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Jazz and pop tended to intertwine when it came to vocal groups, too. The Mills Brothers--John, Herbert, Harry, and Donald--were famous for an act which had only guitar as accompaniment for years, but also recorded with Cab Calloway. Mel Torme's Mel-Tones, whose leader became a widely known and loved pop crooner, as well as one of the most respected voices in jazz, teamed up with Artie Shaw. Sinatra started out with Tommy Dorsey's Pied Pipers.
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Even the Andrews Sisters were 52nd Street regulars, and used to hang out at the Onyx Club, fascinated with stream-of-consciousness scat singer Leo Watson; they helped to get him a deal with Decca, though he remained mostly an underground phenomenon, as well as originator of the word "zoot," which he used to holler whenever the mood struck him.
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