"Jimmy Durante James Francis Durante (February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American singer, pianist, comedian, and actor. His distinctive clipped gravelly speech, Lower East Side Manhattan accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of America's most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. He often referred to his nose as ""the schnozzola"" (from the Yiddish slang word ""schnoz"" [big nose]), and the word became his nickname. Durante was born on the Lower East Side of New York City. He was the youngest of four children born to Rosa (Lentino)"
"the early 1970s. From then until his death three decades later, he lived with family and in veterans' hospitals. Marmarosa was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 12, 1925. He had ""Italian working-class parents"" – Joseph and Carmella. He was the middle of three children, between sisters Audrey and Doris, and grew up in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Marmarosa attended Peabody High School. He received the uncomplimentary nickname ""Dodo"" as a child because of his large head, short body, and bird-like nose. Although he had stated an interest in playing the trumpet, Marmarosa's parents persuaded him to take"
"Jerry Colonna (entertainer) Gerardo Luigi ""Jerry"" Colonna (September 17, 1904 – November 22, 1986) was an American musician, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter and trombonist best remembered as the zaniest of Bob Hope's sidekicks in Hope's popular radio shows and films of the 1940s and 1950s. With his pop-eyed facial expressions and walrus-sized handlebar moustache, Colonna was known for singing loudly ""in a comic caterwaul,"" according to ""Raised on Radio"" author Gerald Nachman, and for his catchphrase, ""Who's Yehudi?"", uttered after many an old joke, although it usually had nothing to do with the joke. The line was believed to be"
"the radio medium. Thomas made appearances on such radio shows as ""The Bickersons"", ""The Baby Snooks Show"", and ""The Big Show"" starring future recurring ""Revue"" hostess Tallulah Bankhead. Thomas got a stint at his own radio show entitled ""The Danny Thomas Show"", which ran from 1942 to 1943 on the Blue Network and again from 1947 to 1948 on CBS. Jimmy Durante, known to many as ""The Schnoz"" and ""the Great Schnozzola"", established himself as a comedian and talented musician long before ""Revue"" and before the beginning of television itself. Durante first became known as a member of the Original"
"Lonnie Donegan Anthony James Donegan (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002), known as Lonnie Donegan, was a British skiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the ""King of Skiffle"", who influenced 1960s British pop musicians. Born in Scotland and raised in England from the age of 1, the ""British Hit Singles & Albums"" lists him as ""Britain's most successful and influential recording artist before The Beatles"". Donegan had 31 UK Top 30 single hits, 24 being successive and three at number one. He was the first British male singer with two US Top 10 hits. Donegan received an"
"Al Jolson Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson; May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was an American singer, comedian, and stage and film actor. At the peak of his career, he was dubbed ""The World's Greatest Entertainer"". His performing style was brash and extroverted, and he popularized many songs that benefited from his ""shamelessly sentimental, melodramatic approach."" In the 1920s, Jolson was America's most famous and highest-paid entertainer. Between 1911 and 1928, Jolson had nine sell-out Winter Garden shows in a row, more than 80 hit records, and 16 national and international tours. Although best remembered today as the star"
"television mini-series, ""Rich Man, Poor Man"". He has a daughter named Cynthia and three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren who all live in Georgia. Tommy Roe Thomas David ""Tommy"" Roe (born May 9, 1942) is an American pop music singer-songwriter. Best-remembered for his hits ""Sheila"" (1962) and ""Dizzy"" (1969), Roe was ""widely perceived as one of the archetypal bubblegum artists of the late 1960s, but cut some pretty decent rockers along the way, especially early in his career,” wrote the Allmusic journalist Bill Dahl. Roe was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, where he attended Brown High School. After"
"Leighton Noble Leighton Noble, born Faye Leighton Jepsen (December 25, 1912—March 5, 1994) was an American vocalist and bandleader active during the swing era. He was also an actor and television presenter. Noble's parents divorced when he was young, and he took his stepfather's surname. He learned piano as a child and put together a band called the Blue Blazers while a student at Pasadena High School. He matriculated at Pasadena City College and led a larger band on campus, but after two years of study, he won a singing contest at Los Angeles's Cocoanut Grove Ballroom and quit school."
"Esquerita Eskew Reeder, Jr. (November 20, 1935 - October 23, 1986), usually known by the stage name Esquerita, and occasionally as S.Q. Reeder or The Magnificent Malochi, was an American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist, known for his frenetic performances. He has been credited with influencing rock and roll pioneer Little Richard. A native of Greenville, South Carolina, he was the son of Elizabeth and Eskew Reeder, and attended Sterling High School in Greenville from 1947 to 1950. Though most sources give his birth name as Eskew Reeder, Jr., some give the name Stephen Quincy Reeder. Reeder was a self-taught"
"Lefty Frizzell William Orville Frizzell, known as Lefty Frizzell (March 31, 1928 – July 19, 1975), was an American country music singer-songwriter and honky-tonk singer. A vocalist who set the style of singing ""the country way"" for the generations that followed, Frizzell became one of the most successful and influential artists of country music throughout his career. He gained prominence in 1950 after two major hits, and throughout the decade was a very popular country performer. He smoothed out the rough edges of a honky tonk song by sounding out syllables longer and singing longer. Because of this, his music"
"in Santa Rosa, California. In 1982 she married Academy Award-winning screenwriter and novelist Ernest Tidyman. She was his fourth wife. He died from complications from a perforated ulcer in 1984 in London. Chris Clark (singer) Christine Elizabeth ""Chris"" Clark (born February 1, 1946) is an American soul, jazz, and blues singer, who recorded for Motown Records. Clark became famous in England as the ""white negress"" (a nickname meant as a compliment), because the six-foot platinum blonde, blue-eyed soul singer toured with fellow Motown artists, who were predominantly black. Clark was born in Santa Cruz, California. Recording on the Motown V.I.P."
"1968 in an automobile accident while traveling in Texas. He married Mona Evans in 1971. Notes A^ ""May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose"" also peaked at number 4 on the Canadian ""RPM"" Top Singles Chart. Little Jimmy Dickens James Cecil Dickens (December 19, 1920 – January 2, 2015), better known by his stage name, Little Jimmy Dickens, was an American country music singer and songwriter famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size (4'11"" [150 cm]), and his rhinestone-studded outfits (which he is given credit for introducing into country music live performances). He started as a"
"Tyrese, Dr. Dre, Raheem Devaughn, Black Thought, Jadakiss, Talib Kweli, Spike Lee, John Legend, and others. Skyzoo has headlined or co-headlined often-yearly tours throughout Europe, the United Kingdom, Africa, Australia, and Asia, and he owns and operates the independent record label First Generation Rich. Skyzoo was born Gregory Skyler Taylor on in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York. He was nicknamed Skyzoo by his parents after the Skyy disco song of the same name (his middle name is Skyler). Skyzoo moved to the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn in his youth. Skyzoo grew up listening to hip hop artists"
"Wayne Newton Carson Wayne Newton (born April 3, 1942) is an American singer and entertainer. One of the best-known entertainers in Las Vegas, Nevada, he is known by the nicknames The Midnight Idol, Mr. Las Vegas and Mr. Entertainment. His well known songs include 1972's ""Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast"" (his biggest hit, peaking at No. 4 on the ""Billboard"" chart), ""Years"" (1980), and his vocal version of ""Red Roses for a Blue Lady"" (1965). His signature song ""Danke Schoen"" (1963) was notably used in the score for ""Ferris Bueller's Day Off"" (1986). He was born Carson Wayne Newton"
"Johnny Roventini Johnny Roventini, also known as John Louis Roventini and popularly as Johnny Philip Morris, (August 15, 1910 – November 30, 1998) was an American actor with dwarfism. Less than four feet tall as a fully developed adult, Roventini was working as a bellboy at the New Yorker Hotel in 1933 when he was discovered by an advertising mogul, who had him perform a page, issuing a ""Call for Philip Morris"". He reportedly could always vocalize a perfect B-flat tone as he repeated those words, literally over a million times during his career, according to his own estimate. He"
"Robert Middleton Robert Middleton (born Samuel G. Messer, May 13, 1911 – June 14, 1977) was an American film and television actor known for his large size, beetle-like brows, and a deep, booming voice (for which he was known as ""Big Bob Middleton""), usually in the portrayal of ruthless villains. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Middleton was one of four children of a building contractor. He trained for a musical career at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Middleton's career in entertainment began with a job as an announcer on WLW radio in Cincinnati. He"
"Count Cutelli Gaetano Mazzaglia dei Conti Cutelli (January 1, 1889 – July 16, 1944), better known as Count Tano Cutelli, was an Italian-American nobleman and sound effects specialist for television and Hollywood films during the 1920s and '30s, and worked for companies including Disney and Looney Tunes. He is best known for being one of the original voices of both Mickey Mouse and Porky Pig. In his career he received the nickname ""The Big Noise"" for the 2000 or so sound effects he could create with his voice. Gaetano Mazzaglia dei Conti Cutelli was born in Sicily, and grew up"
"Ernest Ashworth Ernest Bert Ashworth (December 15, 1928 – March 2, 2009) was an American country music singer, broadcaster, and longtime Grand Ole Opry star. Signed to the Hickory label, he recorded two studio albums in his career and charted several singles on ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs, including the number one ""Talk Back Trembling Lips"" and seven other top ten hits. Born Ernest Bert Ashworth in Huntsville, Alabama on December 15, 1928, he began his career singing on Huntsville radio station WBHP-AM. In 1949, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he worked for several radio stations and was signed by"
"Tommy Roe Thomas David ""Tommy"" Roe (born May 9, 1942) is an American pop music singer-songwriter. Best-remembered for his hits ""Sheila"" (1962) and ""Dizzy"" (1969), Roe was ""widely perceived as one of the archetypal bubblegum artists of the late 1960s, but cut some pretty decent rockers along the way, especially early in his career,” wrote the Allmusic journalist Bill Dahl. Roe was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, where he attended Brown High School. After graduating, he landed a job at General Electric soldering wires. He had a ""Billboard"" number 1 hit in the U.S. and Australia in"
"Snoop Dogg Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, television personality, entrepreneur, and actor. His music career began in 1992 when he was discovered by Dr. Dre and featured on Dre's solo debut, ""Deep Cover"", and then on Dre's solo debut album, ""The Chronic"". He has since sold over 23 million albums in the United States and 35 million albums worldwide. Snoop's debut album, ""Doggystyle"", produced by Dr. Dre, was released in 1993 by Death Row Records. Bolstered by excitement driven by Snoop's featuring on ""The Chronic"","
"Maxwell (musician) Maxwell (born May 23, 1973), also known by his stage name Musze, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. Along with fellow musicians D'Angelo and Erykah Badu, Maxwell has been credited with helping to shape what has been termed the ""neo soul"" movement that rose to prominence during the late 1990s. Maxwell was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a Haitian mother and a Puerto Rican father. His mother grew up in a devout Baptist household in Haiti. Maxwell's father died in a plane crash when Maxwell was three years old. After receiving a low-cost"
"Dean Martin Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995), was an Italian-American singer, actor, comedian, and producer. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed ""The King of Cool"" for his seemingly effortless charisma and self-assurance. He and Jerry Lewis formed the immensely popular comedy duo Martin and Lewis, with Martin serving as the straight man to Lewis' slapstick hijinks. A member of the ""Rat Pack"", Martin went on to become a star of concert stages, nightclubs, audio recordings, motion pictures, and television. Martin was the"
"New York Times"", she resided in Greenwich Village. Ethel Shutta Ethel Shutta (pronounced ""shoo-TAY""; December 1, 1896 — February 5, 1976) was an American actress and singer, who came to prominence through her performances on Jack Benny's radio show, her role in the early Eddie Cantor musical ""Whoopee!"", and her Broadway comeback in ""Follies"" at the age of 74. In a 1934 vote held by ""Radio Stars"", she came in second place, behind Annette Hanshaw, as the best ""female popular singer."" By age seven, she was known as ""the little girl with the big voice"". Together with her mother, Augusta,"
"August Darnell Thomas August Darnell Browder (born August 12, 1950), known professionally as August Darnell and under the stage name Kid Creole, is an American musician, singer and songwriter best known for co-founding Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band and subsequently forming and leading Kid Creole and the Coconuts. Darnell was born in The Bronx in 1950. His mother was from South Carolina with Caribbean and Italian parents and his father from Savannah, Georgia. As an adult, Thom Browder began going by his two middle names, August Darnell. Claims in some sources that he was born in Montréal in Canada, are"
"variations and references to ""Yehudi"", several cartoons included variations on his oft-used observation, ""Ahhhh, yes! [appropriate adjective], ""is""n't it?!"" Jerry Colonna (entertainer) Gerardo Luigi ""Jerry"" Colonna (September 17, 1904 – November 22, 1986) was an American musician, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter and trombonist best remembered as the zaniest of Bob Hope's sidekicks in Hope's popular radio shows and films of the 1940s and 1950s. With his pop-eyed facial expressions and walrus-sized handlebar moustache, Colonna was known for singing loudly ""in a comic caterwaul,"" according to ""Raised on Radio"" author Gerald Nachman, and for his catchphrase, ""Who's Yehudi?"", uttered after many"
"Chris Cornell Christopher John Cornell (né Boyle; July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was best known as the lead vocalist for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. Cornell was also known for his numerous solo works and soundtrack contributions since 1991, and as the founder and frontman for Temple of the Dog, the one-off tribute band dedicated to his late friend Andrew Wood. Cornell is considered one of the chief architects of the 1990s grunge movement, and is well known for his extensive catalog as a songwriter, his nearly four-octave vocal"
"1980s. He died from asthma at the age of 77. Joe Seneca Joe Seneca (January 14, 1919 – August 15, 1996) was an American actor, singer, and songwriter. Seneca was born Joel McGhee, Jr. in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to his acting career, he belonged to the R&B singing group The Three Riffs, which was active from the late 1940s and performed at upscale supper clubs in New York City. He was also a songwriter and had big hits with ""Talk to Me"" which was sung by Little Willie John, and ""Break It to Me Gently,"" which was a smash hit"
"Martin. Dean Martin Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995), was an Italian-American singer, actor, comedian, and producer. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed ""The King of Cool"" for his seemingly effortless charisma and self-assurance. He and Jerry Lewis formed the immensely popular comedy duo Martin and Lewis, with Martin serving as the straight man to Lewis' slapstick hijinks. A member of the ""Rat Pack"", Martin went on to become a star of concert stages, nightclubs, audio recordings, motion pictures, and television. Martin was"
"Muzzy Marcellino Maurice ""Muzzy"" Marcellino (November 27, 1912 – June 11, 1997) was an American singer and musician, known primarily for his clear, melodious style of whistling. Marcellino's whistling was featured in many television and film soundtracks, such as ""The Mickey Mouse Club"" and ""Lassie"". His contributions can also be heard on the soundtrack to the 1954 film ""The High and the Mighty"" and on Hugo Montenegro's 1968 hit version of the main theme to the film ""The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"". He was also the musical director of the CBS daytime show, Art Linkletter's House Party. The"
"Brooksville, Florida; he was 55 years old. On February 5, 2005, Lynyrd Skynyrd did a Super Bowl party in Jacksonville with special guests 3 Doors Down, Jo Dee Messina, Charlie Daniels and Ronnie and Johnny Van Zant's brother Donnie Van Zant of 38 Special. On February 13 of that year Lynyrd Skynyrd did a tribute to Southern Rock on the Grammy Awards with Gretchen Wilson, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban and Dickey Betts. In the summer of 2005, lead singer Johnny Van Zant had to have surgery on his vocal cord to have a polyp removed. He was told not to"
"Skitzo Skitzo is a thrash metal band from Santa Rosa, California, United States. The band was formed in 1981 in Healdsburg, California, when Lance Ozanix and several other people joined together and called their band Venom. The name was later changed to Skitzo, after discovering that there is already a band with the same name. The band's lead singer and songwriter, Lance Ozanix, vomits at the end of the band's performances so that the band can remain ""recognizable"". Ozanix can regurgitate his food and propel it 19 feet. Ozanix appeared in an episode of Judge Judy when a woman, Sadie"
"John W. Cooper John Walcott Cooper, Jr. (February 17, 1873 – 1966) was an African-American ventriloquist, entertainer, and singer with the Southern Jubilee Singers. He was known as the ""Black Napoleon of Ventriloquism"" and also performed under the pseudonym Hezekiah Jones. Over the course of his lifetime Cooper was a member of the Negro Actors Guild of America, the Colored Vaudeville Benevolent Association, and the International Brotherhood of Ventriloquists. He was born in 1873 in Brooklyn to John Walcott Cooper, Sr. and Annie Morris. His parents originally lived in the southern part of the United States; John Cooper Sr. was"
"Morton Downey John Morton Downey (November 14, 1901 – October 25, 1985) was an American singer and entertainer popular in the United States of America in the first half of the 20th century, enjoying his greatest success in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Downey was nicknamed ""The Irish Nightingale"". John Morton Downey was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, the fourth of six children of James A. and Bessie (Cox) Downey, a well-known family in both Wallingford and Waterbury, Connecticut. The grandson of Irish immigrants, he was always known by his middle name since so many of his near relatives were"