death_date death_place years_active birth_place notable_instruments label article_title background birth_date genre origin name
25 february 2006 scranton , pennsylvania , u.s. 1950 -- 1970 chicago , illinois , u.s. violin decca , mercury florian zabach
 non_vocal_instrumentalist 15 august 1918 popular music united states florian zabach
florian zabach

florian zabach -lrb- august 15 , 1918 -- february 25 , 2006 -rrb- was an american musician and tv personality .
his recording of `` the hot canary '' sold a million copies and reached the top 15 on the pop charts in 1951 .
`` believe it or not '' timed his violin performance of `` the flight of the bumblebee '' and wrote , `` he plays 12.8 notes per second ... faster than any known violinist in history '' .
he hosted a television show in 1954 that was aired in cities around the world .
for his work on television , zabach has a star on the hollywood walk of fame at 6505 hollywood blvd. .
