Harlan Lattimore (November 25, 1908 – July 1980), was a popular African-American singer with several jazz orchestras of the 1930s, most notably Don Redman's.
Starting in 1932, singing in the Don Redman Orchestra, Harlem nightclub Connie's Inn marketed Lattimore as the "colored Bing Crosby" [sic].
[1] Lattimore was born in 1908 in Cincinnati, where he built his reputation as a singer on that city's WLW radio station.
By March 1932, he had arrived on the New York City music scene, and began his recording career with Fletcher Henderson's band.
His style of singing, as well as the timbre of his voice, closely resembling that of Bing Crosby, earned him recording dates with some of the top studio and dance bands of the era, most notably those of Victor Young, Abe Lyman, and Isham Jones, as well a number of dates as vocalist for a number of generic dance records for ARC (on Melotone, Banner, Oriole, Romeo, and Perfect).