Tim Hauser

Timothy DuPron Hauser December 12 1941 October 16 2014 was a singer and founding member of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer He won 10 Grammy Awards as a member of The Manhattan Transfer Hauser was born in Troy New York When he was seven he moved with his family to the Jersey Shore living in Wanamassa Ocean Township Monmouth County and later in Asbury Park He graduated in 1959 from St Rose High School Belmar where an award in his name has been given every year since 1989 to students who excel in theater arts When he was fifteen he began to sing professionally He founded a doowop quartet named The Criterions For the Cecilia label the Criterions recorded two singles I Remain Truly Yours and Dont Say Goodbye The group appeared on the Big Beat Show hosted by Alan Freed In 1959 Hauser entered Villanova University With Tommy West and Jim Ruf both from The Criterions he formed the folk group the Troubadours Three He was a member of the Villanova Singers and the Villanova SpiresCoventry Lads with classmate Jim Croce He spent four years on the staff of college radio station WWVU In 1963 he graduated from Villanova with a degree in economics In 1964 Hauser served in the United States Air Force and the New Jersey Air National Guard In 1965 he began his career in marketing From 1965 to 1966 he worked as a market research analyst with the advertising agency Sullivan Stauffer Colwell and Bayles His accounts included Pepsodent Toothpaste Lever Bros Micrin Mouthwash Johnson Johnson and Rise Shaving Cream Carter Products From 1966 to 1968 he worked as manager of the Market Research Department for the Special Products Division of Nabisco His accounts included cereal and pet food In 1969 he formed the first version of The Manhattan Transfer with Gene Pistilli Marty Nelson Erin Dickins and Pat Rosalia The group had a jazzRB sound and recorded one album Jukin for Capitol Records under manager Richard Flanzer This version of the group dissolved after one album Hauser drove a cab to support himself while pursuing a music career Through this job he met Laurel Massé a waitress and aspiring singer He was again driving his cab when he picked up the conga player for the group Laurel Canyon who invited him to a party where he met Janis Siegel With Massé they reformed The Manhattan Transfer They needed a male singer so they contacted Alan Paul The four became The Manhattan Transfer on October 1 1972 After a car accident Massé decided to leave the group and pursue a solo career and in 1978 Cheryl Bentyne was hired to replace her From then until Hausers death the lineup was mostly unchanged with only occasional substitutions due to illness After his death he was replaced by Trist Curless The Manhattan Transfer won the Downbeat and Playboy Readers Polls every year in the 1980s for best vocal group In 2007 they won the JazzTimes Readers Poll for best vocal group When Ahmet Ertegün founded the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame he selected Hauser to serve on the voting committee a position he held for three years 19861989 In 1993 Hauser was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the Berklee College of Music Source Article Tim Hauser from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30