Wingy Manone - I’ve Got My Fingers Crossed - 1935

Wingy Manone (see below, why they called him “Wingy“) (13 February 1900 -- 9 July 1982) (Excerpts from Wikipedia) Wingy Manone (13 February 1900 -- 9 July 1982) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, singer, and bandleader. His major recordings included “Tar Paper Stomp“, “Nickel in the Slot“, “Downright Disgusted Blues“, “There’ll Come a Time (Wait and See)“, and “Tailgate Ramble“. Manone (pronounced “ma-KNOWN“) was born Joseph Matthews Mannone in New Orleans, Louisiana. He lost an arm in a stre