• Andy Williams
  Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3, 1927) is an American pop singer. Andy Williams has recorded 18 Gold and three Platinum certified albums. He had his own TV variety show from 1962–71 in which he performed with Michael Jackson, Bobby Darin, Ray Charles, Elton John, Ella Fitzgerald, Simon & Garfunkel, Mama Cass, Shirley Bassey, Bing Crosby, The Osmonds, Dusty Springfield, Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, The Carpenters, Jack Benny, Bette Davis, Dean Martin, Bob Hope, Ronald Reagan and many other superstars. He also owns his own theater, the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri.
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  Bing Crosby
  Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor. His career stretched more than half a century from 1926 until his death in 1977. Crosby's unique bass-baritone voice made him the best-selling recording artist until well into the rock era, with over half a billion records in circulation.
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  Boris Karloff
  Boris Karloff (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969), whose real name was William Henry Pratt, was an English-born actor who emigrated to Canada in the 1910s. Karloff performed in a variety of contexts throughout his career, but is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 film Frankenstein, 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein, and 1939 film Son of Frankenstein. His popularity following Frankenstein in the early 1930s was such that for a brief time he was billed simply as "Karloff" or, on some movie posters, "Karloff the Uncanny".
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  Dr. Seuss
  Theodor Seuss Geisel (; March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American writer and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo. LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone. He published 44 children's books, which were often characterized by imaginative characters, rhyme, and frequent use of trisyllabic meter. His most celebrated books include the bestselling Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Horton Hears a Who!, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Numerous adaptations of his work have been created, including eleven television specials, three feature films, and a Broadway musical
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  Frankie Laine
  Frankie Laine, born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio (Chicago, March 30, 1913 – San Diego, February 6, 2007), was a successful American singer, songwriter and actor whose career spanned 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005. Often billed as America's Number One Song Stylist, his other nicknames include Mr. Rhythm, Old Leather Lungs, and Mr. Steel Tonsils. His hits included "That's My Desire", "That Lucky Old Sun", "Mule Train", "Cry of the Wild Goose", "Jezebel", "High Noon", "I Believe", "Hey Joe!", "The Kid's Last Fight", "Cool Water", "Moonlight Gambler", "Love is a Golden Ring", "Rawhide", and "Lord, You Gave Me a Mountain".
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  George Sanders
  George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was an English film and television actor best known for his roles of Addison DeWitt in the 1950 film All About Eve as well as the villainous tiger Shere Khan in The Jungle Book.
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  Jo Stafford
  Jo Elizabeth Stafford (November 12, 1917 – July 16, 2008) was an American singer of traditional pop music and jazz standards whose career ran from the late 1930s to the early 1960s. Stafford was greatly admired for the purity of her voice and was considered one of the most versatile vocalists of the era.
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• Johnny Mann
  Johnny Mann (born August 30, 1928, Baltimore, Maryland) is an American arranger, composer, conductor, entertainer, and recording artist.
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• Ken Clark (actor)
  Kenneth Donovan "Ken" Clark (June 4, 1927 – June 1, 2009) was an American B-movie actor. He appeared in movies in America and Europe, including the Secret Agent 077 trilogy.
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• Louis Prima
  Louis Prima (7 December 1910 – 24 August 1978) was a Sicilian-American singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter. Prima rode the musical trends of his time, starting with his seven-piece New Orleans style jazz band in the 1920s, then successively leading a swing combo in the 1930s, a big band in the 1940s, a Vegas lounge act in the 1950s, and a pop-rock band in the 1960s. In each of his musical endeavors, he incorporated his exuberant personality into his act.
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  Mitch Miller
  Mitchell William "Mitch" Miller (July 4, 1911 – July 31, 2010) was an American musician, singer, conductor, record producer, A&R; man and record company executive. Miller was one of the most influential figures in American popular music during the 1950s and early 1960s, both as the head of Artists and Repertoire at Columbia Records and as a best-selling recording artist with an NBC television series, Sing Along with Mitch. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester in the early 1930s, Miller began his musical career as an accomplished player of the oboe and English horn, and recorded several highly regarded classical albums featuring his instrumental work, but he is best remembered as a conductor, choral director, television performer and recording executive.
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  Paul Frees
  Paul Frees (June 22, 1920 – November 2, 1986) was an American voice actor and character actor.
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• Peggy Lee
  Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer and actress in a career spanning nearly seven decades. From her beginnings as a vocalist on local radio, to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, she was forging her own sophisticated persona, Lee evolved into a multi-faceted artist and performer. She wrote music for films, acted, and created conceptual record albums—encompassing poetry, jazz, chamber pop, art songs, and other genres.
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  Phil Harris
  Phil Harris (born Wonga Philip Harris; June 24, 1904 – August 11, 1995) was an American singer, songwriter, jazz musician, actor and comedian. Though successful as an orchestra leader, Harris is remembered today for his recordings as a vocalist, his voice work in animation and as a pioneer in radio situation comedy, first with Jack Benny, and then in a series in which he co-starred with his second wife, singer-actress Alice Faye, for eight years.
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  Rosemary Clooney
  Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit "Come On-a My House" written by William Saroyan and his cousin Ross Bagdasarian (David Seville) creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks, which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me" (a cover version of the Italian song Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina by Alberto Rabagliati), "Mambo Italiano", "Tenderly", "Half as Much", "Hey There" and "This Ole House", though she would go on to success as a jazz vocalist.
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  Spike Jones
  Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was a popular musician and bandleader specializing in performing satirical arrangements of popular songs. Ballads and classical works receiving the Jones treatment would be punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, and ridiculous vocals. Through the 1940s and early 1950s, the band recorded under the title Spike Jones and his City Slickers and toured the United States and Canada under the title The Musical Depreciation Revue.
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  Tony the Tiger
  Tony the Tiger is the advertising cartoon mascot for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes (also known as Frosties) breakfast cereal, appearing on its packaging and advertising. More recently, Tony has also become the mascot for Tony's Cinnamon Krunchers and Tiger Power.
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  Walt Disney
  Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.
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  Winston Churchill
  Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War (WWII). He is widely regarded as one of the great wartime leaders. He served as prime minister twice (1940–1945 and 1951–1955). A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, writer, and an artist. To date, he is the only British prime minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the first person to be recognised as an honorary citizen of the United States.
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  California
  California (pronounced ) is the most populous state in the United States and the third-largest by land area, after Alaska and Texas. California is also the most populous sub-national entity in North America. It's on the U.S. West Coast, bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and by the states of Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, Baja California, Mexico, to the south. Its 5 largest cities are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, and Long Beach, with Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose each having at least 1 million residents. Like many populous states, California's capital, Sacramento is smaller than the state's largest city, Los Angeles. The state is home to the nation's 2nd- and 6th-largest census statistical areas and 8 of the nation's 50 most populous cities. California has a varied climate and geography and a multi-cultural population.
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  Disneyland
  Disneyland Park is a theme park located in Anaheim, California, owned and operated by the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division of The Walt Disney Company. Originally, and still often colloquially, called Disneyland, it was dedicated with a televised press preview on July 17, 1955, and opened to the general public on July 18, 1955. Disneyland holds the distinction of being the only theme park to be designed and built under the direct supervision of Walt Disney himself. In 1998, the theme park was re-branded "Disneyland Park" to distinguish it from the larger Disneyland Resort complex.
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  Disneyland Railroad
  The Disneyland Railroad (DLRR), originally the Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad, is a narrow gauge railroad at Disneyland, Anaheim, California, United States, that was inaugurated on the park's live TV Preview, July 17, 1955. This live steam railway was constructed for $240,000; each of the original two locomotives cost $40,000 each. Riders use it as transportation to other areas of the park or simply for the experience of the "Grand Circle Tour". The Main Street railroad station is seen entering Disneyland.
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  Norfolk, Nebraska
  Norfolk is a city in Madison County, Nebraska, United States, 113 miles northwest of Omaha and 83 miles west of Sioux City at the intersection of U.S. Routes 81 and 275. The population was 22,940 at the 2000 census, making it the tenth-largest city in Nebraska. It is the principal city of the Norfolk Micropolitan Statistical Area. Norfolk is the eastern terminus of the Cowboy Trail.
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  United States
  The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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• Andy Williams
• Atlantic Ocean
• Bambi (film)
• barbershop quartet
• Big Band
• Bing Crosby
• Bob Hope
• Boris Karloff
• California
• courier
• Crystal Cathedral
• Disney Legend
• Disneyland
• Disneyland Railroad
• Dr. Seuss
• Dumbo
• Enchanted Tiki Room
• flight officer
• Frankie Laine
• Frosted Flakes
• Gay Purr-ee
• George Sanders
• Gospel music
• Grim Grinning Ghosts
• Haunted Mansion
• headline
• It's a Small World
• Jo Stafford
• Johnny Mann
• Kellogg's
• Ken Clark (actor)
• Lady and the Tramp
• Louis Prima
• Mark Twain Riverboat
• Mary Poppins (film)
• Mitch Miller
• No Dogs Allowed
• Norfolk, Nebraska
• Paul Bunyan
• Paul Frees
• Peanuts
• Peggy Lee
• Phantom Manor
• Phil Harris
• Pinocchio
• pirate
• prostate cancer
• Rose Marie (films)
• Rosemary Clooney
• Singer
• Snoopy, Come Home
• Spike Jones
• Splash Mountain
• Superior Duck
• The Aristocats
• The Lorax
• The Mellomen
• The Small One
• This Ole House
• Tony the Tiger
• United States
• vinyl record
• voice actor
• Voice artist
• Walt Disney
• Walt Disney World
• Winston Churchill
• World War II

Ravenscroft, Thurl Filmography

• Songs in the Key of Grinch (2000)
• The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998)
• The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1997)
• Superior Duck (1996)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition (1994)
• The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song (1992)
• Splash Mountain (1989)
• The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
• Walt Disney World EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Program (1984)
• The Small One (1978)
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
• Halloween Is Grinch Night (1977)
• The Hobbit (1977)
• The Hobbit (1977)
• Emilio and His Magical Bull (1975)
• Nanny and the Professor and the Phantom of the Circus (1973)
• The Lorax (1972)
• The Cat in the Hat (1971)
• Stand Up and Cheer (1971)
• The AristoCats (1970)
• Horton Hears a Who! (1970)
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
• The Night Before Christmas (1968)
• The Jungle Book (1967)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
• The Man from Button Willow (1965)
• Jed and the Countess (1965)
• Mary Poppins (1964)
• Mary Poppins (1964)
• It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
• The Sword in the Stone (1963)
• Gay Purr-ee (1962)
• One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
• Donald and the Wheel (1961)
• Christmas Show (1960)
• The Story of Judith (1960)
• Sleeping Beauty (1959)
• Noah's Ark (1959)
• South Pacific (1958)
• The Annie MacGregor Story (1958)
• Paul Bunyan (1958)
• The Story of Anyburg U.S.A. (1957)
• You Can't Run Away from It (1956)
• Design for Dreaming (1956)
• Cavalcade of Songs (1955)
• Dateline: Disneyland (1955)
• Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
• It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
• Pigs Is Pigs (1954)
• The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
• Rose Marie (1954)
• Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom (1953)
• Peter Pan (1953)
• Trick or Treat (1952)
• Because You're Mine (1952)
• (1952-01-12) (1952)
• Rooty Toot Toot (1951)
• Alice in Wonderland (1951)
• Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy (1950)
• Cinderella (1950)
• Arson, Inc. (1949)
• Make Mine Music (1946)
• Springtime for Pluto (1944)
• Lost Canyon (1942)
• The Nifty Nineties (1941)

• The Old Rugged Cross
• Saved by Grace
• Then Jesus Came
• What a Friend We Have in Jesus
• Let The Lower Lights be Burning
• In the Garden
• Beyond the Sunset
• Sunrise
• Heartaches
• Battle Hymn of the Republic

Born: 1914-02-06

Died: 2005-05-22