"There's No Business Like Show Business (film) Irving Berlin's There's No Business Like Show Business is a 1954 20th Century-Fox DeLuxe Color musical-comedy-drama in CinemaScope, directed by Walter Lang. It stars an ensemble cast, consisting of Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor, Marilyn Monroe, Johnnie Ray, and Richard Eastham. The title is borrowed from the famous song in the stage musical (and MGM film) ""Annie Get Your Gun"". The screenplay was written by Phoebe Ephron and Henry Ephron, based on a story by Lamar Trotti; and the movie was Fox's first musical in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color. Donald"
"Mary Coughlan, Billie Holiday, Mississippi John Hurt, B.B. King, Freddie King, Willie Nelson, Diana Ross (for the film ""Lady Sings the Blues""), Otis Spann, Taj Mahal, Susan Tedeschi, Dinah Washington, Bobby ""Blue"" Bland, Little Milton, Nell Carter and Wingnut Dishwashers Union. A version by Hank Williams, Jr. peaked at number 15 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1990. Song lyrics at Ain't Nobody's Business ""Ain't Nobody's Business"" (originally ""Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness if I Do"") is a 1920s blues song that became one of the first blues standards. It was published in 1922 by Porter Grainger and"
"Ain't Nobody's Business ""Ain't Nobody's Business"" (originally ""Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness if I Do"") is a 1920s blues song that became one of the first blues standards. It was published in 1922 by Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins. The song features a lyrical theme of freedom of choice and a vaudeville jazz–style musical arrangement. It was first recorded, as ""'Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness if I Do"", in 1922 by Anna Meyers, backed by the Original Memphis Five. Recordings by other classic female blues singers, including Sara Martin, Alberta Hunter, and Bessie Smith soon followed. In 1947, the song was revived by the"
"a Lady""), and ""I Get a Kick Out of You"", ""You're the Top"", and ""Anything Goes"" (from ""Anything Goes""). The Irving Berlin song ""There's No Business Like Show Business"", written for the musical ""Annie Get Your Gun"", became Merman's signature song. Merman was born in her maternal grandmother's house located at 359 4th Avenue in Astoria, Queens in New York City in 1908, though she would later emphatically insist that it was actually 1912. Her father, Edward Zimmermann (1879–1977), was an accountant with James H. Dunham & Company, a Manhattan wholesale dry-goods company, and her mother, Agnes (Gardner) Zimmermann (1883–1974),"
"composition ""The Way You Make Me Feel"" (1987) as written and performed by Michael Jackson. Additionally, it has disco-driven influences and ""funkified"" upbeat tempo. Greg Kot of ""Chicago Tribune"" wrote that ""Nobody's Business"" mixes Chicago stepping and house styles and features strings, piano, and a four-on-the-floor kick drum. ""Billboard""'s magazine stuff described it as a ""wonderfully catchy throwback to early-90s club music"", while according to Dan Martin of ""NME"" is a swinging summer jam. Writing for ""The New York Times"", Jon Caramanica stated that ""Nobody's Business"" is gelatinous, smooth, and carefree. Genevieve Koski of ""The A.V. Club"" labeled the duet"
"Mitzi Gaynor Mitzi Gaynor (born Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber; September 4, 1931) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Her notable films include ""There's No Business Like Show Business"" (1954), which featured Irving Berlin's music and also starred Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Marilyn Monroe, Donald O'Connor, and Johnnie Ray; and ""South Pacific"", the 1958 motion picture adaptation of the stage musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Mitzi Gaynor was born as Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber on September 4, 1931, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Pauline, a dancer, and Henry von Gerber, a violinist, cellist, and music"
"his six-decade career, from 1907 to 1966, he produced sheet music, Broadway shows, recordings, and scores played on radio, in films and on television, and his tunes continue to evoke powerful emotions for millions around the world. He wrote songs like ""Alexander's Ragtime Band,"" ""Cheek to Cheek"", ""There's No Business Like Show Business"", ""Blue Skies"" and ""Puttin' On the Ritz."" Some of his songs have become holiday anthems, such as ""Easter Parade"", ""White Christmas"" and ""Happy Holiday"". ""White Christmas"" alone sold over 50 million records, the top single selling song in recording history, won an ASCAP and an Academy Award,"
"(1942), ""Blue Skies"" (1946) and ""Easter Parade"" (1948), with Judy Garland and Fred Astaire, and ""There's No Business Like Show Business"" (1954). The 1942 film ""Holiday Inn"" introduced ""White Christmas"", one of the most recorded songs in history. First sung in the film by Bing Crosby (along with Marjorie Reynolds, whose voice was dubbed by Martha Mears), it has sold over 50 million records and stayed no. 1 on the pop and R&B charts for 10 weeks. Crosby's version is the best-selling single of all time. Music critic Stephen Holden credits this partly to the fact that ""the song also"
"shows. Alongside ""Hooray for Hollywood,"" ""There's No Business Like Show Business"" and ""Another Op'nin', Another Show"", it is considered one of entertainment's signature tunes. The song is perhaps most associated with Judy Garland, who recorded it for her 1960 LP ""That's Entertainment!"". A year later, a live version appeared on Garland's Grammy-winning double album ""Judy at Carnegie Hall"". The song has also become closely identified with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The studio used the song title for its nostalgic series of films featuring clips from its golden musical age, as ""That's Entertainment!"". The original 1974 release spawned two sequels in which the song"
"Bob Crosby (#25) and Phil Harris (#30). ""Play a Simple Melody"" was then featured in the 1954 movie ""There's No Business Like Show Business,"" a movie starring Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor, Johnnie Ray, Mitzi Gaynor, and Marilyn Monroe showcasing Irving Berlin songs from the whole of his career. In the movie, Merman and Dailey sang the song in a vaudeville sequence. Horst Jankowski revived the song for a 1966 run on Billboard's ""Easy Listening"" chart. In the 1960s, the song was the basis of a sketch on the Morecambe & Wise show featuring their writers Dick Hills and"
"Jimmy Witherspoon James Witherspoon (August 8, 1920 – September 18, 1997) was an American jump blues singer. Witherspoon was born in Gurdon, Arkansas. He first attracted attention singing in Calcutta, India, with Teddy Weatherford's band, which made regular radio broadcasts over the U.S. Armed Forces Radio Service during World War II. Witherspoon made his first records with Jay McShann's band in 1945. He first recorded under his own name in 1947, and two years later with the McShann band, he had his first hit, ""Ain't Nobody's Business,"" a song that came to be regarded as his signature tune. In 1950"
"Parade"",""Puttin' on the Ritz"", ""Cheek to Cheek"", ""White Christmas"", ""Happy Holiday"", ""Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)"", and ""There's No Business Like Show Business"". His Broadway musical and 1943 film ""This is the Army"", with Ronald Reagan, had Kate Smith singing Berlin's ""God Bless America"" which was first performed in 1938. Berlin's songs have reached the top of the charts 25 times and have been extensively re-recorded by numerous singers including The Andrews Sisters, Eddie Fisher, Al Jolson, Fred Astaire, Ethel Merman, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Linda Ronstadt, Rosemary Clooney,"
"grandchildren. On October 10, 1984, an auction of her personal effects, including furniture, artwork, and theatre memorabilia, earned in excess of $120,000 at Christie's East. The 56th Academy Awards, held on April 2, 1984, ended with a performance of ""There's No Business Like Show Business"" in tribute to Merman. ""Courtesy of NPR"" Windows Media Player Required Ethel Merman Ethel Merman (born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American actress and singer. Known primarily for her distinctive, powerful voice and leading roles in musical theatre, she has been called ""the undisputed First Lady of the"
"was assisting Spialek and Walker with the orchestration duties for the ""George White Scandals of 1939"", featuring Ella Logan, Ann Miller and The Three Stooges. Quickly followed high-profile collaborations with Russell Bennett on Buddy DeSylva's ""DuBarry Was a Lady"" and Mike Todd's ""Mexican Hayride."" He was also a valued ""hot jazz"" and swing exponent for the team of orchestrators who worked on ""Annie Get Your Gun"" and Leonard Bernstein's breakthrough ""On the Town"". Steven Suskin has confirmed that Royal was responsible for arranging the show-stopping Ethel Merman anthem ""There's No Business Like Show Business"". By 1947 Royal went out on"
"to his songs. Berlin initially declined to write the score, worrying that he would be unable to write songs to fit specific scenes in ""a situation show."" Hammerstein persuaded him to study the script and try writing some songs based on it, and within days, Berlin returned with the songs ""Doin' What Comes Naturally"", ""You Can't Get a Man With a Gun"", and ""There's No Business Like Show Business"". Berlin's songs suited the story and Ethel Merman's abilities, and he readily composed the rest of the score to ""Annie Get Your Gun"". The show's eventual hit song, ""There's No Business"
"Inc., but also by the music publishers Chappell, T.B. Harms, and Leo Feist. Several of Berlin's compositions were at the heart of the dispute, but the complaint also cited songs by Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and Oscar Hammerstein II. The trial court found for ""Mad"" publisher E.C., establishing a legal precedent (the so-called """"Mad"" magazine exception"") protecting parody (but not, at that time, satire). The court ruled in E.C.'s favor on all but two of the parodies—""There's No Business Like No Business"" and ""Always""—whose lyrics were considered to revolve around the key words ""business"" and ""always,"""
"Ernest H. Martin Ernest Harold Martin (born Ernest Harold Markowitz; August 28, 1919 – May 8, 1995) was an American Broadway producer who wrote the book for a musical, owned a Broadway theater and produced motion pictures, including""Guys and Dolls"", ""How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"",""A Chorus Line"" and ""Cabaret"" (1972 film nominated for 10 Oscars). Best known for such hits as ""Guys and Dolls"", ""How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"", and ""Cabaret"", Martin left his mark on American and international theatre and screen. Martin, singly or with Cy Feuer, was nominated for the Tony Award"
"Show Business (1938 film) Show Business is a 1938 Australian film musical directed by A. R. Harwood and starring Bert Matthews. It is considered a 'substantially lost' film, with only rushes from a single minor scene left. Two brothers, Bill and Wally Winter, become infatuated with a gold digger, Nina Bellamy. She persuades them to ask their wealthy father, Sir James, for ₤10,000 so Bill can produce a stage show and Wally a movie, both starring Nina. Sir James discovers the truth about Nina and gives his son the money, provided they leave town in secret for one month to"
"prior marriage). Ernest H. Martin Ernest Harold Martin (born Ernest Harold Markowitz; August 28, 1919 – May 8, 1995) was an American Broadway producer who wrote the book for a musical, owned a Broadway theater and produced motion pictures, including""Guys and Dolls"", ""How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"",""A Chorus Line"" and ""Cabaret"" (1972 film nominated for 10 Oscars). Best known for such hits as ""Guys and Dolls"", ""How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"", and ""Cabaret"", Martin left his mark on American and international theatre and screen. Martin, singly or with Cy Feuer, was nominated for the"
"not a commercial success, and Harwood was forced to seek work as a suburban manager and insurance agent. He later remade the film as ""Night Club"" (1951). Show Business (1938 film) Show Business is a 1938 Australian film musical directed by A. R. Harwood and starring Bert Matthews. It is considered a 'substantially lost' film, with only rushes from a single minor scene left. Two brothers, Bill and Wally Winter, become infatuated with a gold digger, Nina Bellamy. She persuades them to ask their wealthy father, Sir James, for ₤10,000 so Bill can produce a stage show and Wally a"
"be remembered more for its loss of Letterman, than for its role as creator of late-night television."" Helen Kushnick, Jay Leno's manager at the time of Carson's retirement who was pushed out following her heavy-handed tactics, filed a $30 million lawsuit against Bill Carter, claiming libel. Specifically, her case related to a claim that she planted a story about Carson's retirement in a New York City tabloid. The then-pending lawsuit was noted in the closing credits of the film, as the Broadway tune ""There's No Business Like Show Business"" plays. The lawsuit settled out of court for an undisclosed sum;"
"Frank Loesser Frank Henry Loesser (; June 29, 1910 – July 28, 1969) was an American songwriter who wrote the lyrics and music to the Broadway musicals ""Guys and Dolls"" and ""How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying"", among others. He won separate Tony Awards for the music and lyrics in both shows, as well as sharing the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the latter. He also wrote numerous songs for films and Tin Pan Alley, many of which have become standards, and was nominated for five Academy Awards for best song, winning once, for ""Baby, It's Cold Outside""."
"him do it twice. It was often said of Malcolm, with a lot of justification, that he never had a stage act – his life was his act."" In his autobiography, Hardee claimed he was the first to attempt the 'banger-up-the-bum' routine, later perfected and performed by Greatest Show on Legs co-star Chris Lynam, in which a firework (occasionally a three-stage Roman Candle) was clenched between the buttocks and lit to a recording of Ethel Merman singing ""There's No Business Like Show Business"". The claim for which Hardee was arguably best known throughout his performing life was that he was"
"Spencer Williams Spencer Williams (October 14, 1889 – July 14, 1969) was an American jazz and popular music composer, pianist, and singer. He is best known for his hit songs ""Basin Street Blues"", ""I Ain't Got Nobody"", ""Royal Garden Blues"", ""I've Found a New Baby"", ""Everybody Loves My Baby"", ""Tishomingo Blues"", and many others. Spencer Williams was born in New Orleans. He was educated at St. Charles University in New Orleans. Williams was performing in Chicago by 1907, and moved to New York City about 1916. After arriving in New York, he co-wrote several songs with Anton Lada of the"
"Spencer Williams Spencer Williams (October 14, 1889 – July 14, 1969) was an American jazz and popular music composer, pianist, and singer. He is best known for his hit songs ""Basin Street Blues"", ""I Ain't Got Nobody"", ""Royal Garden Blues"", ""I've Found a New Baby"", ""Everybody Loves My Baby"", ""Tishomingo Blues"", and many others. Spencer Williams was born in New Orleans. He was educated at St. Charles University in New Orleans. Williams was performing in Chicago by 1907, and moved to New York City about 1916. After arriving in New York, he co-wrote several songs with Anton Lada of the"
"None of My Business ""None of My Business"" is a song by English singer and songwriter Cher Lloyd, released on 19 October 2018 by the Universal Music Group. The song was announced in a video posted to the artist's social media on 16 October 2018, revealing an introduction clip and release date for the single. The track is featured on Lloyd's upcoming third album, currently untitled. The song is Lloyd's first single in two years. It incorporates ""breezy production courtesy of Hitimpulse"" and lyrically features Lloyd making it ""very clear that she has moved on from a former flame"". Post-release"
"Lucky Break for Me""; ""They're Going Down (Brokers' and Customers' Song) - which was rewritten as ""Wedding and Crash""; ""If You Believe"" - a revised version was sung by Johnnie Ray in There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); ""The Little Things in Life"" - which provided hit records for Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Orchestra (vocal by Bing Crosby) on Victor, and Ted Wallace and His Campus Boys (vocal by Dick Dickson) on Columbia; ""A Toast to Prohibition""; ""You've Gotta Do Right by Me"" and ""(I Ask You) Is That Nice?"" Bing Crosby sings ""When The Folks High Up"
"and a 1952 rendering of the dramatic ballad ""Here in My Heart,"" backed by the sisters and Nelson Riddle's lush strings. His duets with Patty Andrews were also well received, both on Decca vinyl and on radio's ""Club Fifteen"" with the sisters, which he hosted in 1949 and 1950. He also joined Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters for 1947 session that produced the ""Billboard"" hit ""There's No Business Like Show Business,"" as well as ""Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)."" His popular renditions of tender ballads such as ""Little White Lies"" and ""Maybe It's Because"" were recorded"
"Nobody's Business (song) ""Nobody's Business"" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna for her seventh studio album ""Unapologetic"" (2012). Co-written by Rihanna together with its producers Terius ""The-Dream"" Nash and Carlos ""Los"" McKinney, it features guest vocals by American singer Chris Brown. It is their third collaboration following the domestic violence case that happened between them in 2009. ""Nobody's Business"" is a disco-pop and R&B-funk song that mixes Chicago stepping and house styles and features strings, piano, and a four-on-the-floor kick drum. It contains interpolation of the 1987 single ""The Way You Make Me Feel"" by Michael Jackson. ""Nobody's"
"is the best thing since... ""Mitzi Gaynor!"" Lisa exclaims. In episode 2 of ""Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus"", Connie Booth played Princess Mitzi Gaynor in ""The Tale of Happy Valley"". Mitzi Gaynor is mentioned on ""The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"" in Episode 4, ""The Disappointment of the Dionne Quintuplets"". Mitzi Gaynor Mitzi Gaynor (born Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber; September 4, 1931) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Her notable films include ""There's No Business Like Show Business"" (1954), which featured Irving Berlin's music and also starred Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Marilyn Monroe, Donald O'Connor, and Johnnie Ray; and ""South"
"There's No Business Like Show Business (1954). She was photographed extensively wearing this dress with a white fur stole and with a pair of matching opera gloves. The satin dress, designed by William Travilla, is a strapless, floor-length shocking pink dress with straight neckline, with uncovered arms and broad shoulders and side slits. The dress is decorated with a big bow stuffed with ostrich feathers and horsehair on the back and a belt, both in the same shade of her dress. To make the dress easier to perform in (and to appease the censorship board) Travilla, himself lined the garment"
"Roger A. Graham Roger A. Graham (12 June 1885 Providence, Rhode Island – 25 October 1938 Chicago) was an American lyricist, composer, singer, and music publisher who flourished from 1906 to 1920 — a period that included World War I, the golden age of Tin Pan Alley (from about 1915 to 1920), the dawn of the Jazz Age ""(circa"" 1914), and the silent film era. Graham was a proponent of vaudeville and burlesque songs. But as a lyricist and publisher, Graham is most remembered for having been an exponent of blues songs. From about 1914 to 1919, Graham's success and"
"on ""I Got Lost In His Arms,"" ""There's No Business Like Show Business,"" ""Better Luck Next Time,"" and ""Cheek to Cheek."" Ed Bickert plays all other guitar solos and is Rosemary Clooney's accompanist on ""Be Careful, It's My Heart"" and ""What'll I Do."" Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Irving Berlin Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Irving Berlin is a 1984 album by Rosemary Clooney, of songs composed by Irving Berlin and released on Concord Jazz label. All music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. Personnel: Produced by Carl E. Jefferson Recorded at Mastermind Sound Studios, New York City, June"