Joe Sullivan

Musician · 1906–1971 · Chicago, Illinois
Best known for Songwriter

Joe Sullivan was a Chicago-born jazz pianist who wrote the standard “Little Rock Getaway” (1933) and worked with Bing Crosby, Bob Crosby, Louis Armstrong, and Bud Freeman.

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  • Born Joseph Michael O’Sullivan on November 5, 1906, in Chicago.
  • Played piano in the Austin High Gang and on early Chicago jazz sessions with Eddie Condon and Frank Teschemacher.
  • Composed “Little Rock Getaway” in 1933.
  • Worked as Bing Crosby’s pianist in the late 1930s and with Bob Crosby’s Bobcats.
  • Died October 13, 1971.

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