Vaughn Wilton Monroe (October 7, 1911 – May 21, 1973) was an American baritone singer, trumpeter and big band leader

Monroe formed his first orchestra in Boston in 1940 and became its principal vocalist. He began recording for RCA Victor's low-priced Bluebird label. That same year, Monroe built The Meadows, a restaurant and nightclub on Route 9 in Framingham, Massachusetts, west of Boston. He hosted the Camel Caravan radio program from there starting in 1946, and during this time featured in a Camel commercial.[3] The Meadows burned to the ground in December 1980 after sitting shuttered and vacant for a number of years. WIKIPEDIA Monroe was tall and handsome which helped him as a band leader and singer, as well as in Hollywood. He was sometimes called "the Baritone with Muscles", "the Voice with Hair on its Chest", "Ol' Leather Tonsils", or "Leather Lungs".