Florenz Ziegfeld was born in Chicago Illinois on March 15th, 1867 being one of the four siblings. He was in a very loved but strict home as a kid, he grew up and was a rather interesting kid. However he always had the type of stardom in his blood to get peoples attention, he even told kids to come see “The invisible fish” which was in reality just a glass bowl filled with water. (www.imdb.com) As he got older, and famous, you realize that events like that and the little skits that he put on shaped him to who he was when he was older. he was always trying to find talent and to entertain people. He saw his actual first type of big event when he was just four years old from him and his family having to seek protection in Chicago from the great fire in 1871. He began to have his first experience of show business from his father who was the founder to the college at Chicago music school however he did hate school so much that his parent sent him to work on a farm and after being on the farm for a couple months he went back to Chicago to continue his life. (www.nytimes.com) In 1893 his father opened “The Trocar” a nightclub in the city to help bring up the city around them by having people come to represent the town and have fun. However in the beginning the club was not successful due to people not liking the classical music and the atmosphere his dad decided to give him a chance to try saving their business since it was the only option he had. He decided to do a publicity campaign by hosting one of the biggest attractions “Eugene Snow” who was a strongman who looked and was very strong which blew away the audience, bring in business and seven high society men came to see Eugene backstage to see him up close as he performed which m... ... middle of paper ... ...meant to lie about how he felt about someone just so that they would sign a contract and he even went to different cities and countries to find the best of the best actors and actresses which showed that he really cared about his productions and that he would do whatever it takes to do the best that he could. He was the best of the best at his time, He moved to Hollywood California where he spent some time in his life and unfortunately passed away at the age of 65 on July 22 1932, but even before his death on actually on his death he was acting as if he was directing a play he went delirious and his last words were “looks good” “looks good”. And now people still talk about how he has shaped Broadway and how he has helped a lot of others with their musical productions. He will always be known as one of the greatest known musical predictors of all time.
Bob's success in vaudeville caught the eye of many Broadway producers. He was soon signed to do a Broadway show called Roberta. This lead to many more offers and to Bob doing a year tour with the Ziegfield Follies. Bob was now considered to be the hottest act around and was being recruited by radio stations and movie studios.
As the television sales increased, so did entertainment. Edward Sullivan, also known as Ed, was hired to be the host of his own Sunday night, variety show in 1948 originally named Toast of the Town, but was later changed to The Ed Sullivan Show. From the moment the show begun to its end in 1971, it’s popularity spiked and people were drawn in every night to see what Ed Sullivan would do or say next. One of the many factors that added to the shows success was its abundance of different, unlikely guests. Sullivan featured guests that ranged from up and coming artists to already famous, Hollywood celebrities. A few of his best guests included the Beatles, Walt Disney, and Julie Andrews (Sundays with Sullivan). Not only did ...
At ten years old, Sondheim moved to Pennsylvania and became neighbors with the famous musical theatre composer, Oscar Hammerstein II. The families became great friends, and Sondheim became Hammerstein’s personal assistant, enabling him to learn great musical techniques from a professional composer. As a 15-year-old Stephen Sondheim composed his first musical, and he put the show on at his high
He stated, “I now take precautions to make myself less threatening”, because what person would be frightened by a man whistling Beethoven down the street. He conformed to society's needs and how they
Sinatra was not just a singer he was also an actor, television and radio personality, and on occasion a producer, direct, and conductor. (Pond, n.d) “Sinatra earned three Oscars, three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award, ten personal Grammy's (and a total of 20 for his albums), an Emmy, a Peabody, and the Kennedy Center Honors Award in 1983. A generous charitable contributor, he was honored with the prestigious Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.” (Pond, n.d) Sinatra was named by some as the top entertainer of the twentieth Century. As a person Sinatra was known as a philanthropist he would donate over a billion dollars to charities around the world through his life time. He would also contribute to civil rights for African Americans through his work with Count Basie and appearing in the movie “From Here to Eternity” which denounced rac...
...ve a lecture about why he started a career in theatre. He said it was because he believed in something (Harold Clurman: A Life of Theatre). Looking at the current Broadway season, which includes plays with television actors, big spectacle musicals, and other surefire hits, the question arises, what do we believe in now?
Israel Isidore Baline was born in the Russian village of Tyumen on May 11th, 1888. His family left in the mid 1890s to escape the persecution of the Jewish community and settled in New York City (biography.com). Israel dropped out of school at age thirteen (Kenrick 143). Baline was a street singer as a teen and in 1906 he got a job as a singing waiter in Chinatown (biography.com). The first song he ever had published was called “Marie From Sunny Italy” (biography.com). He wrote it in 1907 with Nick Nicholson writing the music. Baline’s name was misspelled on the sheet music as “I. Berlin” (biography.com). He decided to keep it and changed his name to Irving Berlin (biography.com) . It was in this way that the legend was born.
Due to a leg injury, baseball was no longer possible. He then turned to his real passion music, and decided to pursue a musical career (Brenchley, 2003, DVD). Throughout his musical career, he earned many titles “Mr. Dynamite” and “The Godfather of Soul” are known as the hardest working men in show business. His demeanor at times was often that of a tyrant, generous nature, tolerant, or at times demanding. He was the greatest entertainer during his time.
Leonard Bernstein was born on August 25, 1918 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants. Leonard's father, Samuel immigrated to America in 1908 at the age of sixteen from the Russian province of Volhynia where he came from a long line of rabbis. (Gradenwitz 1987: 20)
He had exposure to several different genres growing up in his St. Louis, MO hometown. He heard country from the whites, rhythm & blues (R&B) from mostly blacks, even Latin music. His family environment set him up well for future success while growing up in a middle class home in the middle of the Great Depression of the 1930s. His parents sun...
He left a rich Jazz heritage for people around the world. People can appreciate the excellence of a grand master from the following classic singles, West End Blues, Savoy Blues, Potato Head Blues, Weather Bird, I 'm Not Rough and Heebie Jeebies and so on. Not a jazz musician could be known to and win support from every family like him. His works has been reprinted several times in the past thirty years (Gourse and Louis 342). He had a large collection of his own and other recordings. He enjoyed listening to his own recordings, and comparing his performances musically.
Hans Zimmer was born September 12th, 1957 in Frankfurt, West Germany. Growing up he learned how to play the piano but sooner later decided to quiet. He says that he hated being told what to do and the discipline you have to have to play the piano. So he hated going
George Michael Cohan was a great American playwright, composer, producer, and actor. He was famous for his fast-paced style as a song-dance man and for his lively musicals, which set the trend on Broadway in the 1920s. Cohan was a dedicated man who spent 56 of his 64 years on the stage. During his lifetime, he wrote 40 plays, collaborated with others on another 40 plays, and shared production of still another 150 plays. He made over a 1000 appearances as an actor. Some of the more than 500 songs that he wrote were major national hits. Born in Providence, Rhode Island on the 4th of July, George Michael was named after George Washington. It seems George Michael Cohan was destine to be a patriotic leader from the beginning. His parents were circuit-traveling vaudevillians, Jeremiah and Helen Cohan, who had three children. The first died in infancy, George was the second child and Josephine followed him two years later. The life of all vaudevillians in those days was to have the family 'lived out of a trunk', traveling from town to town, staying in shabby boarding houses. Often the children would sleep in the theater dressing room while the parents were on stage. George had only a mild taste of public school education, as well as just a few lessons on the violin. The theater became his school, - and he was an apt pupil. He appeared in one of his parent's stage sketches as a 'prop' while still an infant. When he was nine years old, he became a member of the act, with his sister Josephine joining him just one year later. Now, the act was officially known as 'The Four Cohans'. George would do sentimental recitations, and often perform a "buck and wing dance." By age ...
Biography of Franz Schubert * No Works Cited Many prominent musicians produced major works during the romantic period. Among these are Beethoven, Strauss, and Bach. But the musician that I think had the most impact, was Franz Schubert. Franz Peter, born on 31 January 1797 was one of fourteen children born of Franz Theodore Schubert and Elisabeth Vietz, four of which survived. He grew up in an apartment that was converted to a classroom in which his father taught several elementary school classes.
He was inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 for his amazing piano and vocal skills. His favorite thing to do was play the piano. He fell in love with the instrument. His parents mortgaged their farm in order to be able to afford him a piano. He was influenced to play by his older cousin, Carl Mcvoy.