"Harold Lang's performance as the heel. In reviewing the 1995 ""Encores!"" concert, Vincent Canby noted: Here was a show in which cynicism, sophistication, bogus sentimentality and high spirits were as much the content as the form of an otherwise traditional Broadway musical. The first production [1940] shocked a lot of critics and many theatergoers. There was no question about the quality of the Richard Rodgers score and Lorenz Hart lyrics. The disturbance was caused by John O'Hara's corrosive book: the sordid adventures of a Chicago nightclub singer and M.C. named Joey Evans. It wasn't until the 1952 revival that Joey"
"Pal Joey (film) Pal Joey is a 1957 American Technicolor musical film, loosely adapted from the musical play of the same name, and starring Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, and Kim Novak. Jo Ann Greer sang for Hayworth, as she had done previously in ""Affair in Trinidad"" and ""Miss Sadie Thompson"". Kim Novak's singing voice was dubbed by Trudy Stevens. George Sidney directed, with the choreography managed by Hermes Pan. Nelson Riddle handled the musical arrangements for the Rodgers and Hart standards ""The Lady is a Tramp"", ""I Didn't Know What Time It Was,"" ""I Could Write a Book"" and ""There's"
"Joey"" was ranked by ""Variety"" as one of the ten highest earning films of 1957. Academy Awards Golden Globes Writers Guild of America Other honors The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Pal Joey (film) Pal Joey is a 1957 American Technicolor musical film, loosely adapted from the musical play of the same name, and starring Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, and Kim Novak. Jo Ann Greer sang for Hayworth, as she had done previously in ""Affair in Trinidad"" and ""Miss Sadie Thompson"". Kim Novak's singing voice was dubbed by Trudy Stevens. George Sidney directed, with the"
"childhood home, the John O'Hara House in Pottsville was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. O'Hara's epistolary novel ""Pal Joey"" (1940) led to the successful Broadway musical, with libretto by O'Hara and songs by Rodgers and Hart. In 1957, ""Pal Joey"" was made into a musical film starring Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, and Kim Novak. ""From the Terrace"" is a 1960 film adapted from O'Hara's 1958 novel of the same title. The film starred Paul Newman as disenchanted Alfred Eaton, son of a wealthy but indifferent father and alcoholic mother as well as Joanne Woodward as"
"the film version, as recorded at Columbia. The Sinatra songs as they appear in the film as well as those performed by Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak (both were dubbed), Jo Ann Greer (Hayworth) and Trudi Erwin (Novak) were recorded at Columbia Pictures studios in true stereo. Opening to positive reviews on October 25, 1957, ""Pal Joey"" was an instant success with critics and the general public alike. The ""Variety"" review summarized: """"Pal Joey"" is a strong, funny entertainment. Dorothy Kingsley's screenplay, from John O'Hara's book, is skillful rewriting, with colorful characters and solid story built around the Richard Rodgers"
"rushed to the cinemas to see Sinatra and Crosby together on-screen, and it ended up earning over $13million at the box office, becoming one of the highest-grossing pictures of 1956. In 1957, Sinatra starred opposite Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak in George Sidney's ""Pal Joey"", for which he won for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Santopietro considers the scene in which Sinatra sings ""The Lady Is a Tramp"" to Hayworth to have been the finest moment of his film career. He next portrayed comedian Joe E. Lewis in ""The Joker Is Wild"";"
"next film, ""Anchors Aweigh"" (1945), also starring Frank Sinatra. Columbia bought the film rights to ""Pal Joey"", which Kelly had done on Broadway, hoping to pair up Kelly and Hayworth again, but MGM refused to loan him out, and instead the film was made with Sinatra playing the lead. Carmen Dragon and Morris Stoloff won the 1944 Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture. The following were nominated, but did not win: The song ""Long Ago (and Far Away)"" was also ranked 92nd on the American Film Institute's 2004 list AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs. Cover Girl (film)"
"Jamboree (1957 film) Jamboree, known as Disc Jockey Jamboree in the United Kingdom, is the name of a black and white 1957 rock and roll film, directed by Roy Lockwood. Its story is about a boy and girl, Pete Porter and Honey Wynn, played by Paul Carr and Freda Holloway, who become overnight sensations as a romantic singing duo who run into trouble when their squabbling managers, played by Kay Medford and Bob Pastine, try to turn them into solo acts. Against this backdrop in cameo performances appear some of the biggest names of rock and roll in the 1950s"
"became one of the biggest box-office draws of 1957 and 1958. Columbia then placed her in a film adaptation of ""Pal Joey"" (also 1957), based on the 1940 novel and Broadway play, both written by John O'Hara. Playing Linda English, a naive showgirl, she again co-starred opposite Frank Sinatra and Rita Hayworth. Released in October, the film received favorable reviews; ""Variety"" called the film ""strong, funny entertainment,"" although Novak's performance has generated a mixed reaction, partly because of noticeable lack of on-screen charisma. The movie was a box-office hit and has been considered one of Novak's better performances. Director Alfred"
"debut came in ""The Blue Paradise"" (1915), a production that was underwritten by her father. In 1924 and 1925, she was a member of the ""Ziegfeld Follies"". Segal may be best remembered for creating the role of Vera Simpson in Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's ""Pal Joey"" and introduced the song ""Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"". ""Pal Joey"" opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre December 25, 1940, with a cast that included Gene Kelly and June Havoc. She also starred as Morgan LeFay in the Rodgers and Hart revival of ""A Connecticut Yankee"" in 1942. One of Lorenz Hart's last songs,"
"Joey Bishop Joseph Abraham Gottlieb (February 3, 1918 – October 17, 2007), known professionally as Joey Bishop, was an American entertainer who appeared on television as early as 1948 and eventually starred in his own weekly comedy series playing a talk/variety show host, then later hosted a late night talk show with Regis Philbin as his young sidekick on ABC. He also was a member of the ""Rat Pack"" with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Peter Lawford. Bishop, the youngest of five children, was born in The Bronx, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants Anna (Siegel) and Jacob"
"Gladys; cut songs restored; Linda's reprise added ""Pal Joey"" premiered on Broadway on December 25, 1940, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and ran for 374 performances. Directed by George Abbott with choreography by Robert Alton, the opening-night cast included Gene Kelly as Joey, Vivienne Segal as Vera, and June Havoc as Gladys. Van Johnson and Stanley Donen were also in the cast. ""Pal Joey"" achieved wider acclaim in the decades after its initial production. Throughout much of the 1940s, the songs from ""Pal Joey"" were banned from radio play by ASCAP, preventing them from becoming popular standards; the ban was"
"lifted in the late 1940s. In 1950, the song ""Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"" became popular and was recorded by various bands and pop singers, including Mel Torme, Doris Day, and Gordon Jenkins and The Harmonicats. Prompted by the song's success, Goddard Lieberson, the producer of Columbia Records, decided to produce a studio cast album of ""Pal Joey"" featuring Harold Lang as Joey and Vivienne Segal reprising her role as Vera. Because of the popularity of that recording, composer-producer Jule Styne produced the 1952 revival, in which Lang and Segal starred. The 1952 revival met with greater success than the original"
"the Broadway musical ""Pal Joey"", which opened in December of that year and starred Gene Kelly. In March 1941 Rae was drafted into the military and replaced in the cast of ""Pal Joey"" by Norman Van Emburgh. He was assigned to the 518th Military Police Battalion stationed at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York, where he was in charge of soldier’s entertainment. Rae deployed to Europe as a member of the 2d Division Counter Intelligence Corps. The 2nd Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment was activated on August 1944 in France and attached to the 2nd Infantry Division. Rae died of wounds"
"of Philadelphia posthumously inducted Bishop into their Hall of Fame in 2009. Joey Bishop Joseph Abraham Gottlieb (February 3, 1918 – October 17, 2007), known professionally as Joey Bishop, was an American entertainer who appeared on television as early as 1948 and eventually starred in his own weekly comedy series playing a talk/variety show host, then later hosted a late night talk show with Regis Philbin as his young sidekick on ABC. He also was a member of the ""Rat Pack"" with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Peter Lawford. Bishop, the youngest of five children, was born"
"(Marilu); Deborah Geffner (Debbie); Boni Enton (Linda); David Hodo (Gent); Austin Colyer (Ernest); Denny Martin Flinn (Waldo the Waiter); Michael Leeds (Victor); Kenn Scalice (Delivery Boy); Adam Petroski (Louis); Joe Sirola (Ludlow Lowell); Ralph Farnworth (O'Brien); Dixie Carter (Melba); and Joan Copeland (Vera). It ran for 73 performances. ""Pal Joey"" had another Broadway revival in 1963 (15 performances) at City Center and starred Bob Fosse as Joey, Viveca Lindfors as Vera, and Kay Medford as Melba. A 1978 revival titled 'Pal Joey '78' starring Clifton Davis as Joey, Lena Horne as Vera, and Josephine Premice as Melba was scrapped due"
"Joey Gilmore Joshua Gilmore (born July 6, 1944), better known as Joey, is an American electric blues and soul blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has shared the stage with James Brown, Etta James, Bobby Bland, Little Milton, and Little Johnny Taylor among others. Gilmore's best known tracks include ""Blues All Over You"". Gilmore was born in Ocala, Florida, United States. Self-taught on the guitar at an early age, from watching a local minister-cum-barber playing his own flat-bodied guitar, Gilmore initially headed a band of youths who appeared in local clubs long before they were legally able to enter such"
"Joe DeRita Joe ""Curly Joe"" DeRita (July 12, 1909 – July 3, 1993), born Joseph Wardell, was an American actor and comedian, who is best known for his stint as a member of the Three Stooges in the persona of ""Curly Joe."" DeRita was born into a show-business family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Florenz (DeRita) and Frank Wardell, and of French-Canadian and English ancestry. He was the youngest of 5 brothers. Wardell's father was a stage technician, his mother a professional stage dancer, and the three often acted on stage together from his early childhood. Taking his mother's"
"Joey (1986 film) Joey is a 1986 film written and directed by Joseph Ellison, based on a story by Ellen Hammill. The rock and roll movie features songs by Tim Worman and the Polecats and performances by the Ad-Libs, the Silhouettes, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and others. Joey King Sr. (James Quinn) was part of a successful singing group in the 1950s and now works at a gas station and is a borderline alcoholic. His son, Joey Jr. (Neill Barry) has started a rock band with his teenage friends which triggers anger in his father and he takes away his son's"
"church. Josephine Airey Josephine ""Chicago Joe"" Airey (1844 – October 25, 1899), was an Irish-born American prostitute, madam, and proprietor of brothels, dance halls, a variety theatre, and saloons in Helena, Montana. She eventually became the most influential landowner in Helena. She was known as ""Chicago Joe"" Hensley following her marriage to James T. Hensley. Josephine was born Mary Welch in Ireland in 1844. When she emigrated to New York City in 1858, she changed her name to Josephine Airey. She held a menial job, but this soon bored her, so she moved to Chicago where she took up prostitution."
"Joey Ramone Jeffrey Ross Hyman (May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001), known professionally as Joey Ramone, was an American musician and singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Ramones. Joey Ramone's image, voice, and tenure as frontman of the Ramones made him a countercultural icon. Jeffrey Ross Hyman was born on May 19, 1951, in Queens, New York to a Jewish family. His parents were Charlotte (""née"" Mandell) and Noel Hyman. The family lived in Forest Hills, Queens, New York where Hyman and his future Ramones bandmates attended Forest Hills High School. Though happy, Hyman was something"
"Blue Lights, Spider Kelly's, Moulin Rouge, Sahara Sands, and the Barbary Coast club with its iconic can-can dancer's leg neon sign. Bee and Ray Goman's Gay ‘90s was at 555 Pacific Avenue, which was the site of the Old Hippodrome (later as Moulin Rouge) dance hall from the Barbary Coast days. It is currently houses an art store, and its basement still displays an old tunnel from its past. During 1957 International Settlement received national exposure when a Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak film, ""Pal Joey"", was shot on that block. Within the film, Frank Sinatra plays an unemployed singer"
"Josephine Airey Josephine ""Chicago Joe"" Airey (1844 – October 25, 1899), was an Irish-born American prostitute, madam, and proprietor of brothels, dance halls, a variety theatre, and saloons in Helena, Montana. She eventually became the most influential landowner in Helena. She was known as ""Chicago Joe"" Hensley following her marriage to James T. Hensley. Josephine was born Mary Welch in Ireland in 1844. When she emigrated to New York City in 1858, she changed her name to Josephine Airey. She held a menial job, but this soon bored her, so she moved to Chicago where she took up prostitution. In"
"Jimmy de Winter), ""Babes in Arms"" (again featuring Cassidy and Mary Martin) and ""Pal Joey"" (with Harold Lang in the title role and Vivienne Segal repeating her original 1940 stage role as Vera Simpson). All of these were studio recordings, not original cast albums. The ""Pal Joey"" recording was so successful that it actually led to a major, long-running revival of the show in 1952, with the same two stars who had appeared on the album, Vivienne Segal (who had also starred in the original 1940 stage production) and Harold Lang. He also conducted what was then the most complete"
"Joely Fisher and Tricia Leigh Fisher with Stevens. Fisher was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the fourth of seven children born to Gitte (later Katherine or ""Katie""; ""née"" Winokur; 1902–1991) and Joseph Tisch (1901–1967), who were Russian Jewish immigrants. His father's surname was originally Tisch, but was changed to Fisher by the time of the 1940 census. To his family, Fisher was always called ""Sonny Boy"", a nickname derived from the song of the same name in Al Jolson's film ""The Singing Fool"" (1928). Fisher attended Thomas Junior High School, South Philadelphia High School, and Simon Gratz High School. It was"
"My Gal Sal My Gal Sal is a 1942 20th Century Fox musical starring Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature. The film is a biopic of 1890s composer and songwriter Paul Dresser and singer Sally Elliot. It was based on a biographical essay, sometimes erroneously referred to as a book, by Dresser's younger brother, novelist Theodore Dreiser. (Dreiser was the original family name.) Some of the songs portrayed as Dresser's work were actually written by him, but several were created for the film by the Hollywood songwriting team of Ralph Grainger and Leo Robin. Sally Elliott (Rita Hayworth), a musical star"
"""You (Sinatra) had more fun playing my life than I had living it."" The Joker Is Wild The Joker Is Wild is a 1957 American musical drama film directed by Charles Vidor, starring Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain, and Eddie Albert, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is about Joe E. Lewis, the popular singer and comedian who was a major attraction in nightclubs from the 1920s to the early 1950s. Joe E. Lewis (Frank Sinatra), a successful 1920s Chicago night-club entertainer is invited to work for the Mob during the Prohibition era. His eventual decision to work"
"12"" LP, Decca, DL 5027 (mono)/DL 75027 (stereo). The B-side to the single ""Ooh! Look-a-There, Ain't She Pretty?"", was used in the film Pink Flamingos and appears on the soundtrack to the film, along with a number of other hits of the period. Joey's Song ""Joey's Song"" is a 1959 instrumental single released by Bill Haley & His Comets. It was one of the band's last successful commercial releases. The record reached #46 on the Billboard Charts and #35 on Cashbox; however, the song did make #1 in Australia for 8 weeks from December 12, 1959 to January 30, 1960"
"than just singles to the listening audience, and soundtrack albums became a hot commodity. Stoloff exercised his privilege as musical director to record these soundtrack albums himself, working with material from the actual scores. When Frank Sinatra founded Reprise Records in the early 1960s, he hired Stoloff as musical director; the two having worked successfully before on ""Pal Joey"" (1957). One of Stoloff's most noteworthy achievements while at Reprise was the release of a set of re-recordings of great Broadway musicals, including ""Kiss Me, Kate"" with a studio cast. Stoloff died in Los Angeles, California, aged 81. Morris Stoloff Morris"
"as a guest in many TV shows from 1949 through 1984 and a series of short subject films, including ""Mack & Myer for Hire"" (1963), about two bumbling plumbers, who rode around in a motorcycle with a sidecar, attempting repairs, but producing chaos. Faye was married three times—to Eileen Jenkins, Ginna Carr, and Judy Carlin. Faye died of a heart attack in Englewood, New Jersey, on April 26, 1997. He was 87 years old. Joey Faye Joey Faye (born Joseph Antony Palladino, July 12, 1909 or 1910 or 1902– April 26, 1997) was an American comedian and actor. Born in"
"The Joker Is Wild The Joker Is Wild is a 1957 American musical drama film directed by Charles Vidor, starring Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain, and Eddie Albert, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is about Joe E. Lewis, the popular singer and comedian who was a major attraction in nightclubs from the 1920s to the early 1950s. Joe E. Lewis (Frank Sinatra), a successful 1920s Chicago night-club entertainer is invited to work for the Mob during the Prohibition era. His eventual decision to work elsewhere results in his face being slashed and his throat cut, preventing him"
"a concert at Carnegie Hall in 2007 that honored Oscar Peterson. She sang and co-wrote two Frank Sinatra revues, and she toured covering the songs of Judy Garland. In 2016, she released the album ""The Judy Garland Project"". Her album ""You Are There"" contains duets with Dave Brubeck, Kenny Barron, Freddy Cole, Benny Green, Hank Jones, Steve Kuhn, Michel Legrand, and Cedar Walton. Hilary Kole Hilary Kole is an American jazz singer. Kole's father, Robert, performed on Broadway during the 1950s in the musicals ""Plain and Fancy"", ""Wonderful Town"", and ""West Side Story"". When she was nineteen, she attended the"
"""Pal Joey"" that opened in December of that year. In 2010 he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. He is married to actress Derin Altay. His son is actor Alexander Gemignani. Paul Gemignani Paul Gemignani is an American musical director with a career on Broadway and West End theatre spanning over forty years. Gemignani began his career in 1971 as a replacement musical director for Stephen Sondheim's ""Follies"", eventually leading the cast on the subsequent tour. Since then, he has been the musical director for over 38 Broadway and West End musicals, including the following Tony Award-winning"