Chick Bullock
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Chick Bullock was an American jazz vocalist, most active in the 1930s. He recorded some 500 tunes over the course of his career.
Bullock never performed live because his face was disfigured due to an eye disease. He may have been born in Butte, Montana, but the exact date and place of birth are unknown. He was raised by a British family and began his career in vaudeville and singing in movie palaces behind silent films. His career as a studio musician took off in the late 1920s, and in the 1930s he sang with musicians such as Duke Ellington, Luis Russell, Cab Calloway, Bunny Berigan, Bill Coleman, Jack Teagarden, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Joe Venuti, and Eddie Lang. Bullock's recordings proved so popular that he used pseudonyms for some recordings, including the name Sleepy Hall.
In the 1940s the World War II recording ban essentially ended Bullock's career. He moved to California and took up real estate.
