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Pretty Baby (Tony Jackson Song)
"Pretty Baby" is a song written by Tony Jackson (pianist), Tony Jackson during the Ragtime era. The song was remembered as being prominent in Jackson's repertory before he left New Orleans in 1912, but was not published until 1916. The background as to how the song came to be published has been confused over the years. However, it appears that composer Egbert Van Alstyne and lyricist Gus Kahn were writing partners. Whilst Van Alstyne was Chicago manager of music publishers Jerome H. Remick & Company, they heard Tony Jackson singing the song one evening at a Chicago nightspot. Van Alstyne and Kahn liked the melody, but felt the lyrics were unsuitable for mass consumption. This resulted in Jackson being paid $250 for the rights to the tune, and Kahn re-writing the lyrics, with Van Alstyne adding a verse, which he took from one of his earlier unsuccessful songs. Jackson's name was included on the sheet music. The song was quickly interpolated into the Broadway show ''A World of Pleas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretty Baby 1916
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Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, comedian, entertainer and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. Crosby was a leader in record sales, network radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. He was one of the first global cultural icons. Crosby made over 70 feature films and recorded more than 1,600 songs. Crosby's early career coincided with recording innovations that allowed him to develop an intimate singing style that influenced many male singers who followed, such as Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Dean Martin, Dick Haymes, Elvis Presley, and John Lennon. Yank, the Army Weekly, ''Yank'' magazine said that Crosby was "the person who had done the most for the morale of overseas servicemen" during World War II. In 1948, American polls declared him the "most admired man alive", ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Young
Roland Young (11 November 1887 – 5 June 1953) was an English-born actor. He began his acting career on the London stage, but later found success in America and received an Academy Award nomination for his role in the film '' Topper'' (1937). In 1960, Young was posthumously honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions in the television and motion pictures industries. Early life Born in London, England, Young was the son of an architect, and early indications were that he would pursue the father's career. He was educated at Sherborne School, Sherborne, Dorset and University College London before being accepted into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where his classmate was Gordon Richards. Career Young made his first stage appearance in London's West End in ''Find the Woman'' in 1908, and in 1912 he made his Broadway debut in '' Hindle Wakes''. He appeared in two comedies written for him by Clare Kummer, ''Good Gracious Annabelle!'' (1916 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leila Hyams
Leila Hyams (May 1, 1905 – December 4, 1977) was an American actress who came from a show business family. Her relatively short film career began in 1924 during the era of silent films and ended in 1936 (excepting a 1946 film short appearance). The blonde blue-eyed ingenue and leading lady appeared in more than 50 film roles and remained a press favourite, with numerous magazine covers. Early life She was born in New York City to vaudeville comedy performers John Hyams and Leila McIntyre, who performed as the duo "Hyams and McIntyre" Her mother was a noted Broadway performer, and both her parents appeared in films. They can be seen together in several Hollywood films, primarily in minor supporting roles or uncredited appearances, including '' The Housekeeper's Daughter'' (1939). Hyams appeared on stage with her parents while still a child, working in their vaudeville act for five years, but unable to establish a successful theatre career, she turned to modelling, modelling cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruggles Of Red Gap
''Ruggles of Red Gap'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring: Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charlie Ruggles and ZaSu Pitts and featuring Roland Young and Leila Hyams. It was based on the best-selling 1915 novel by Harry Leon Wilson, adapted by Humphrey Pearson, with a screenplay by Walter DeLeon and Harlan Thompson. The story concerns a British gentleman's gentleman who discovers a "new birth of freedom" in a small Western American town in the early 20th century. ''Ruggles of Red Gap'' was "an immense commercial hit" and confirmed Leo McCarey's stature as Paramount's outstanding comedy filmmaker of his day. Plot Marmaduke Ruggles is valet to the Earl of Burnstead in 1908. Earl tells Ruggles that he has gambled him away in a drunken game of poker, and he is to report to his new masters – ''nouveau riche'' American millionaires Egbert and Effie Floud – immediately. Ruggles bemoans the idea of being relegated to "the land of slavery," but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mammy (1930 Film)
''Mammy'' (1930) is an American pre-Code musical comedy-drama film with Technicolor sequences, released by Warner Bros. The film starred Al Jolson and was a follow-up to his previous film, '' Say It with Songs'' (1929). ''Mammy'' became Al Jolson's fourth feature, following earlier screen efforts as ''The Jazz Singer'' (1927), ''The Singing Fool'' (1928) and '' Say It with Songs'' (1929). The film relives Jolson's early years as a minstrel man. The songs were written by Irving Berlin, who is also credited with the original story titled ''Mr. Bones''. Plot The story deals with the joys and tribulations of a travelling minstrel troupe known as the Merry Meadow Minstrels. Al Jolson plays as a blackface endman while Lowell Sherman plays as the interlocutor. Hobart Bosworth plays as the owner of the show, while his daughter, played by Lois Moran, serves as Al Jolson's love interest in the picture. Sherman's character, however, is also in love with Moran's. The show is in a miserable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Is Everybody Happy? (1929 Film)
''Is Everybody Happy?'' (1929) is an American sound ( All-Talking) pre-Code musical film starring Ted Lewis, Alice Day, Lawrence Grant, Ann Pennington, and Julia Swayne Gordon, directed by Archie Mayo, and released by Warner Bros. The music for the film was written by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke, except for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy and "Tiger Rag". The film's title comes from Lewis's catchphrase "Is everybody happy?" Plot "...some nonsense about an old Hungarian violinist who played symphonies for royal families and his son who played jazz. Elements of mother love, fatherly pride, wealth that can buy finery but not happiness, fail to depress Jazz King Lewis. He excitedly and excitingly blows his clarinet and saxophone, juggles his high hat, croons odd songs in a hoarse voice. Best song: ''I'm the Medicine Man for the Blues''"[https://time.com/archive/6743632/newsreel-theatre/ ''Newsreel Theatre''] November 18, 1929 time.com Cast * Ted Lewis as Ted Todd * Alice Day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Fisher (singer)
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 The Eddie Fisher Show, 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. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!
''Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!'' is the debut studio album by American singer Brenda Lee. The album was released on August 3, 1959 on Decca Records and was produced by Owen Bradley. The album was Brenda Lee's only studio album released during the 1950s. Background and content ''Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!'' was recorded in two separate sessions in January 1959 at the Bradley Film and Recording Studio. The sessions took place on January 4 and January 26. The album consisted of twelve separate tracks of material, many of which were cover versions of previously recorded songs. The opening track entitled "Some of These Days", written by Shelton Brooks, was originally composed in 1910 and the second track entitled "Baby Face" was first recorded in 1926. The album was originally released on an LP record, which contained six songs on each side of the record.in 1961 it was rerelased with a new title but same catalog number as Sings Songs Everybody Knows and in 1968 on Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenda Lee
Brenda Mae Tarpley (born December 11, 1944), known professionally as Brenda Lee, is an American singer. Primarily performing rockabilly, pop, country and Christmas music, she achieved her first ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' hit aged 12 in 1957 and was given the nickname "Little Miss Dynamite". Some of Lee's most successful songs include "Sweet Nothin's", "I'm Sorry (Brenda Lee song), I'm Sorry", "I Want to Be Wanted", "Speak to Me Pretty", "All Alone Am I" and "Losing You (Brenda Lee song), Losing You". Her festive song "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", recorded in 1958, topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 2023, making Lee the oldest artist ever to top the chart and breaking several chart records. Having sold over 100 million records globally, Lee is one of the most successful American artists of the 20th century. Lee was the second woman ever to top the Billboard Hot 100 (after Connie Francis) when her song “I’m Sorry” reached #1 in 1960. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretty Baby (album)
''Pretty Baby'' is an album recorded by Dean Martin for Capitol Records during two sessions on January 28 and 30, 1957. The backing orchestration was conducted by Gus Levene. The completed album was released on June 17, 1957. The album cover art features Dean Martin's second wife Jeanne Martin (née Biegger.) Track listing LP Capitol Records Catalog Number T-849 Side A Side B Compact Disc 1997 EMI/Capitol combined ''Pretty Baby with This Time I'm Swingin!'' (from 1960). Catalog Number 7243 8 54546 2 9. 2005 Collectors' Choice Music reissue added four more tracks to the twelve tracks on the original Capitol LP. Catalog Number WWCCM06062. Personnel *Dean Martin: vocals *Gus Levene: leader *Hy Lesnick: contractor *Alvino Rey: guitar *Vincent Terri: guitar *Joseph G. 'Joe' Comfort: bass * Nick Fatool: drums *Edwin L 'Buddy' Cole: piano * Julian C. 'Matty' Matlock: clarinet *Charles T. 'Chuck' Gentry: saxophone *Edward R. Miller: saxophone *Elmer R. 'Moe' Schneider: trombone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Martin
Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor, and comedian. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Cool", he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the mid-20th century. Martin gained his career breakthrough together with comedian Jerry Lewis, billed as Martin and Lewis, in 1946. They performed in nightclubs and later had numerous appearances on radio and television and in films. Following an acrimonious ending of the partnership in 1956, Martin pursued a solo career as a performer and actor. He established himself as a singer, recording numerous contemporary songs as well as standards from the Great American Songbook. Martin became one of the most popular acts in Las Vegas and was known for his friendship with fellow artists Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr., who together with several others formed the Rat Pack. Starting in 1965, Martin was the host of the television variety progra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
