John Marcus Lathrop (May 11, 1913 – January 9, 1987) was an American vocalist and guitarist with the Tune Twisters, Glenn Miller, and Hal McIntyre.
According to the 1920 US Census, his mother was divorced; and in 1920, he, his sister Kathryn (1914–1962), and his mother lived with his widowed maternal grandmother, Kittie Isabel Lowell (née Kittie Isabel Purdy; 1863–1938), who owned and ran a private boarding house in White Plains, New York.
The trio also performed in two 1935 films, Sweet Surrender and Melody Magic, directed by Fred Waller.
Big bands Lathrop co-wrote the song "It's Anybody's Moon" with Jimmy Dorsey and Eddie DeLange in 1939.
Dorsey and His Orchestra, with Bob Eberly as vocalist, recorded it February 21, 1939, in New York and Decca released it as a 78 rpm B side single (matrix 65052-A; catalog # 2322).
"[7] Jack Lathrop and His Orchestra The second RCA release (catalog 20-3199)[1] was “Dainty Brenda Lee,” which received a rating of "excellent" from Billboard.
6)[10] for several weeks in late 1948 in Billboard,[11][12][13] but despite the reviews and large marketing support from RCA, the disc had limited commercial impact.
[14] Lathrop and Young's version garnered negative reviews from Billboard and the New York Times,[15][16] but it reached the Juke Box charts at No.
Lathrop appeared in the 1941 20th Century Fox musical film Sun Valley Serenade as a guitarist as a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra.
[24][25] Jack and Barbara Lathrop had three sons (John III, James, and Jeffrey) and a daughter (Betty Jo).