Hardee toured with Don Albert in 1937-38 while he was still in college; he graduated in 1941.
Albert Einstein | Royal Albert Hall | Don Quixote | Victoria and Albert Museum | Don Giovanni | Albert Camus | Prince Albert | Don Cherry | Albert Park | Don | Albert Speer | Albert Schweitzer | Albert, Prince Consort | Don (honorific) | Albert Campion | Don Cheadle | Rostov-on-Don | Albert | Don Williams | Don Juan | Don Knotts | Don Imus | Don Carlos | Albert Park, Victoria | Don Rickles | Don Omar | Albert II, Prince of Monaco | Don Henley | Albert Bierstadt | Albert Finney |
He came from a musical background, as the great nephew of Don Albert and early on listened to musicians such as Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, Jimmy Scott, and Duke Ellington.