1930), "Tailgate Ramble" with Johnny Mercer, "Stop the War (The Cats Are Killin' Themselves)" (1941), "Trying to Stop My Crying", "Downright Disgusted Blues" with Bud Freeman, "Swing Out" with Ben Pollack, "Send Me", "Nickel in the Slot" with Irving Mills, "Jumpy Nerves", "Mannone Blues", "Easy Like", "Strange Blues", "Swingin' at the Hickory House", "No Calling Card", "Where's the Waiter?", "Walkin' the Streets (Till My Baby Comes Home)", and "Fare Thee Well (Annabelle)". In 2008, "There'll Come a Time (Wait and See)" was used in the soundtrack to the Academy Award-nominated movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Manone was survived by his son Joseph Matthew Manone II and grandson Jimmy Manone, who were both musicians, as well as grandsons Joseph Matthew Manone III and Jon Scott (Manone) Harris. He was featured in Episode 2, "The Gift", in the 2001 documentary Jazz'' by Ken Burns on PBS on the topic of jazz in the 1920s. Discography Selected singles Other information For many years Manone's good friend Joe Venuti, the jazz violinist and notorious practical joker, sent Wingy a single cuff link on his birthday. References External links Joseph "Wingy" Manone collection, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University Wingy Manone recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings 1900 births 1982 deaths Jazz musicians from New Orleans Dixieland singers Dixieland bandleaders Dixieland trumpeters Four Star Records artists American jazz musicians 20th-century American male singers 20th-century American singers American amputees 20th-century trumpeters Amputee musicians