many of his greatest hits for both labels during this decade. He remained with them until 1950 when he switched over to Coral Records. He continued to record for many years. Later years Hawkins was trumpeter and band leader in the lobby bar and show nightclub at The Concord Resort Hotel in Kiamesha Lake, New York from 1967 to 1993 with his last performing group Joe Vitale (piano), Dudly Watson (bass), Sonny Rossi (vocals and clarinet), and George Leary (drums). Hawkins died at his home in Willingboro Township, New Jersey, in November 1993, at the age of 79. He is buried in Elmwood Cemetery, alongside his sister, in Birmingham, Alabama. Personal life Flo Hawkins, who appeared in the 1946 film That Man of Mine, was his wife. They eventually became estranged and she worked in The Catskills. Induction into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame In 1978, Erskine Hawkins became one of the first five artists inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. In 1989, he was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Hawkins was a contemporary of another Birmingham jazz musician, Sun Ra. Chart singles References External links Erskine Hawkins biography at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame website [ Erskine Hawkins biography] at Allmusic.com Interview with Brownie McGhee [Tapes #010 & 011 - Discovers Erskine Hawkins with TB in sanatorium, forms band at 27:00 minutes 1914 births 1993 deaths Big band bandleaders Swing bandleaders Swing trumpeters African-American jazz musicians Alabama State University alumni American jazz bandleaders Songwriters from Alabama American jazz trumpeters American male trumpeters African-American jazz composers RCA Victor artists Musicians from Birmingham, Alabama People from Willingboro Township, New Jersey 20th-century jazz composers 20th-century trumpeters Songwriters from New Jersey 20th-century American composers Jazz musicians from Alabama American male jazz composers American jazz composers 20th-century American male musicians Burials at Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama) African-American songwriters 20th-century African-American musicians American male songwriters