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Today is the birthday of Nat King Cole, who left us too soon… he was only 45 when he died of lung cancer in 1965. He smoked three packs of Kools a day.
Cole was simply one of the best singers ever. Here’s a sampling.
Paper Moon
When I Fall in Love
Nature Boy (for Porgy)
Tenderly (one of my favorite songs)
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Elizabeth Taylor died March 23, 2011, almost one year ago. Liz is seen here in the obscure “Love is Better Than Ever” from 1952.
A goddess.
gif by Ardennes
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This week in New York City begins a months-long celebration of the life and wit of the great Noel Coward, actor, director, singer and songwriter.
Here’s some early rap music from Coward, singing his composition “Nina,” in what was likely his first TV appearance in 1957.
And here are a few more recordings…
Just for fun… here’s some footage of Noel Coward’s 1950s appearances in Las Vegas, with Frank, Judy, Lauren Bacall, even Zsa Zsa Gabor!
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Let’s go with Hazel Scott…
It’s amazing this even exists… Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle. 1923. The sound and film quality improves after the first minute or so.
Chubby Checker, the sensation.
The Supremes, live.
In memory of Olivette Miller
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The great Josephine Baker, 1927.
Billie Holiday, 1947.
Lena Horne, 1956.
Marian Anderson was denied the right to perform at Constitution Hall by the DAR because of her color. Instead, at the urging of Eleanor Roosevelt, Interior Secy. Harold Ickes permitted Anderson to perform at the Lincoln Memorial. April 9, 1939, a seminal day in the Civil Rights movement.
In memory of Whitney Houston
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Okay, Valentines… let’s do it. Ella swings it.
La vie en rose. Marlene Dietrich at 71 in ’72.
Dino croons it. So groovy.
Stevie, 1974.
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No, darlings, it’s not Turban Tuesday, it’s Friday Face, and it’s opera legend Leontyne Price’s 85th birthday! And before you say you hate opera, listen to this.
Here, she sings Gershwin for President Carter at the White House in 1978.
And here, as Aida, from a television program in 1963.
Among her many honors: the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1964), the Kennedy Center Honors (1980), the National Medal of Arts (1985), numerous honorary degrees, nineteen Grammy Awards (13 for operatic or song recitals, five for full operas) and a special Lifetime Achievement Award in 1989 — more than any other classical singer.
In October 2008, she was one of the recipients of the first Opera Honors given by the National Endowment for the Arts.
A star since her debut in 1952, Leontyne Price is today’s Friday Face.
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–Ellen DeGeneres in response to haters.
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No, that’s not LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian in 2052… that’s LeAnn and Sly Stallone… I mean Arnold and Sly.
Arnold posted this picture saying that the two ran into each other on the way to shoulder surgery, much the same way his dick accidentally ran into the maid.
That’s LeAnn and Eddie on their wedding day.
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Nick Nolte (left) as seen yesterday at the Academy Award nominees’ luncheon (he’s up for Best Supporting Actor for “Warrior”), and film great Walter Huston as Howard in “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.”
One plays a recovering alcoholic.
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"If the phone doesn't ring, it's me.”
--Jimmy Buffett
