Real name: Harold W. Derwin

Effective period / Period of releases: 1946

American vocalist and dance band leader (born July 14, 1914 – died February 9, 1998 in San Diego, California, USA)

Derwin performed as a singer with the bands of Shep Fields, Boyd Raeburn, and Les Brown. In 1940, he formed his own dance orchestra and toured the Midwest with it before taking up a long residency at the Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles in the early 1950s.

Derwin released a number of records with Capitol Records after World War II. One of them, "The Old Lamp-Lighter", reached number six on the Billboard charts.

Also credited as guitarist.