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About Phil Harris
Hometown
Linton, IN, United States
Born
June 24, 1904
Genre
Vocal
Award-winning singer, bandleader, and actor Phil Harris helped pioneer musical comedy on the radio and appeared in more than 40 films and television shows.
∙ In 1934, his musical comedy film So This Is Harris! won an Oscar for Best Short Subject (Comedy).
∙ Harris became the bandleader for The Jack Benny Program in 1936 and remained with the iconic radio comedy show until 1952.
∙ First recorded in 1937, his zippy signature song, “That’s What I Like About the South,” became popular when he performed it in the 1945 film I Love a Bandleader.
∙ Starting in 1946, he starred in two comedy radio programs with his movie star wife, Alice Faye: The Fitch Bandwagon and The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show.
∙ He topped the Billboard Pop Singles chart for four weeks in 1950 with the percussive novelty single “The Thing.”
∙ In the 1967 Disney film The Jungle Book, he voiced Baloo, sang the Oscar-nominated song “The Bare Necessities,” and duetted with Louis Prima on “I Wan’na Be Like You (The Monkey Song).”
∙ Following his success in The Jungle Book, he voiced characters and sang in the animated Disney films The Aristocats (1970) and Robin Hood (1973).
Phil Harris has also released music as a member of Ace, Phil Harris and His Orchestra, Phil Harris & His Dixieland Syncopators, and The Jades.
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