Jon Hendricks was born September 16, 1921 in Newark, Ohio, and he grew up in Toledo. After serving in the Army during World War II, Hendricks attended the University of Toledo. But after finances ran out, Hendricks moved to New York and began a singing a career. Hendricks is considered to be the "Father of Vocalese" and the greatest innovator of the art form. Vocalese is the art of setting lyrics to recorded jazz instrumental standards. In 1957, Hendricks teamed with Dave Lambert and Annie Ross to form the legendary vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, which was called "The greatest Jazz vocal group ever to perform on the Planet Earth." Hendricks is credited for creating Manhattan Transfer's most successful album, Vocalese, which went gold in Japan and won seven Grammys, including one for Jon Hendricks as Best Singer. Hendricks returned to the Toledo area in 2000 when he accepted a teaching position at UT.
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