Al Hibbler net worth and salary: Al Hibbler is a Jazz Singer who has a net worth of $19 Million. Al Hibbler was born in in August 16, 1915. Remembered for his work with jazz musician Duke Ellington, as well as for such solo hits as "He" and "Danny Boy," this pop and R&B singer was also a prominent civil rights activist of the 1960s.
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💰Al Hibbler Net worth: $19 Million

About

Remembered for his work with jazz musician Duke Ellington, as well as for such solo hits as "He" and "Danny Boy," this pop and R&B singer was also a prominent civil rights activist of the 1960s.

Before Fame

After studying at the Arkansas School for the Blind, he won a Tennessee talent competition and subsequently began performing with Memphis bandleader Dub Jenkins. He joined Duke Ellington's orchestra in 1943 and remained with the group until 1951.

Trivia

His 1955 recording of "Unchained Melody" (a song that was covered and immortalized by the Righteous Brothers a decade later) rose to #1 and #3 positions on, respectively, United States R&B and pop charts and was also #2 on British music charts.

Family Life

A native of Tyro, Mississippi, he spent the later years of his childhood in Little Rock, Arkansas. He died in Chicago, Illinois, at the age of eighty-five.