Morgan live concert at Suoni delle Dolomiti, Trento (Italy) - August 17, 2008

Marco Castoldi better known by his stage name Morgan (born in Milano, Italy on 23 December 1972) is an Italian singer, musician and multi-instrumentalist. He is also a judge for three years in the Italian version of The X Factor winning the first three series through acts he mentored, Aram Quartet (series 1 - 2008), Matteo Becucci (series 2 - 2008-9) and Marco Mengoni (in series 3 - 2009).

He is also a founding member of Bluvertigo, an Italian band formed in 1992. Bluvertigo's first name was "Golden Age" and other founding members included Andy (Andrea Fumagalli) and Marco Pancaldi.

Their first album was released in 1995, Acidi e basi, followed in 1997 by Metallo non metallo and in 1999 by Zero: they were later called "la trilogia chimica" ("the chemical trilogy") because every title has a reference to chemistry and the initial letters (AB-MN-Z) are respectively the first, the central and the last ones of the alphabet. Their latest album is Pop Tools, a compilation released in 2001. In 2003 Morgan released his first solo album: Le canzoni dell'appartamento.

MTV Storytellers was released in 2008, a live recording of a concert performed for MTV. A music video for "Fuori Dal Tempo" can be found on the MTV Storytellers DVD.

Present members are: Morgan (Marco Castoldi) (on vocals, bass, piano), Andy (Andrea Fumagalli) (on keys, sax, synths, vocals), Sergio Carnevale (drums and percussions), Livio Magnini (guitar).

Morgan had lived with actress Asia Argento with whom has a daughter born in 2001.

Discography[link]

Solo[link]

• 2003: Canzoni dell'appartamento
• 2004: Il suono della vanità
• 2005: Non al denaro, non all'amore né al cielo
• 2007: Da A ad A
• 2008: È successo a Morgan
• 2009: Italian Songbook Volume 1

Morgan live concert at the Cathedral of Asti (Italy) - July 15, 2011

With Bluvertigo[link]

• 1995: Acidi e Basi
• 1997: Metallo Non Metallo
• 1999: Zero - ovvero la famosa nevicata dell'85
• 2001: Pop Tools
• 2005: MTV Storytellers (live)

Collaborations[link]

• Franco Battiato in album Gommalacca
• Antonella Ruggiero in Registrazioni Moderne
• Alice in her albums Exit, Personal Juke Box and Viaggio in Italia
• Subsonica in Discoteca Labirinto
• Cristina Donà in album Nido
• Paola & Chiara in Arsenico
• Mauro Pagani in Parole a caso
• Banco del Mutuo Soccorso in No palco
• Modena City Ramblers in Appunti Partigiani
• Patty Pravo in Il vento e le rose
• Artisti uniti per l'Abruzzo in Domani 21/04.09

Producer[link]

• Mao in Black Mokette
• Soerba in Playback
• La Sintesi in L'eroe romantico
• Aram Quartet in the song Chi (Who)

Filmography[link]

• 2002: Perduto amor by Franco Battiato
• 2003: Il siero della vanità by Alex Infascelli - musician
• 2004: Ingannevole è il cuore più di ogni cosa by Asia Argento - musician
• 2006: Transylvania of Tony Gatlif - interpretes Milan
• 2006: Il quarto sesso (2006) of Marco Costa - musician, interprets Karl Marx

Bibliography[link]

• 1998: Dissoluzione
• 2008: In pArte Morgan

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Morgan

• Morgan official website
• Bluvertigo Myspace site
• Morgan's discography on Rockit.it

Sir Morgan Singer
Born	13 December 1864
Died	27 April 1938 Winchester, Hampshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	North America and West Indies Station
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Admiral Sir Morgan Singer KCB KCVO (13 December 1864 – 27 April 1938) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.

Naval career[link]

Singer joined the Royal Navy and by 1908 was Captain of the cruiser HMS Roxburgh.^[1]

He served in World War I and was appointed Director of Naval Ordnance in August 1914 taking responsibility for the Admiralty's entire supply of guns, torpedoes and mines.^[2] He continued in that post until March 1917.^[3]

Promoted to Vice Admiral in February 1919,^[4] he became Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station the same month.^[5] He was appointed KCB later that year,^[6] and went on to be Commander-in-Chief of Coastguards and Reserves in 1921.^[7] He became a full Admiral in 1924.^[4]

He died in Winchester in Hampshire in 1938.^[2]

Family[link]

In 1899 he married Emily Mary Desborough.^[8]

References[link]

External images
	Vanessa Morgan

Vanessa Morgan Mziray (born March 23, 1992),^[1] known professionally as Vanessa Morgan, is a Canadian actress and singer. She is best known for her role of Amanda Pierce in the Family Channel TV series The Latest Buzz as well as singing the theme song for the series. She also played Marion Hawthorne in the Disney Channel film Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars, and Sarah in the Teletoon film My Babysitter's a Vampire and the subsequent television series of the same name.^[2]

Personal life[link]

Morgan was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Her father is East African and her mother is Scottish.^[3] She won the Junior Miss America 1999 pageant.^[4] She graduated from Colonel By Secondary School in 2010.^[4]

Filmography[link]

Discography[link]

Singles[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Vanessa Morgan at the Internet Movie Database

Colin Morgan
Colin Morgan, February 2011
Born	(1986-01-01) 1 January 1986 (age 26) Armagh, Northern Ireland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007–present

Colin Morgan (born 1 January 1986) is an Irish actor from Armagh, Northern Ireland, best known for playing the title character in the BBC TV series Merlin. Morgan went to Integrated College Dungannon and, during his third year, won the 'Denis Rooney Associates' Cup awarded to the best overall student of that academic year. After gaining a National Diploma in Performing Arts (Acting) and studying at Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education in 2004, he went on to study at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama), situated in Glasgow, from where he graduated in 2007.^[1] In November 2010 The Belfast Metropolitan College honoured Morgan with an Award of Distinction for his contribution to the Arts.^[2]

Career[link]

On stage in 2007, Morgan debuted as Vernon Little in the title role of the Young Vic's adaptation of DBC Pierre's Vernon God Little^[3] and as Esteban in the Old Vic stage adaptation of Pedro Almodóvar's Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother). In 2008, he appeared as Jimmy Rosario in the Young Vic production of Thomas Babe's A Prayer For My Daughter. In 2011, he played Carlos in the Royal Court Theatre production of Colombian dramaturg Pedro Miguel Rozo's play Our Private Life.^[4]

In film, Morgan appears as Calum in Island,^[5][6] a film adaptation of Jane Rogers' novel Island, and as Cathal^[7] in the award winning Irish film Parked.^[8][9]

Morgan featured in two minor TV roles: John Leary in sketches on The Catherine Tate Show (2007) and Jethro Cane in the Doctor Who episode "Midnight" (2008). He plays the title role in BBC TV series Merlin, in production since 2008. He, and co-star Bradley James, travelled on an exploration of Arthurian legends for BBC Wales, The Real Merlin & Arthur, in 2009. On 14th April 2012 Morgan performed readings from survivor's accounts and testimonials during Titanic: A Commemoration in Music and Film broadcast live on BBC2 from Belfast's Waterfront Hall.

Morgan has taken part in one BBC Radio play, Cry Babies by Kim Newman, on BBC Radio 4 (March 2009).^[10]

Filmography[link]

Awards[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Colin Morgan

• Colin Morgan at the Internet Movie Database
• Colin Morgan at United Agents

Helen Morgan
Helen Morgan, 1935
Born	Helen Riggins (1900-08-02)August 2, 1900 Danville, Illinois, United States
Died	October 9, 1941(1941-10-09) (aged 41) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Occupation	Singer, actress
Spouse	Maurice Maschke, Jr. (1933–1935) Lloyd Johnston (1941–1941)

Helen Morgan (August 2, 1900 – October 9, 1941) was an American singer and actress who worked in films and on the stage. A quintessential torch singer, she made a big splash in the Chicago club scene in the 1920s. She starred as Julie LaVerne in the original Broadway production of Hammerstein and Kern's musical Show Boat in 1927 as well as in the 1932 Broadway revival of the musical, and appeared in two film adaptations, a part-talkie made in 1929 (prologue only) and a full-sound version made in 1936, becoming firmly associated with the role. She suffered from bouts of alcoholism, and despite her notable success in the title role of another Hammerstein and Kern's Broadway musical, Sweet Adeline (1929), her stage career was relatively short. Helen Morgan died of cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 41. She was portrayed by Polly Bergen in the Playhouse 90 drama The Helen Morgan Story and by Ann Blyth in the 1957 biopic based on the television drama.

Life and career[link]

She was born as Helen Riggin in 1900 in rural Danville, Illinois. Her father Frank Riggin, was a farmer in Davis Township of Fountain County, just outside Attica, Indiana. After her mother, Lulu Lang Riggin divorced and remarried, she changed the last name to 'Morgan'. Her mother's second marriage ended in divorce, and she moved to Chicago with her daughter. Helen never finished school beyond the eighth grade, and worked a variety of jobs just to get by. In 1923 she entered the Miss Montreal contest, even going to New York to meet Miss America Katherine Campbell, but when she returned, her American citizenship was discovered and she was disqualified. She also worked as an extra in films. By the age of twenty Morgan had taken voice lessons and started singing in speakeasies in Chicago.

Helen Morgan's high, thin, and somewhat wobbly voice was not fashionable during the 1920s for the kind of songs that she specialized in, but nevertheless she became a wildly popular torch singer. A draped-over-the-piano look became her signature while performing at Billy Rose's Backstage Club in 1925. In spite of the National Prohibition Act of 1919 outlawing alcohol in the United States, Morgan became a heavy drinker and was often reportedly drunk during these performances. It is even remarked that her trademark of performing while perched on top of a piano was because she was often too drunk to stand up.^[1] During this period several Chicago gangsters tried to help fund her various attempts to open her own nightclub. However, Prohibition agents kept too strict an eye on her and these attempts failed.

In 1927 Helen Morgan appeared as Julie LaVerne in the original cast of Show Boat, her best-known role. She sang "Bill" (lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse, music by Jerome Kern) and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" in two stage runs and two film productions of Show Boat over a span of 11 years. (In the first film version, a part-talkie made in 1929, Morgan appeared only in the song prologue; Alma Rubens played Julie in the film proper, which was mostly silent. However, Morgan did play the role in the 1936 film version of the musical.)

Morgan took the main role of burlesque star Kitty Darling in Rouben Mamoulian's 1929 classic feature film Applause, with fine acting that included stage act portrayals as well as a capella singing in private scenes.

After appearing in the 1929 film version of Show Boat, Morgan went on to star in Kern and Hammerstein's Broadway musical, Sweet Adeline. The title was a pun on the famous barbershop quartet song. In the musical, Morgan introduced the songs "Why Was I Born" and "Don't Ever Leave Me". Oddly enough, when Sweet Adeline was filmed in 1934, Morgan's role went to her future Show Boat co-star, Irene Dunne, who possessed a lovely soprano, but was certainly not a torch singer.

Morgan was noticed by Florenz Ziegfeld while dancing in the chorus of his production of Sally in 1923 and she went on to perform with the Ziegfeld Follies in 1931, the Follies' last active year. During this period she studied music at the Metropolitan Opera in her free time.

Her last motion picture appearance was in the 1936 film version of Show Boat, often considered to be the better of the two film versions of the stage musical (it was remade in Technicolor in 1951, but the 1929 film version was based on Edna Ferber's novel of the same name, from which the musical was adapted, rather than on the show).

In the late 1930s Morgan was signed up for a show at Chicago's Loop Theater. She also spent time at her farm in High Falls, New York. Alcoholism plagued her and she was hospitalized in late 1940, after playing Julie La Verne one last time in a 1940 Los Angeles stage revival of Show Boat. Her career underwent something of a comeback in 1941, thanks to the help of manager Lloyd Johnson. However, the years of alcohol abuse had taken their toll. She collapsed onstage during a performance of George White's Scandals of 1942 and died in Chicago of cirrhosis of the liver on October 9, 1941.

Morgan was married three times, first, to a fan (Lowell Army) whom she met at a stage door while she was performing in Sally, then to Maurice "Buddy" Maschke (they married on May 15, 1933 and divorced several years later), and finally to Lloyd Johnson, whom she married on July 27, 1941. On June 25, 1926, in Springfield, IL Morgan had a baby girl (Elaine Danglo) whom she gave up for adoption.

Morgan was portrayed by Polly Bergen in a 1957 Playhouse 90 drama, The Helen Morgan Story, directed by George Roy Hill. Bergen won an Emmy Award for her performance. That same year, the feature film The Helen Morgan Story, based directly on the Playhouse 90 drama, starred Ann Blyth as Morgan. However, the feature film was not as well received, partly because critics felt that Blyth's real singing voice sounded more like Morgan's than the voice the studio supplied for her - that of Gogi Grant.

1. ^ Leckrone, Michael. Legendary Performers' @ The University of Wisconsin--Madison on March 22, 2010.

Filmography[link]

• Six Cylinder Love, 1923
• The Heart Raider, 1923
• Show Boat, 1929 (in the prologue only, she appeared as Julie La Verne and sang "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" and "Bill")
• Applause, 1929 (sang "What Wouldn't I Do For that Man" and "Give Your Little Baby Lots of Lovin'")
• Glorifying the American Girl, 1930 (sang "What Wouldn't I Do For that Man")
• Roadhouse Nights, 1930 (sang "It Can't Go On Like This")
• The Gigolo Racket, 1931 short subject (sang "Nobody Breaks My Heart" and "I Know He's Mine")
• Manhattan Lullaby, 1933 short subject (sang "The Stork Song")
• The Doctor, 1934 short subject (sang "One Little Smile")
• Frankie and Johnnie, 1934 (sang "Give Me a Heart to Sing To" and "If You Want My Heart")
• You Belong to Me, 1934 (sang "When He Comes Home to Me")
• Marie Galante, 1934 (sang "Song of a Dreamer" and "Serves Me Right for Treating You Wrong")
• Sweet Music, 1935 (sang "I See Two Lovers")
• Go Into Your Dance, 1935 (sang "The Little Things You Used to Do")
• Show Boat, 1936 (as Julie La Verne she sang "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" and "Bill")
• The Coo-Coo Nut Grove, 1936 (Warner Brothers cartoon, caricature singing "The Little Things You Used to Do" )

Stage[link]

• Sally, 1923 (chorus)
• Scandals,1925-1926 (first principal role)
• Americana, 1926
• American Grand Guignol, 1927 (sang "Nobody Wants Me")
• Show Boat, 1927-1929 (as Julie La Verne she sang "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" and "Bill")
• Sweet Adeline, 1929-1931 (starring role singing "T'was Not So Long Ago", "Here am I", "Why Was I Born?", "The Sun About to Rise" and "Don't Ever Leave Me!")
• Ziegfeld Follies, 1931 (sang "Half-Caste Woman", lyrics by Noël Coward)
• Show Boat, 1932–1933
• Memory, 1934 (starring role singing "A Fool There Was")
• A Night at the Moulin Rouge, 1939
• Show Boat, 1940 (as Julie La Verne she sang Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man and Bill)

Bibliography[link]

• Maxwell, Gilbert (1974). Helen Morgan: Her Life and Legend. New York: Hawthorn Books. ISBN 0-8015-4526-9. 

External links[link]

• Helen Morgan at the Internet Broadway Database
• Helen Morgan at the Internet Movie Database

• Original 1927 Show Boat on Broadway at Internet Broadway Database
• Campbell Playhouse Radio Broadcast Show Boat (March 31, 1939) on The Mercury Theatre on the Air
• The Helen Morgan Story (1957) at the Internet Movie Database
• Review of The Helen Morgan Story at Filmbug
• Helen Morgan on Myspace