As each new generation discovers Boots' music they find the joy and happiness in his melodies. People of all ages instinctively recognize the humor when applying Boots' "Yakety Sax" to their videos:
Musicians of all types have noodled with Yakety Sax at least once or twice. As Boots said it: "Every sax player in the world has tried to play it; some were good, some were awful."
Had Multi-Million Selling Hit Single with "Yakety Sax" Penned by Boots and his friend James Q. "Spider" Rich
First Musician To Play Sax With Elvis including "Return To Sender" and "Reconsider Baby"
Played On Eight Of Elvis' Movie Soundtracks
A major player in creating the now-famous "Nashville Sound"
Soldier In The United States Army Band During World War II
Boots' Songs Covered By Artists Including Chet Atkins, Buddy Holly, Floyd Cramer, Alabama, Johnny Cash, Richie Cole, Pete Fountain, Tommy Newsom, and Doc Severinsen
Has played on such diverse recordings as Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman", "Blue Bayou", and "In Dreams", Al Hirt's "Java", REO Speedwagon's "Little Queenie", and Brenda Lee's "Rockin' 'Round The Christmas Tree", "I Want To Be Wanted" and "I'm Sorry".