- published: 06 Apr 2009
- views: 4294
- author: rubberfire101
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Love is a Career - Dean Martin
Fun little tune by Dean Martin. This song was recorded in 1959 and released on the album "...
published: 06 Apr 2009
author: rubberfire101
Love is a Career - Dean Martin
Fun little tune by Dean Martin. This song was recorded in 1959 and released on the album "The Lush Years" in 1965.
- published: 06 Apr 2009
- views: 4294
- author: rubberfire101
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Ronnie Deauville - The Glory of Love (1959)
Born in 1925, Ronnie Deauville had a promising career ahead of him when a tragic accident,...
published: 20 Oct 2008
author: wally1435
Ronnie Deauville - The Glory of Love (1959)
Born in 1925, Ronnie Deauville had a promising career ahead of him when a tragic accident, coupled with a tragic illness brought an eventual halt. He had been making a name for himself, singing with big bands and appearing on TV and radio shows, when he was involved in a serious auto accident in 1956 that left him paralyzed from the neck down. Not long after, he contracted polio (just a few months before the preventive vaccine was discovered). He spent almost a year in an iron lung and was told he'd never sing again, due to diminished lung capacity. But through therapy he was able to regain most of his singing voice and made an attempt at resuming his career. Due to his precarious health he had to give up live performing and club dates. In later years, he dubbed singing for various movies, etc. and died in 1990 of cancer. This song was from an album he recorded 3 years after his accident and contracting polio, entitled "Ronnie Deauville" (aka Romance With Ronnie - Ronnie Deauville Sings)on Imperial (released as mono only) Song was originally written in 1936, by by Billy Hill; recorded by Benny Goodman, Dean Martin, Otis Redding, and by The Five Keys; also recorded by Bette Midler on the "Beaches" soundtrack album. For additional songs by Ronnie that are downloadable for free, as mp3, go to this fan site called box.net (I've spaced the link out because You Tube does not like links, so be sure to close this back up when you copy and paste it into your address field/URL) www ...
- published: 20 Oct 2008
- views: 33297
- author: wally1435
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La Vie En Rose - Louis Armstrong, Mantovani, Dean Martin & 101 Strings Orchestra!
15 Minutes of Romantic Beauty! Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 -- July 6, 1971), ni...
published: 07 Apr 2011
author: Taylor McDonald
La Vie En Rose - Louis Armstrong, Mantovani, Dean Martin & 101 Strings Orchestra!
15 Minutes of Romantic Beauty! Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 -- July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable deep and distinctive gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also greatly skilled at scat singing, vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics. Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. +++ Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (November 15, 1905 -- March 29, 1980) known by the mononym Mantovani, was an Anglo-Italian conductor and light orchestra styled entertainer with a cascading strings musical signature. The British Hit Singles & Albums book noted that he was "Britain's most successful album act before The Beatles... the first act to sell over one million stereo albums and had six albums simultaneouly in the US Top 30 in 1959". +++ Dean Martin (June 7, 1917 -- December 25, 1995), born ...
- published: 07 Apr 2011
- views: 7220
- author: Taylor McDonald
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Petula Clark Tribute
Here is a beautiful song from 1959 performed by the fantastic and inalterable Petula Clark...
published: 19 Jul 2008
author: johnxxx20000
Petula Clark Tribute
Here is a beautiful song from 1959 performed by the fantastic and inalterable Petula Clark. Petula Sally Olwen Clark (born in 1932) is an English singer, actress and composer best known for her upbeat popular international hits of the 1960's, especially "Downtown". With more than 70 million records sold worldwide, she is the most successful British female solo recording artist. She also holds the distinction of having the longest span on the UK pop charts of any British female artist — 54 years. In 1944, while performing at London's Royal Albert Hall, Clark was discovered by film director Maurice Elvey, who cast her in his war drama "Medal for the General". She then worked with Anthony Newley in "Vice Versa" (directed by Peter Ustinov) and Alec Guinness in "The Card". In 1946, she launched her television career with an appearance on a BBC variety show, "Cabaret Cartoons", which led to her being signed to host her own afternoon series, titled simply "Petula Clark". A second, "Pet's Parlour", followed in 1949. In later years, she starred in "This is Petula Clark" (1966) and "The Sound of Petula" (1972-74). In 1949, Clark branched into recording with her first release, "Put Your Shoes On, Lucy", for EMI. She scored a number of major hits in the UK during the 1950's. In 1958, Clark was invited to appear at the Olympia in Paris where she was received with acclaim. Her initial French recordings were huge successes. Gradually she moved further into the continent, recording in ...
- published: 19 Jul 2008
- views: 27854
- author: johnxxx20000
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CATERINA VALENTE Personalità Caterina Valente In Italia (1959 - 1966) BCD 16931
CATERINA VALENTE Personalità Caterina Valente In Italia (1959 - 1966) BCD 16931 DH 4 CD di...
published: 29 Nov 2010
author: BearFamilyRecords
CATERINA VALENTE Personalità Caterina Valente In Italia (1959 - 1966) BCD 16931
CATERINA VALENTE Personalità Caterina Valente In Italia (1959 - 1966) BCD 16931 DH 4 CD digipac with 44-page booklet GENRE Pop TRACKS 115 PLAYING TIME 293:14 Every one of her 115 Italian recordings from 1959 to 1966! Including more than 80 sides first time on CD! Chansons, movie soundtracks, cover versions, and jazz. With bossa novas by Jobim, Bonfà, and other top composers! INFORMATION A truly world-class entertainer, Caterina Valente is also one of the great voices of 20th century popular music. In the USA she appeared on television with Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Perry Como, and Dean Martin. She came by her affinity for Italian songs naturally: she was born in Paris to Italian parents. Between 1959 and 1966 'La Grande Caterina' has recorded no less than 115 songs in her native language. This complete 4-CD edition contains all of those recordings, and... incredibly... more than 80 of them are previously unavailable on CD. A true bonanza for all Valente fans! Since her first Italian hit in 1959, she charted 28 incredible hits, including Personalità and Till. This collection includes original Italian compositions (from the San Remo Festival, and elsewhere), Italian versions of great international pop hits, as well as evergreens (Italian versions of songs by Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael, and Victor Young, and others... A Fine Romance, When I Fall In Love, Get Out Of Town, Stardust, Blue Moon, I'm In The Mood For Love). There's also music from successful ...
- published: 29 Nov 2010
- views: 8762
- author: BearFamilyRecords
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Ricky Nelson - Chesnuts Roasting On An Open Fire (The Christmas Song)
Eric Hilliard Nelson (May 8, 1940 -- December 31, 1985), better known as Ricky Nelson or R...
published: 09 Dec 2012
author: CHRISTMASjoy365
Ricky Nelson - Chesnuts Roasting On An Open Fire (The Christmas Song)
Eric Hilliard Nelson (May 8, 1940 -- December 31, 1985), better known as Ricky Nelson or Rick Nelson, was an American singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and actor, starring alongside his family in the long-running television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952-1966), as well as co-starring alongside John Wayne and Dean Martin in Howard Hawks' Western feature film Rio Bravo (1959). He placed 53 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1957 and 1973 including "Poor Little Fool", which holds the distinction of being the first #1 song on Billboard magazine's then newly created Hot 100 chart. He recorded nineteen additional top-ten hits,[1] and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 21, 1987.[2] In 1996, he was ranked #49 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.[3] Nelson began his entertainment career in 1949 playing himself in the radio sitcom series, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, and, in 1952, appeared in his first feature film, Here Come the Nelsons. In 1957, he recorded his first single, debuted as a singer on the television version of the sitcom, and recorded a number one album, Ricky. In 1958, Nelson recorded his first number one single, "Poor Little Fool", and, in 1959, received a Golden Globe "Most Promising Male Newcomer" nomination after starring in Rio Bravo. A few films followed, and, when the television series was cancelled in 1966, Nelson made occasional appearances as a guest star on various television programs
- published: 09 Dec 2012
- views: 413
- author: CHRISTMASjoy365
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Fabian - Tiger (live 1959)
PLEASE NOTE: I divided my uploads between multiple channels, Bookmark this link in your br...
published: 29 Mar 2010
author: John1948FourD
Fabian - Tiger (live 1959)
PLEASE NOTE: I divided my uploads between multiple channels, Bookmark this link in your browser for instant access to an index with links to all of John1948's oldies classics. LINK: tinyurl.com Born on February 6, 1943 to Josephine and Domenic Forte, Fabian Forte was actually discovered at the age of 14 sitting on his front steps in Philadelphia. Fabian was actually watching his father being taken away in an ambulance when someone approached him about getting into the record business. His father couldn't work any longer and being that Fabian was the oldest of three brothers, he took a chance at "making some money" in the music business to help his family out. He never thought of it as a career, only as a way of stepping in for his father at that time. And, before you knew it, soon thousands were to throng to his concerts. At 15, Fabian won the Silver Award as "The Promising Male Vocalist of 1958". By the time he was 18, he had recorded dozens of hit singles, eight albums and earned gold records for "Turn Me Loose" and "Tiger" and a gold album for "The Fabulous Fabian". In his latest endeavor, Fabian hosts and headlines in the hit show, "The Original Stars of Bandstand" at the newest theater to hit Branson, Missouri, The Dick Clark Theater. His 1st appearance on American "Bandstand" (1952) when it all began was June 19, 1958 and he appeared over 20 times and filled in as host for Dick Clark on dozens of "Caravan of Stars" Tours. "The Original Stars of Bandstand" re-creates ...
- published: 29 Mar 2010
- views: 29447
- author: John1948FourD
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Harlan Howard - I Wish I Felt This Way At Home
Harlan Howard (9/8/1927 - 3/3/2002) Most people knew Harlan Howard by the songs he penned ...
published: 06 Feb 2010
author: rich bell
Harlan Howard - I Wish I Felt This Way At Home
Harlan Howard (9/8/1927 - 3/3/2002) Most people knew Harlan Howard by the songs he penned - more than 4000 of them. In a career that spanned more than six decades, Harlan was one of Nashvilles greatest and most prolific songwriters. More than 100 of his compositions became chart-toppers for artists such as Patsy Cline, Ray Charles, Buck Owens, Dean Martin, The Judds, Reba McEntire, Waylon Jennings, Glen Campbell, and Dolly Parton. Some of his biggest songs include, I Fall To Pieces, Pick Me Up On Your Way Down, Life Turned Her That Way, Above And Beyond, I've Got a Tiger By The Tail, Don't Tell Me What To Do, Somebody Should Leave, Somewhere Tonight, Too Many Rivers, Why Not Me, Busted and Blame It on Your Heart Harlan was born in Detroit and raised on farms in Michigan, but times were tough for a young farm boy in the years following the Great Depression. He started writing country songs around the age of 12. Howard listened to the Grand Ole Opry and admired Ernest Tubb and Floyd Tillman. Harlan decided to move to Los Angeles in 1955 to pursue his dream of songwriting. Shortly after moving to LA, he met Tex Ritter and Johnny Bond and played them some tunes that he had written. Slowly, with the help of country artists such as Wynn Stewart, Bobby Bare and Skeets McDonald, he began to have his songs recorded. His first real hit came in 1959 when Charlie Walker recorded Pick Me Up On Your Way Down. Soon after Ray Price put his Heartaches By the Number on the top of the ...
- published: 06 Feb 2010
- views: 7146
- author: rich bell
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Rick "Ricky" Nelson - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1964) - The Christmas Song
They're all gone now.. :-( The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet was an American sitcom, air...
published: 02 Dec 2012
author: SneakyGuy222
Rick "Ricky" Nelson - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1964) - The Christmas Song
They're all gone now.. :-( The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet was an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 through March 26, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was brought to television where it continued its success, running on both radio and TV for a couple of years. The series starred Ozzie Nelson and his wife, singer Harriet Nelson (née Hilliard), and their young sons, David and Eric "Ricky" or "Rick" Nelson. Don DeFore had a recurring role as the Nelsons' friendly neighbor "Thorny". The series attracted large audiences, and although it was never a top-ten hit, it became synonymous with the 1950s ideal American family life. It is the longest-running live-action sitcom in US television history. Eric Hilliard Nelson (May 8, 1940 -- December 31, 1985), better known as Ricky Nelson or Rick Nelson, was an American singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and actor, starring alongside his family in the long-running television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952-1966), as well as co-starring alongside John Wayne and Dean Martin in Howard Hawks' Western feature film Rio Bravo (1959). He placed 53 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1957 and 1973 including "Poor Little Fool", which holds the distinction of being the first #1 song on Billboard magazine's then newly created Hot 100 chart. He recorded nineteen additional top-ten hits, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 21, 1987. In ...
- published: 02 Dec 2012
- views: 496
- author: SneakyGuy222
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Big Band Leader Les Brown Recalls The Nutty Professor Movie
an old phone interview of johnswackyworld interviewing big band leader les brown in januar...
published: 05 Aug 2011
author: johnswackyworld
Big Band Leader Les Brown Recalls The Nutty Professor Movie
an old phone interview of johnswackyworld interviewing big band leader les brown in january 1993 from his archives. les brown speaks briefly about the movie the nutty professor starring jerry lewis. Les Brown was born in Reinerton, Pennsylvania on March 14, 1912. He was a big band leader and composer, best known for his nearly seven decades of work with the group Les Brown and His Band of Renown (1938-2001). les brown began his career at the old ithaca college conservatory of music in 1927. After graduating from New York Military Academy in 1932, Les Brown attended college at Duke University from 1932-1936. There he led the group Les Brown and His Blue Devils, who performed regularly on Duke's campus and up and down the east coast. Brown took the band on an extensive summer tour in 1936. At the end of the tour, while some of the band members returned to Duke to continue their education, others stayed on with Brown and continued to tour, becoming in 1938 the Band of Renown. A few years later, in 1945, this band brought Doris Day into prominence with their recording of "Sentimental Journey". The song's release coincided with the end of WWII in Europe and became the unofficial homecoming theme for many veterans. The band had nine other number-one hit songs, including "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm". Les Brown and the Band of Renown performed with Bob Hope on radio, stage and TV for almost fifty years. They did 18 USO Tours for American troops around the world, and ...
- published: 05 Aug 2011
- views: 3346
- author: johnswackyworld
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Favorite Caricatures - Abbott & Costello
William "Bud" Abbott and Lou Costello (originally Louis Francis Cristillo) were a pair of ...
published: 14 Jun 2012
author: bestjonbon
Favorite Caricatures - Abbott & Costello
William "Bud" Abbott and Lou Costello (originally Louis Francis Cristillo) were a pair of American comedians who performed on stage, then on radio and in films, and finally on television during the 1940s and 1950s and were considered the most popular comic team of their time. They did a baseball routine called "Who's On First?" that is still considered one of the funniest comic routines of all time. Abbott, who was born in 1897 and died in 1974, was the sly straight man, and Costello, who was born in 1906 and died in 1959, was the bumbling (and dumb) comic who went for the laughs. Toward the end of their career, bad health slowed them both, plus the new comedy team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis had come along to steal their crowds. They pretty much dissolved their partnership in 1957, two years before Costello died of a heart attack. Background is the classic "Who's On First?" baseball routine, performed by Abbott and Costello.
- published: 14 Jun 2012
- views: 56
- author: bestjonbon
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Movie Legends - Stella Stevens
Beginning her movie career in 1959, won the Golden Globe New Star of the Year in 1960....
published: 11 Jul 2012
author: basilnelson
Movie Legends - Stella Stevens
Beginning her movie career in 1959, won the Golden Globe New Star of the Year in 1960.
- published: 11 Jul 2012
- views: 703
- author: basilnelson
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Ricky Nelson - Travelin Man
1960 • "Travelin' Man" (US Chart #1; UK Chart #2) Imperial 5741 Eric Hilliard Nelson (May ...
published: 15 Sep 2012
author: Gillie Dee
Ricky Nelson - Travelin Man
1960 • "Travelin' Man" (US Chart #1; UK Chart #2) Imperial 5741 Eric Hilliard Nelson (May 8, 1940 -- December 31, 1985), better known as Ricky Nelson or Rick Nelson, was an American singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and actor starring in Howard Hawks' Western movie Rio Bravo (1959) with John Wayne and Dean Martin as well as his parents' television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952-1966). He placed 53 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1957 and 1973 including "Poor Little Fool", which holds the distinction of being the first #1 song on Billboard magazine's then newly created Hot 100 chart. He recorded nineteen additional top-ten hits, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 21, 1987. Nelson began his entertainment career in 1949 playing himself in the radio sitcom series, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, and, in 1952, appeared in his first feature film, Here Come the Nelsons. In 1957, he recorded his first single, debuted as a singer on the television version of the sitcom, and recorded a number one album, Ricky. In 1958, Nelson recorded his first number one single, "Poor Little Fool", and, in 1959, received a Golden Globe "Most Promising Male Newcomer" nomination after starring in Rio Bravo. A few films followed, and, when the television series was cancelled in 1966, Nelson made occasional appearances as a guest star on various television programs. Nelson and Sharon Kristin Harmon were married on April 20, 1963, and ...
- published: 15 Sep 2012
- views: 5
- author: Gillie Dee
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The Everly Brothers thru the years. 3 songs
They started with the hit "Bye Bye Love" in 1957 and had a last hit in 1984 with "On the W...
published: 28 May 2008
author: GSilverWorld
The Everly Brothers thru the years. 3 songs
They started with the hit "Bye Bye Love" in 1957 and had a last hit in 1984 with "On the Wings Of a Nightingale". Their family roots were in Kentucky but the brothers grew up in Iowa, which became their home. They toured radio stations and sang with their father Ike. Around 1956 the two went to Nashville to find a music career of their own. The rest is history. They were on the Cadence label 1957-1960, and on the Warner Brothers label 1960-1970. 1957-1962 were their big years, but there was a lot more for fans to find after that. Their own favorite albums were in the mid-60s: Beat+Soul, Rock+Soul, and In Our Image. Selections: 1) Kentucky - from the 1959 album "Songs Our Daddy Taught Us", also on the compilation "End Of An Era". 2) Lovey Kravezit - from In Our Image 1966. It's about the female in Dean Martin's film "The Silencers". 3) Danger Danger - from the 1984 album "EB84". still rocking.
- published: 28 May 2008
- views: 6013
- author: GSilverWorld
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Stella Stevens and Shelley Winters
Stella Stevens www.salmabennani.com Stella Stevens (born October 1, 1938) is an American f...
published: 29 Jan 2012
author: themoviesmakerful
Stella Stevens and Shelley Winters
Stella Stevens www.salmabennani.com Stella Stevens (born October 1, 1938) is an American film, television and stage actress, who began her acting career in 1959 and starred in such popular films as The Nutty Professor, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Silencers, The Ballad of Cable Hogue and The Poseidon Adventure. She is also a film producer, director and pin-up girl. In 1962 Stevens starred opposite Elvis Presley in Girls! Girls! Girls!. Later that year she portrayed Jerry Lewis' love interest in The Nutty Professor. This was followed by other comic turns as the former "Miss Montana" beauty queen in Vincente Minnelli's The Courtship of Eddie's Father and opposite Dean Martin in the "Matt Helm" spy spoof The Silencers, plus How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life. Stevens was featured in Sam Peckinpah's western The Ballad of Cable Hogue in 1970 with Jason Robards, for which she got very good reviews. In 1972 she appeared in Irwin Allen's The Poseidon Adventure as "Linda Rogo" (the ex-hooker wife of Ernest Borgnine's character). Stevens has appeared in many television shows. An early appearance was in the Bonanza episode "Silent Thunder", playing a deaf mute (the episode aired in December 1960), a role she played with exceptional charm and to critical acclaim. She was a regular on the 1981-82 primetime soap opera Flamingo Road. She teamed with the late Sandy Dennis in a touring production of an all-female version of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, playing the Oscar ...
- published: 29 Jan 2012
- views: 916
- author: themoviesmakerful
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Morgana King sings "Lost, Lonely and Looking For Love"
This is the ORIGINAL Morganafan video of this song. Here's a track of Morgana's from June ...
published: 29 Jan 2007
author: morganafan
Morgana King sings "Lost, Lonely and Looking For Love"
This is the ORIGINAL Morganafan video of this song. Here's a track of Morgana's from June 1959. It was a demo of a song from the movie "I, Mobster" (aka "The Mobster"). In the movie Jerri Southern appears as a lounge singer and actually sings the song "Lost, Lonely and Looking For Love" and as far as I know never recorded it. The movie stars Steve Cochran as a career gangster and Lita Milan as his dame. So Morgana was connected to Mafia type movies long before her acting role in the Godfather !!!
- published: 29 Jan 2007
- views: 2383
- author: morganafan
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Shirley Bassey - When You're Smiling
1987 (Shirley sings this classic in tribute to her friend, Judy Garland) - Shirley perform...
published: 09 Apr 2011
author: sas9023055
Shirley Bassey - When You're Smiling
1987 (Shirley sings this classic in tribute to her friend, Judy Garland) - Shirley performs in Berlin celebrating the cities' existence for 750 years) ABOUT When You're Smiling: "When You're Smiling" is a song by Larry Shay, Mark Fisher, and Joe Goodwin (June 6, 1889-July 31, 1943), and made famous by Louis Armstrong, who recorded it at least three times, in 1929, 1932, and 1956. Duke Ellington also recorded it several times earlier in his career. Many other recordings exist, for example those by Studies in Swing No.3, Louis Prima, Frank Sinatra and Patti Page. Cliff Bruner brought it to the country charts in 1939. And also Nat King Cole sung it. It was adopted by Leicester City FC as the club anthem, and can be heard at many of the team's games. In 1961, Judy Garland performed the song at the Judy at Carnegie Hall concert. Shirley Bassey performed this song, live, many times during the late 70's through early 80's as a tribute to her idol, and friend, Judy Garland. Dean Martin also sang it, sometimes parodying it as "When You're Drinkin'". LYRICS: When You're Smiling When you're smiling, when you're smiling The whole world, smiles with you. When you're laughing, when you're Laughing The sun comes shining through. But when you're crying, You bring on the rain. So stop your sighing, Be happy again. When you're smiling, when you're smiling The whole world, smiles with you! If you suddenly found out you've been deceived, Don't get peeved If you're husband bluntly tells you ...
- published: 09 Apr 2011
- views: 20028
- author: sas9023055
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Dick Stabile & Gracie Barrie - Pack Up Your Trouble In Your Old Kit Bag
Dick Stabile (May 29, 1909 -- September 18, 1980) was an American jazz saxophonist and ban...
published: 19 Sep 2011
author: Roy Gardnerra
Dick Stabile & Gracie Barrie - Pack Up Your Trouble In Your Old Kit Bag
Dick Stabile (May 29, 1909 -- September 18, 1980) was an American jazz saxophonist and bandleader. Stabile got his start playing in theater ensembles on Broadway in the 1950s. He joined Ben Bernie's orchestra in 1928, where he remained for several years. In 1935 he started his own ensemble, recording with vocalists such as Bunny Berigan, Paula Kelly, Burt Shaw, and Gracie Barrie, the last of which he would go on to marry. During this time Stabile recorded for the labels Decca, Bluebird, ARC, and Vocalion/Okeh. His band worked often in hotels in New York City and was chosen to play at the New York World's Fair in 1959--60. During World War II Stabile led a band while serving in the Coast Guard; Gracie Barrie led his ensemble in his absence. After the war he moved to Los Angeles, where he began working with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis from 1949 up to his death. He was the leader of the orchestra on many of Martin's popular recordings. Additionally, he worked with Jimmy Dorsey and Vincent Lopez. Contrary to the assertions of some, Stabile did not play the alto solos in "So Rare," which was recorded by Jimmy Dorsey on November 11, 1956. Rather, Stabile was utilized for his alto in a session that occurred several days after Dorsey's death, and under the leadership of trumpeter Lee Castle. After spending the latter 1960s leading dance bands at Los Angeles ballrooms, Stabile took a job at the Hotel Roosevelt in New Orleans, where he worked from the middle of the 1970s until his ...
- published: 19 Sep 2011
- views: 983
- author: Roy Gardnerra