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{{Short description|American jazz trumpeter, band leader, and vocalist (1904–1972)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name             = Sharkey Bonano
| image            = SharkeyBandstand1950Kubrick.JPG
| image_size       = 250
| landscape        = yes
| caption          = Bonano performs (center at microphone) in New Orleans in 1950. Photo by [[Stanley Kubrick]]
| background       = solo_singer
| birth_name       = Joseph Gustaf Bonano
| alias            = Sharkey Banana<br/>Sharkey Bananas
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1904|4|9}}
| birth_place      = [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], U.S.
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1972|3|27 |1904|4|9 |mf=yes}}
| death_place      = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
| genre            = [[Jazz]], Dixieland
| occupation       = Musician
| instrument       = Trumpet
| years_active     = 1920s–1960s
}}

'''Joseph Gustaf "Sharkey" Bonano''' (April 9, 1904 &ndash; March 27, 1972),<ref name="LarkinJazz">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|pages=55/6}}</ref> also known as '''Sharkey Banana''' or '''Sharkey Bananas''', was an American [[jazz]] trumpeter, band leader, and vocalist. His musical abilities were sometimes overlooked because of his love of being an entertainer; he would often sing silly lyrics in a high raspy voice and break into dance on stage.

==Biography==
Bonano was born in the [[Milneburg]] neighborhood of New Orleans near [[Lake Pontchartrain]]. In the 1920s he was in the New Orleans bands of Freddie Newman and [[Chink Martin]]. After moving to New York City, he found work as a member of the [[The Wolverines (jazz band)|Wolverines]] and with [[Jimmy Durante]].<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> He worked next to [[Frankie Trumbauer]] and [[Bix Beiderbecke]] as a member the [[Jean Goldkette]] orchestra.<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> At the end of the 1920s, he led a band which included [[Louis Prima]]. During the 1930s he formed the Sharks of Rhythm and played in the [[Original Dixieland Jass Band]].<ref name="Kelsey">{{cite web |last1=Kelsey |first1=Chris |title=Sharkey Bonano |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sharkey-bonano-mn0000743882/biography |website=AllMusic |accessdate=19 November 2018}}</ref> His sidemen during this period included [[Santo Pecora]] and [[Thurman Teague]].

After World War II he toured Europe, Asia, and South America, played residencies in Chicago and New York, and then was a regular on [[Bourbon Street]] in the New Orleans [[French Quarter]]. In 1949, he appeared at the [[The Roosevelt New Orleans|Roosevelt Hotel]]'s Blue Room and the Famous Door Bar.

Bonano died on March 27, 1972, at the age of 67.

== Discography==
* ''Sharkey's Southern Comfort'' (1950)
* ''Kings of Dixieland'' ([[Capitol Records|Capitol]], 1950)
* ''A Night in Old New Orleans'' (Capitol, 1950)
* ''Sharkey Bonano'' ([[Circle Records|Circle]], 1951)
* ''Sounds of New Orleans, Vol. 4: Live at the Perez Club'' ([[Storyville Records (George Wein's)|Storyville]], 1952)
* ''Midnight on Bourbon Street'' (1952
* ''Sharkey Bonano'' ([[Southland Records|Southland]], 1954)
* ''Recorded in New Orleans, Vol. 1'' ([[Good Time Jazz Records|Good Time Jazz]], 1956)
* ''Sharkey Bonano w/ Santo Pecora and George Girard'' (Southland, 1956)
* ''In a New Orleans Jam Session'' (Southland, 1958)
* ''Dixieland at the Roundtable'' ([[Roulette Records|Roulette]], 1960)
* ''Sharkey Bonano at the Municipal Auditorium 1949'' ([[GHB Records|GHB]], 2010)
* ''Sharkey Bonano and His Sharks of Rhythm'' (Jazz Classics)
* ''Sharkey & His Kings of Dixieland'' (GHB, 1995)<ref name="AM discog">{{cite web |title=Sharkey Bonano {{!}} Album Discography {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sharkey-bonano-mn0000743882/discography |website=AllMusic |accessdate=19 November 2018}}</ref>

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