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- Birth nameRichard Dudley Little
- Composer, songwriter, author and musician Dudley "Tiny" Little learned to play the piano, drums, organ and bass in college and at McPhail's Music School in Minneapolis, and thereafter performed in dance bands throughout the Midwest. In 1952, he organized a Japanese jazz group, and he joined the Lawrence Welk orchestra in 1955 where he remained until 1959. He organized a nightclub act in Las Vegas. Joining ASCAP in 1958, his popular-song compositions include "Razzle Dazzle", "Toe Teasin' Rag", "Sidewalk Serenade", "Honky Tonk Love Song", and "Margarita".
- IMDb mini biography by: Lou Rugani
- His 1959 recording of the Euday L. Bowman ragtime standard "12th Street Rag" (from his album "Honky Tonk Piano", Brunswick BL 54049/BL 754049) was used for years as the theme of The Joe Franklin Show (1950).
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