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  • Nov 24, 1918
    Novelty instrumentalist Thomas Fouts is born in Carroll County, Indiana. A 10-year performer on WLS' "National Barn Dance," he earns three country hits in 1949 as the bandleader of Captain Stubby & His Buccaneers
    Jan 12, 1949
    Stubby & The Buccaneers record "Money, Marbles And Chalk"
    Feb 14, 1949
    Decca releases Stubby & The Buccaneers' "Money, Marbles And Chalk"
    Apr 27, 1949
    Stubby & The Buccaneers record "Come Wet Your Mustache With Me"
    Jun 13, 1949
    Decca releases Stubby & The Buccaneers' "Come Wet Your Mustache With Me"
    Jun 23, 1958
    ABC debuts "Polka-Go-Round," a one-hour music show featuring Tom "Stubby" Fouts, the leader of the former hitmaking band Captain Stubby & The Buccaneers
    Sep 18, 1959
    After three months on the air, "Polka-Go-Round" is telecast for the last time on ABC. Among its regulars is Tom Fouts, who earned a trio of hits a decade earlier as the leader of Captain Stubby & The Buccaneers
    May 24, 2004
    Comedic instrumentalist Tom C. Fouts dies at St. Joseph's Hospital in Kokomo, Indiana. He was better known as Captain Stubby of the 1940s group Captain Stubby & The Buccaneers, who earned hits with "Money, Marbles And Chalk" and "Come Wet Your Mustache With Me"

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