Poley McClintock
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James Roland "Poley" McClintock (September 22, 1900, Tyrone, Pennsylvania<ref>Taken from McClintock's World War II draft card.</ref> — January 6, 1980, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) <ref>Biodata, adp.library.ucsb.edu. Accessed June 21, 2023.</ref> was a member of Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians, a popular jazz band of the 1920s.<ref>Template:Cite book
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As a child, McClintock was a neighbor of Waring in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. The two performed together in the Boy Scout Fife and Bugle Corps, with Waring as drum major and McClintock as drummer.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1915, he and Waring's brother, Tom, formed a banjo group, The Waring-McClintock Snap Orchestra.<ref name="gl">Template:Cite news</ref>
His characteristic vocal inflections are heard frequently in many of the Pennsylvanians' novelty tunes, singing his parts in a low-range frog-like croak.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It is widely believed that the part sung by Tony Burrows in The Pipkins' 1970 novelty record "Gimme Dat Ding" was intended as a tribute to McClintock.Template:Citation needed
McClintock was married to silent film actress Yvette Mitchell.<ref name=gl/>