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Sammy Lowe

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Samuel "Sammy" Lowe Sammy Lowe had his heart set on playing professional baseball but music became his favorite past time and his ticket to the music major league. One of Birmingham, Alabama's most prolific arrangers, Sammy was the chief arranger and composer for the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra for nearly 22 years. His list of monster hits with the band include, "Bearmash Blues," "Nona," "No Soap," "Midnight Stroll," "Bicycle Bounce" and "Raid the Joint." His arrangement of "I've Got a Right to Cry" for Birmingham vocalist Laura Washington soared on the national charts in 1946. Sammy's big band swing days included gigs with bandleaders Cab Calloway, Lucky Millinder, Sammy Davis, Jr., Sy Oliver and Don Redman