When John Walsh moved from Weymouth to Pembroke in 1943, he said goodbye to Bobby Hackett, who was a few grades behind him. “We both went to the same elementary school in Weymouth when we were kids, ...

For a myriad of reasons, it seems that the audience which supports a major portion of jazz music’s current fortunes knows little about the mainstream artists of the ‘40s and ‘50s. It’s as if anything ...

They are two of the most-iconic National Age Group (NAG) records in history. Want proof? They have endured for a combined 91 years, an inordinate amount of time in a sport that continually pushes ...

Bobby Hackett, the well-known cornet-player, will be featured with Ivan Wain-wright's Blue Boys at the Jazz Club's sixth session in the Hop Scotch Room of the Copley Square Hotel Sunday afternoon, ...

PHOENIX, Arizona, November 8. BOBBY Hackett, 1976 Olympic silver medalist in the Montreal 1500 meter race says, "It is a Mistake" for Rutgers to drop Olympic Sports. In a recent Swimming World Radio ...

Bobby Hackett wanted to be a cook since he was 8 years old, when he asked for a double-boiler for his birthday. He got his first job in a kitchen at the age of 15 at South Shore Hospital, went on to ...

Bobby Hackett, one of nine children, was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. At an early age he played the ukulele and by the time he was twelve played guitar and violin, and had bought his ...