This is just a test, folks, to see if our equipment is working
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYQ2hOOa-WU
Eydie Gorme
I'll Take Romance
I will get Steve Lawrence on the station, also.
Since Angelica Houston won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her work in the 1985 movie, Prizzi's Honor, I thought we would salute her with one of the operatic arias featured on that film's soundtrack.
This one is "O mio Babbino caro" (from "Gianni Schicchi" by Giacomo Puccini). I am particularly fond of this version by Dame Kiri te Kanawa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUE2zG3R-hc&feature=related
nice one, firefly. i'm dropping by with a George Harrison oldie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVGJSYOnGes
Great music from everyone.
Since we were talking about Henry Mancini before, I must post this one, simply because I have always loved it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flm4xcOyiCo&feature=related
This is such a great love song (from a beautiful movie), and Steve Lawrence does it so well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2BQxj2llmE
And, possibly because I am an opera lover, and particularly fond of this aria, which is also on the soundtrack of Prizzi's Honor, I wanted to share this one with you.
It is "Una furtiva lagrima" from L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti. Here it is sung by the very exciting young tenor, Juan Diego Florez.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q9wFD9E3l0&feature=related
My pbs station recently broadcast the current Metropolitan Opera production of "La Fille du Regiment" (The Daughter of the Regiment) with Juan Diego Florez. He was just wonderful, and hit those 9 high C's in "Ah! Mes Amis" effortlessly. It is also a particularly charming production, due in no small part to the talents of the soprano, Natalie Dessay. Pbs has also shown the Met production of The Barber of Seville with Juan Diego Florez--another delight. These are really operatic treats, and I would urge you to catch them if you can on your local pbs station.
Well, I want to thank everyone for keeping our cyber radio on the air. Perhaps this song by Ray and Diana will work, folks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T8Yjy_ERk8
That works for me, Letty.
I just came across this one and enjoyed it.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NdKY8IzhEZI&feature=related
Good morning, WA2K radio audience.
One sure thing in life, folks; when a repair man is called, everything starts working. When he smiles and leaves, all breaks down again.
I would like to thank everyone for the marvelous music including the heart winning arias and unique contributions. I particularly enjoyed Steve's, "I Will Wait for You." Michel Legrand is one helluva composer.
If I missed anyone, please accept my apologies as it takes time catching up, I'm afraid.
Today is Tom Hanks birthday, so let's hear this one from Cast Away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17Q8D8785DU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1EJ0KxKvW0
Good morning. I thought a bit of humor might be in order, so I got Merle Haggard and Marty Robbinsto put a routine together for us.
Today is also the birthday of another fine actor, Brian Dennehy. Among his many performances, was a co-starring role in 1987 in Best Seller. The soundtrack of that movie included this lovely song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WvXpgLtTwY&feature=related
Ed Ames
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Background information
Birth name Edmund Dantes Urick
Born July 9, 1927 (1927-07-09) (age 80)
Origin Malden, Massachusetts
Genre(s) Pop, Adult Contemporary
Occupation(s) Singer, Actor
Years active 1955-Present
Label(s) Decca Records, Coral Records, RCA Victor Records
Associated acts The Ames Brothers
Ed Ames (born Edmund Dantes Urick on July 9, 1927) is an American popular singer and actor. He is best known for his Pop and Adult Contemporary hits of the 1960s like "When the Snow is on the Roses" and the perennial "My Cup Runneth Over." He also was originally part of a popular singing group of 1950s called The Ames Brothers.
Biography
Early life
Ames was born in Malden, Massachusetts to Russian Jewish immigrants.[1] He was one of nine children, five boys and four girls. Ames grew up in a poor household, but was educated in Classical and Opera music, as well as in Literature, such as Shakespeare. Ames was very athletic as a child and teenager, but he always knew that music would one day become his future destiny, as well as for his brothers; Gene, Mac, Vic and Joe. Together, while still in high school, the brothers formed a quartet and often won competitions around the Boston area in Massachusetts. Three of the brothers later formed the Amory Brothers quartet and went to New York, where they were hired by bandleader Art Mooney. Abe Burrows, a playwright entertainer at the time who helped the brothers along the way, had suggested the brothers change their names to the Ames Brothers.
Early career
They were first signed on with Decca Records in 1948. However, because of the Musician Union's ban, their records from Decca were never released. Instead, they signed on with another label, Coral Records, a subsidiary of Decca. They had their first major hit in the 1950s with the double-sided "Ragg Mopp" and "Sentimental Me". Following this, the Brothers continued to have success throughout the 50s with many hits like "It Only Hurts For a Little While", "Man With a Banjo" and "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane". The brothers also made appearances regularly on variety shows, and even for a short period of time had their very own 15 minute variety show in 1955.
Acting career
In 1960, The Ames Brothers decided to split up and go in different directions. Ed decided that he wanted to pursue a career in acting, so he went to acting school at the Herbert Berghoff School. His first starring role was in an Off-Broadway production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, going on to starring performances in The Fantasticks and Carnival!, which was on Broadway. He was also in the national touring company of Carnival.
Although Ames was Jewish, his dark complexion led to his being cast regularly as an American Indian. His greatest success as a stage actor came when he played Chief Bromden in the Broadway production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, opposite Kirk Douglas. Talent scouts at 20th Century Fox saw Ed in the production and invited him to play the Native American Mingo on the television show Daniel Boone.
While playing Mingo on television, Ames developed some skill in throwing a tomahawk. This led to one of the most memorable moments of his career, when he appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on April 29, 1965. During the course of the show, Ames and Johnny Carson were discussing Ames' tomahawk throwing abilities. When Ames claimed that he could hit a target from across the room, Carson asked Ames if he could demonstrate this skill. Ames agreed, and a wood panel with a chalk outline of a cowboy was brought on to the stage. Ames proceeded to throw the tomahawk, which hit the "cowboy" in the tip of the crotch. This led to a very long burst of laughter from the audience and Carson's famous ad-libs; "I didn't even know you were Jewish!" and "Welcome to Frontier Bris."
Singing career
During the 1960s, Ed returned to singing, this time however as a solo artist. He released his first single, "Try to Remember", in 1965. The song barely made the charts. However, a bigger success came in 1967 with "My Cup Runneth Over". The song was both a Pop hit and an Adult Contemporary hit. He had less success on the Pop charts soon after, and only had Adult Contemporary hits. The hits were "When the Snow Is On the Roses", "Time Time" and "Timeless Love". He did make the Pop Top Twenty one last time in his singing career with the song "Who Will Answer" in 1968.
Personal life
While maintaining his career, he attended UCLA, receiving his degree in theater and cinema arts, with highest honors, in 1975. He continues to be actively involved in plays like South Pacific, Camelot and Fiddler on the Roof. He also continues to make many more TV show appearances and concert appearances. Today, he lives in Santa Ynez, California. He often visits his Daniel Boone partner, Fess Parker, who lives only 15 minutes away from him.
Vince Edwards
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born July 9, 1928(1928-07-09)
Brooklyn, New York
Died March 11, 1996 (aged 67)
Los Angeles, California
Vince Edwards (July 9,[1] 1928 - March 11, 1996) was an American actor, director, and singer, best known for the role of TV doctor "Ben Casey".
Biography
Early life
Edwards was born Vincent Edward Zoino III in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Julia and Vincento Zoino (a bricklayer), immigrants from Italy. He had a twin brother and was the youngest of seven children.[2] He was a standout on his high school swim team and went on to study at Ohio State University on an athletic scholarship. There, he was part of the university's swim team that won the United States National Championships.
Career
Zoino studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and in 1950, he was signed to a contract by Paramount Pictures, making his film debut as "Vince Edwards" in 1951's Mr. Universe then played the lead next year in Hiawatha. Although he had major or lead roles in several films, including the 1958 film noir, Murder by Contract, it was not until he starred as the title character on the highly successful Ben Casey television series that he achieved a real level of stardom. The medical drama show, which he occasionally directed, ran from 1961 to 1966 and as a result of his popularity, Edwards released several music albums that met with reasonable success. Vince was represented by one of Hollywood's first "Super Agents", Abbey Greshler of Diamond Artists in Hollywood.
When the television series ended, Edwards returned to acting in motion pictures with a major role in the 1968 war drama, The Devil's Brigade. He continued to act in film as well as in guest spots on television plus. He directed a number of episodes in a variety of television series including the original Battlestar Galactica. Edwards made his last film in 1995, after which he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
He died in Los Angeles, California the following year and was buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.
Lee Hazlewood
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Birth name Barton Lee Hazlewood[1]
Born July 9, 1929(1929-07-09)
Mannford, Oklahoma
Origin Port Neches, Texas
Died August 4, 2007
(aged 78) Henderson, Nevada
Genre(s) Country
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer
Years active 1958 - 2006
Associated acts Duane Eddy and Nancy Sinatra
Notable instrument(s)
Guitar
Lee Hazlewood (July 9, 1929 - August 4, 2007) was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late fifties and singer Nancy Sinatra in the sixties.[2]
Hazlewood had a distinctive baritone voice that added an ominous resonance to his music. Hazlewood's collaborations with Nancy Sinatra as well as his solo output in the late 1960s and early 1970s have been praised as an essential contribution to a sound often described as "Cowboy Psychedelia" or "Saccharine Underground".[3]
Career
The son of an oil man, Hazlewood was born in Mannford, Oklahoma[1] and spent most of youth living between Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, and Louisiana. Hazlewood spent his teenage years in Port Neches, Texas where he was exposed to a rich Gulf Coast music tradition. Hazlewood studied for a medical degree at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.[1] He served with the United States Army during the Korean War.[1]
Following discharge from the military, Hazlewood worked as a disc jockey while honing his songwriting skills. His first hit as a producer and songwriter was "The Fool", recorded by rockabilly artist Sanford Clark in 1956. Hazlewood partnered with pioneering rock guitarist Duane Eddy.[1], producing and cowriting an unprecedented string of hit instrumental records, including "Peter Gunn", "Boss Guitar", "40 Miles Of Bad Road", "Shazam!", "Rebel Rouser" and "[Dance With The] Guitar Man".
Hazlewood is perhaps best known for having written and produced the 1966 Nancy Sinatra U.S./U.K. #1 hit, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". He also wrote "How Does That Grab Ya, Darlin'" and "Sugar Town" for Sinatra.[2] He also wrote "Houston", a 1965 U.S. hit recorded by Dean Martin.
In the 1970s Hazlewood moved to Stockholm, Sweden, where he wrote and produced the one-hour television show Cowboy in Sweden, which also later emerged as an album.[4]
Hazlewood was semi-retired from the music business during the 1970s and '80s. However, his own output also achieved a cult status in the underground rock scene, with songs covered by artists such as Vanilla Fudge, Lydia Lunch, Primal Scream, Entombed, Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave, Hooverphonic, Anita Lane, Megadeth, Beck, Boyd Rice,Thin White Rope and Slowdive.
In 2006, Hazlewood sang on Bela B.'s first solo album, Bingo, on the song "Lee Hazlewood und das erste Lied des Tages" ("Lee Hazlewood and the first song of the day").
In 2005 he was diagnosed with terminal renal cancer,[1] yet undertook an extensive round of interviews and promotional activities in support of his last album, Cake or Death.
His last recording was for the vocals of Icelandic quartet Amiina's single "Hilli (At The Top Of The World)".[5]
Hazlewood died of renal cancer[6] in Henderson, Nevada on August 4, 2007, survived by his wife Jeane, son Mark and daughters Debbie and Samantha.
