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Vincent Lopez (30 December 1895 – 20 September 1975) was an American bandleader and pianist.
Vincent Lopez was born of Portuguese immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York and was leading his own dance band in New York City by 1917. On November 27, 1921 his band began broadcasting on the new medium of entertainment radio; the band's weekly 90-minute show on Newark, NJ station WJZ boosted the popularity of both himself and of radio. He became one of America's most popular bandleaders, and would retain that status through the 1940s.
He began his radio programs by announcing "Lopez speaking!".His theme song was "Nola," Felix Arndt's novelty ragtime piece of 1915, and Lopez became so identified with it that he occasionally satirized it. (His 1939 movie short for Vitaphone, Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra, features the entire band singing "Down with Nola.")
Lopez worked occasionally in feature films, notably The Big Broadcast (1932) and as a live-action feature in the Max Fleischer cartoon I Don't Want to Make History (1936). In 1940, he was one of the very first bandleaders to work in Soundies movie musicals. He made additional Soundies in 1944.
Always - Vincent Lopez & His Orchestra, 1926
Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra with Betty Hutton
Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra - Nola (1922)
VINCENT LOPEZ and His Orchestra, "Beyond the Blue Horizon" Paramount 1932
Cowboy Carlson vs. Vincent López (05/08/1953)
Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra - Always (1926)
1939 Vincent Lopez - If I Only Had A Brain (Sonny Schuyler, vocal) (restored)
VILLE DE GALARGUES ABRIVADO BANDIDOS 03 06 2016 MANADE VINCENT LOPEZ
Memorial Tribute to my Brother Vincent Lopez
VILLE DE GALARGUES bandidos 04 06 2016 MANADE VINCENT LOPEZ
Actors: John Altman (composer), Sara Holmes (miscellaneous crew), Milena Canonero (costume designer), Maury Chaykin (actor), Jessica Tandy (actress), Don McKellar (actor), Christina Jennings (producer), Gerry Quigley (actor), Graham Greene (actor), Bridget Fonda (actress), Hume Cronyn (actor), Atom Egoyan (actor), Elias Koteas (actor), Senia Phillips (miscellaneous crew), Sandi Ross (actress),
Plot: Vincent and Freda Lopez are a young married Toronto couple who both indulge in the arts, Vince as an artist and Freda as a musician/composer. Their marriage is not as secure as it may seem on the surface as Vince sees Freda's music as purely a hobby, while she sees it as her vocation, despite feeling insecure about it. The two drive to Savannah, Georgia for a vacation, where they meet mother and son Camilla and Harold Cara, a former concert violinist and a B-movie producer respectively. There is an immediate bond between Camilla and Freda because of their music, and because of the unconditional support Camilla provides to Freda concerning her music that Vince will or cannot. Their bond is also despite the obvious exaggerated stories Camilla tells of her life. After Vince and Harold leave to work on a joint project and after Freda and Vince have an argument following about her musical career, Freda asks Camilla to drive back to Toronto with her to attend a concert of Brahms' violin concerto at the Winter Garden Theatre, which would mirror Camilla's own performance of the same piece at the same venue years earlier. Camila accepts. The women's journey is not only filled with adventure (especially after a mishap with Vince's car) but also one of coming to terms with their past and their future. Meanwhile, Vince and Harold come back to Savannah to find the two women gone. As Vince and Harold look for Freda and Camilla, each of the men eventually have to reconcile their own broken relationship with the woman in their respective life.
Keywords: acoustic-guitar, airliner, anxiety-attack, applause, artist, bar, barbecue, based-on-short-story, beach, breastsActors: Leslie M. Roush (producer), Justin Herman (writer), Leslie M. Roush (director), Adolph Zukor (miscellaneous crew), Betty Hutton (actress), Nan Wynn (actress), Benay Venuta (actress), Vincent Lopez (actor), John Primi (editor), Hollace Shaw (actress), Jean Ellington (actress),
Plot: Another entry in the several "missing" Betty Hutton films of the era, (most from her stint with the Vincent Lopez Orchestra) and this one also includes other top female vocalists of the period from radio and the stage such as Nan Wynn and Benay Venuta.
Genres: Music, Short,Actors: Joseph Henabery (director), Samuel Sax (producer), Bert Frank (editor), Nan Wynn (actress), Vincent Lopez (actor), Jack Holland (actor), Vincent Lopez Orchestra (actor), June Hart (actress),
Plot: In this entry in the Vitaphone:Melody Masters series, and with a revolving stage used for scene shifting, Vincent Lopez plays the piano and leads his orchestra backing up the band's female vocalist, and a whistler also drops by. As does the dance team of Jack Hollard and June Hart.
Keywords: 1930s, band-vocalist, baton, dance-team, dancer, dancing, name-in-title, new-york-city, nightclub, orchestraActors: Carl Laemmle (miscellaneous crew), Dickie Moore (actor), Sig Herzig (writer), William Rowland (writer), Monte Brice (director), Vincent Lopez (actor), Morton Downey (actor), Dave Dreyer (actor), Charles R. Althoff (actor),
Genres: Music, Short,Vincent Lopez & His Casa Lopez Orchestra - Always (I.Berlin), Odeon 1926 NOTE: Here's one of the greatest hits ever composed. It's performed by the equally brilliant orchestra. All I have done was putting the right and discretely beautiful pictures into that pefection.
Vitaphone production reel B-228 (1939)
Charted at #3 in July 1922. A piano favorite. Written by Felix Arndt.
Released(?) April 26, 1932, reviewed by Mordaunt Hall August 22, 1932; here is Vincent Lopez doing a lovely version of this song. Note that the footage is lifted from Paramount's 1930 film "Monte Carlo" where "Beyond the Blue Horizon" is performed by Jeannette MacDonald. The short opens with "I've Been working on the Railroad." This was recorded off-air in 1979 to Open-Reel EIAJ. The tape is now in very ragged condition so I do apologize for the dropouts, but I've never seen another copy of this film.
Cowboy Carlson (Orville Lee Carlson) faces Vincent López (Daniel J. López) in a 1 fall match with a 30 minute time limit. Friday, May 8th, 1953 at the Chicago International Amphitheatre. Original: 16mm., B&W;, Optical Sound. F.2008-04-0049. Chicago Film Archives holds the copyright for this film and all films in the Russ & Sylvia Davis Collection. For more information on CFA's wrestling films, visit the Russ & Sylvia Davis Collection page on our website: http://www.chicagofilmarchives.org/collections/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/5
Vincent Lopez (Dec.30,1895 -- Sept.29,1975) was an American bandleader and pianist. He was born of Portuguese immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York and was leading his own dance band in New York City by 1917. On November 27, 1921 his band began broadcasting on the new medium of entertainment radio; the band's weekly 90-minute show on Newark, NJ station WJZ boosted the popularity of both himself and of radio. He became one of America's most popular bandleaders, and would retain that status through the 1940s. He began his radio programs by announcing "Lopez speaking!".His theme song was "Nola," Felix Arndt's novelty ragtime piece of 1915, and Lopez became so identified with it that he occasionally satirized it. (His 1939 movie short for Vitaphone, Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra, feature...
Sonny sings the "Wizard Of Oz" lament, released on the flipside of "The Jitterbug," which featured the band's girl vocalist, the refined--demure--understated--Betty Hutton. Digitally processed from a transfer of the original 78rpm: Bluebird B-10367 - If I Only Had A Brain (Harburg-Arlen) by Vincent Lopez and his Suave Swing Orchestra, vocal by Sonny Schuyler, recorded in Chicago July 5, 1939 (label scan courtesy of The Rick Colom Collection) MusicProf78 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Musicprof78/689903871053047
I knew this day was inevitable brother, but it happened too soon. Everybody dies, but not everybody truly lives. You truly lived. You were never afraid to try new things or go to new places. You've touched and inspired more people than you ever knew or will ever know... . I don't know what else to type except that I worked on this all day, brother (didn't eat one thing - never left this computer - sorted through a ton of photos & video clips of you and did little else). I finished this video at exactly 11:11 on the evening of your passing. You know the significance of that. Surreal brother. We'll take care of mom for you... Maybe I'll edit this later. You will never be forgotten... Rest in Peace, Vincent Moreno Lopez October 25, 1972 ~ October 19, 2015