George E. (Judd) McMichael Jr.; Jazz Singer

George E. (Judd) McMichael Jr., 83, a jazz singer with the Merry Macs quartet, which recorded such popular hits as “Mairzy Doats,” the “Hut Hut Song” and “Spurs That Jingle Jangle Jingle.” Often working with the so-called Big Bands in the 1930s and 1940s, the group sang regularly on radio’s Don McNeil “Breakfast Club” and the Fred Allen Show, and in movies including “Ride ‘em Cowboy” with Abbott and Costello and “Mr. Music” with Bing Crosby. They also played London’s Palladium with Danny Kaye. In Newbury Park on Oct. 29.