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Mame (song)
"Mame" is a song written and composed by Jerry Herman, it premiered 1966 in the Broadway musical ''Mame''. It has had many cover versions and was a hit for multiple artists. Cover versions * The first live performance was on March 27, 1966, by Charles Braswell and All. * Bobby Darin's cover of ''Mame'' debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 30, 1966. It reached No. 53 on the Hot 100, #66 on Cashbox and peaked at No. 3 on the Easy Listening chart. It was also included in his 1966 album "In a Broadway Bag (Mame)". It was his best charting song in almost 2 years, the last one being " Millord". Soon after he had an even bigger hit that year, " If I Were a Carpenter". * Another successful cover version of the song ''Mame'' is Louis Armstrong's cover from May 1966. It reached No. 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 7 on the Easy Listening chart. * The most successful cover version is a version by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. It reached No. 19 on the Hot 100 in November 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Herman
Gerald Sheldon Herman (July 10, 1931December 26, 2019) was an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway theatre. One of the most commercially successful Broadway songwriters of his time, Herman was the composer and lyricist for a number of hit musicals, starting in the 1960s, that were characterized by an upbeat and optimistic outlook and what Herman called "the simple, hummable showtune". His shows include '' Hello, Dolly!'' (1964), at one time the longest-running musical in Broadway history, which also produced the hit title song for Louis Armstrong; ''Mame'' (1966), a vehicle for Angela Lansbury; and '' La Cage aux Folles'' (1984), the first hit Broadway musical about a gay couple. In 2009, Herman received the Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. He was a recipient of the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors. Early life Herman was born in Manhattan and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey, the only child of musically inclined, middle-class Jewish par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass
Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American trumpeter, pianist, singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, conductor, painter, sculptor and theatre producer, who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (sometimes called "Herb Alpert and the TJB") in the 1960s. During the same decade, he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss. Alpert has recorded 28 albums that have appeared on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart, five of which reached No. 1; he has been awarded 14 platinum albums and 15 gold albums. Alpert is the only musician to have reached No. 1 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 as both a vocalist ("This Guy's in Love with You", 1968) and as an instrumentalist (" Rise", 1979). Alpert has sold an estimated 72 million records worldwide. He has received many accolades, including a Tony Award and eight Grammy Awards, as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2006 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Alpert was awarded the National Medal o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Armstrong Songs
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Bobby Darin Songs
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1966 Songs
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** Georgia House of Representatives, The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. * January 15 – 1966 Nigerian coup d'état: A bloody military coup is staged in Nigeria, deposing the civilian government and resulting in the death of Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. * January 17 ** The Nigerian coup is overturned by another faction of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Games That Lovers Play (song)
"Games That Lovers Play" is a popular song composed by James Last which became a hit for multiple artists in 1966 and 1967. The song has been recorded more than 100 times. Renditions by Eddie Fisher (singer), Eddie Fisher, Wayne Newton, and Mantovani charted concurrently late in 1966 in the U.S., with Fisher's doing best, reaching number 45 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100.''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990''. . His and Newton's versions also charted on the Easy Listening chart, with Fisher's rendition reaching number two. His record also became a moderate hit in Canada. Nelson Riddle arranged it. He included the song on his album ''Games That Lovers Play (album), Games That Lovers Play'', it did quite well on the charts too. In early 1967, "Games That Lovers Play" became a hit for Donald Peers in the United Kingdom and for Connie Francis in South Africa, where it reached the Top 20. Her B-side, "Spanish Nights and You", became a pop (#99) and Easy Listening (#15) h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People Like You
''People Like You'' much like '' Games That Lovers Play'' was recorded right after the successful song it shares a name with. It was Eddie Fisher's 15th album, released and recorded in 1967. Background 'People Like You' was recorded right after the successful single People Like You, with many of the songs coming from the musical Mame, like "My Best Girl", "Mame" (the B-side of Games That Lovers Play), "If She Walked Into My Life", other songs like "Born Free" were a pop hits. "I Will Wait For You" also comes from a musical. "I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do" was the B-side of his last charting single " Now I Know". Charts The single, " People Like You", debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart on February 11, 1967, and peaked at number 97 during a three-week stay on the chart. The song spent a week at number four on the magazine's Easy Listening chart, during its 14-week stay. It reached number 74 on the Cashbox singles chart and stayed on the chart for four weeks. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Fisher
Edwin Jack Fisher (August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010) was an American singer and actor. He was one of the most popular artists during the 1950s, selling millions of records and hosting his own TV show, '' The Eddie Fisher Show''. Actress Elizabeth Taylor was best friends with Fisher's first wife, actress Debbie Reynolds. The couple divorced in 1959 when it was revealed shortly after Taylor's third husband, Mike Todd, died in a plane crash, that she and Fisher had been having an affair. News of the affair was a great public scandal which led to the cancellation of Eddie Fisher's television show. Fisher and Taylor married that same year. The unfavorable publicity was damaging to both Fisher and Taylor. Approximately five years later, Fisher divorced Taylor and he later married Connie Stevens. Fisher is the father of Carrie Fisher and Todd Fisher, whose mother is Reynolds, and the father of Joely Fisher and Tricia Leigh Fisher, whose mother is Stevens. Early life Fisher wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Of Those Songs
''Jackie Barnett Presents'' ''One of Those Songs'' is a 1966 album by Jimmy Durante, with arrangements by Ernie Freeman. The cover depicts Durante embracing CeCe, his adopted daughter with his second wife, Margie. The song "Margie" is dedicated to his wife. Durante's musical partner Eddie Jackson accompanies him on " Bill Bailey (Won't You Please Come Home)". Track listing # "One of Those Songs" – 2:52 # "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" (Russ Morgan, Larry Stock, James Cavanaugh) – 2:25 # " Bill Bailey (Won't You Please Come Home)" (Hughie Cannon) – 2:30 # "What Became of Life" – 3:00 # "Margie" – 2:40 # "Old Man Time" (Cliff Friend) – 2:30 # "We're Going U.F.O.-ing" – 2:25 # "Daddy (Your Mama Is Lonesome For You)" (Jimmy Durante, Chris Smith, Bob Schafer) – 1:40 # "This Train" – 2:40 # "Mame" – 2:25 Personnel *Jimmy Durante – vocals * Eddie Jackson – vocals on " Bill Bailey (Won't You Please Come Home)" *Ernie Freeman – arranger, conductor *Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Durante
James Francis Durante ( , ; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist. His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side New York accent, accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of the United States' most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. He often referred to his nose as ''the schnozzola'' (Italianization of the American Yiddish slang word ''schnoz'', meaning "big nose"), and the word became his nickname. Early life Childhood Durante was born on the Lower East Side of New York City. He was the youngest of four children born to Rosa (née Lentino) and Bartolomeo Durante, both immigrants from Salerno, Campania, Italy. Bartolomeo was a barber. Durante served as an Altar server#Altar servers in the Catholic Church, altar boy at St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church, known as the Actor's Chapel. Early career Durante dropped out of school in seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of jazz. Armstrong received numerous accolades including the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance for ''Hello, Dolly! (song), Hello, Dolly!'' in 1965, as well as a posthumous win for the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1972. His influence crossed musical genres, with inductions into the DownBeat, ''DownBeat'' Jazz Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame, among others. Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an inventive trumpet and cornet player, he was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mame (musical)
''Mame'' is a musical with a book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. Originally titled ''My Best Girl'', it is based on the 1955 novel '' Auntie Mame'' by Patrick Dennis and the 1956 Broadway play of the same name by Lawrence and Lee. A period piece set in New York City and spanning the Great Depression and World War II, it focuses on eccentric bohemian Mame Dennis, whose famous motto is "Life is a banquet and most poor sons of bitches are starving to death." Her fabulous life with her wealthy friends is interrupted when the young son of her late brother arrives to live with her. They cope with the Depression in a series of adventures. The musical opened on Broadway in 1966, starring Angela Lansbury and Bea Arthur. The production became a hit and spawned a 1974 film version with Lucille Ball in the title role, and Arthur reprising her supporting role; as well as a London production, a Broadway revival, and a 40th anniversa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
