Matinee idol Dick Powell enjoyed an extended and far-ranging profession that brought him great achievement in music, film, and tv. Born in Hill Look at, AR, on November 14, 1903, Powell frequently sang both in school and chapel choirs as a kid, his soprano tone of voice eventually learning to …

Although he’s not a main name in the jazz world and does not have an enormous catalog, LA indigenous Dwight Dickerson is a talented and capable acoustic pianist/electrical keyboardist that has, over time, played alongside heavyweights like Gene Ammons, Red Holloway, and Albert “Tootie” Heath. A versatile musician and composer, …

Nuno Roland was a favorite vocalist through the Golden Age group of Brazilian music. Beginning like a jazz crooner, he became the very best vocalist of the town of São Paulo and in addition had many Carnival hits. Becoming a member of the military, he was used in Porto Alegre …

Intensifying rock unit Babe Ruth was shaped in Hertfordshire, England in 1971 by singer Janita “Jenny” Haan, guitarist Alan Shacklock (whose surname lent the group their primary moniker), and bassist Dave Hewitt. Pianist Dave Punshon and drummer Dick Powell became a member of the lineup before the 1971 discharge of …

b. 30 August 1906, NEW YORK, NY, USA, d. 25 Dec 1979, Santa Monica, California, USA. Delivered right into a showbiz family members, Blondell’s dad was among the first Katzenjammer Children. She proved helpful in vaudeville as a kid, touring internationally with her family members’s work. She started playing in …

b. 4 Feb 1889, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, California, USA, d. 14 November 1960, Woodland Hillsides, California, USA. After employed in vaudeville for quite some time being a comedian, Catlett made an appearance on Broadway, notably in Sally (1921), which starred Marilyn Miller. In the first 20s he started a …

If you have ever noticed the haunting whistling featured in “THE NICE, the Bad, as well as the Ugly,” the theme composed by Ennio Morricone for the Sergio Leone spaghetti Western from the same name starring Clint Eastwood, then you’ve heard Muzzy Marcellino’s famous whistle at its best. He also …

Del Porter is among the music world’s forgotten guys. In the 1930s, he was one-fourth of a distinctive vocal quartet that wowed Broadway, loaded nightclubs, sang in films and radio, toured with Glenn Miller, and documented with Bing Crosby and Dick Powell. In the ’40s, his multiple and assorted skills …

b. 19 Sept 1889, Kansas Town, Missouri, USA, d. 26 June 1973, Fallbrook, California, USA. On stage from early years as a child, Truex remained little in stature, which helped gain him happy-go-lucky assisting roles. He is at the Broadway musical comedies Girlies (1910), Dr. Deluxe (1911) and performed the …

The family name was Joachim, their parents immigrants from Austria-Hungary and Poland. All had been created in Newark, NJ, USA: Al (b. 27 August 1901, d. 22 Dec 1965, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA), Jimmy (b. 5 Oct 1904, d. 17 November 1985, LA, California, USA), Harry (b. 22 Might 1907, …