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Dennis Day (May 21, 1916 – June 22, 1988) born Owen Patrick Eugene McNulty, was an Irish-American singer and radio, television and film personality.
Day was born and raised in New York City, the second of five children born to Irish immigrants Patrick McNulty and Mary (née Grady) McNulty. His father was a stationary engineer. Day graduated from Cathedral Preparatory Seminary in New York City, and attended Manhattan College in the Bronx, where he sang in the glee club.
Day appeared for the first time on Jack Benny's radio show on October 8, 1939, taking the place of another famed tenor, Kenny Baker. He remained associated with Benny's radio and television programs until Benny's death in 1974. He was introduced (with actress Verna Felton playing his mother) as a young (nineteen year old), naive boy singer — a character he kept through his whole career. His first song was "Goodnight My Beautiful".
Besides singing, Dennis Day was an excellent mimic. He did many imitations on the Benny program of various noted celebrities of the era, such as Ronald Colman, Jimmy Durante and James Stewart.
Actors: Valentine Pelka (actor), Jason Moola (director), Jason Moola (writer), Earl Ling (actor), Vidal Sancho (actor), Marcus Kelly (actor), Devora Neykova (actress), Spencer Cowan (actor), James Cowan (actor),
Genres: Romance,Actors: Carole Landis (actress), Ralph Staub (producer), Ralph Staub (writer), Edgar Bergen (actor), Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson (actor), James Gleason (actor), Phil Harris (actor), Jack Benny (actor), Groucho Marx (actor), Alice Faye (actress), Ken Murray (actor), Roy Rogers (actor), Jerome Thoms (editor), Ralph Staub (actor), James Stewart (actor),
Plot: James Gleason drops by to visit Ralph Staub at the Columbia lot and Staub, as he was inclined to do, pulls out a few reels of World War II "Screen Snapshots", and he and Gleason reminisce about the footage, while the camera turns and, presto, yet another Screen Snapshots entry comprised of about 90% stock footage. This one shows movie-and-radio stars and names around Hollywood entertaining the troops at various California Army/Navy/Marine camps. Faces seen and voices heard (again) include Carole Landis, Groucho Marx and Jack Benny.
Keywords: 1940s, 1950s, actor, actress, american-flag, archive-footage, army-air-corps, army-base, broadcast, cigar-smokingActors: William Halligan (actor), Jack Carr (actor), Jack Baxley (actor), Willie Best (actor), Brooks Benedict (actor), Don Brodie (actor), William 'Billy' Benedict (actor), Eddy Chandler (actor), George Chandler (actor), Jack Chefe (actor), Jack Daley (actor), Ted Billings (actor), Mike Donovan (actor), Dick Elliott (actor), Vinton Hayworth (actor),
Genres: Musical,'Cause I only wanna be with you, nobody else could ever do me better.
'Cause I only wanna be with you nobody else could ever move me deeper.
So stay for life, you've got my dedication baby take it on.
So stay for life, you've got my dedication baby take it on
'Cause I only wanna... (only wanna)...
'Cause I only wanna be with you.
Yeah I only wanna be with you.
You lift me up, make me feel like I'm a number one.
You've got the touch, and the night has only just begun.
I'm so alive, but I die a little when you go.
So stay for life, you've got my dedication baby take it on.
'Cause I only wanna be with you, nobody else could ever do me better.
'Cause I only wanna be with you, nobody else could ever move me deeper.
'Cause I only wanna be with you