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The Cocoanut Grove fire was a nightclub fire which took place in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 28, 1942, and resulted in the deaths of 492 people. It is the deadliest nightclub fire in history and the third-deadliest single-building fire (after the September 11 attacks and Iroquois Theatre fire ).
In 1928–31, Arnheim had an extended engagement at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles. In 1930, when Paul Whiteman finished filming The King of Jazz for Universal , The Rhythm Boys vocal trio, consisting of Bing Crosby , Harry Barris and Al Rinker decided to stay in California and they signed up with Arnheim's band.
Soon after the release on VHS and LaserDisc, a bootleg CD entitled A Black and White Night, Roy Orbison in Concert with the Billion Dollar Band surfaced. This CD, which came before any official release of the concert, has the same 15 songs in the same order as the original VHS/Laserdisc release and catalogue number RO.LA.87, referring to the ...
The Cocoanut Grove was the first major club to hire Harry Belafonte, and Dean Martin got his first movie deal after an appearance there. [23] In 1958, Judy Garland recorded a live album, Garland at the Grove, in one take. [24] Barbra Streisand was cast in Funny Girl shortly after her three-week stint at the club. [25]
Loyce Whiteman, singer for the Cocoanut Grove Orchestra, recalled, "the most beautiful thing about the Grove is that they stood in front of you when you sang and just swayed to the music. Joan Crawford would stand at the stand and sing a couple of choruses with the band. It was a house full of stars." [12]
Radio broadcasts over station KNX from the Cocoanut Grove made Crosby famous on the West Coast, but his drinking problems and risky behaviors caused him to start missing performances and his pay was docked. The trio failed to turn up for their scheduled appearance at the Cocoanut Grove on Saturday, May 16, 1931, and it became clear that they ...
Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove is a 1963 live album by Sammy Davis Jr., recorded at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles. [2] Track listing
Harry Owens and his Royal Hawaiians played "Sweet Leilani" in the 1938 Fred MacMurray film Cocoanut Grove. The soundtrack also featured the Owens-penned songs '"Cocoanut Grove" and "Dreamy Hawaiian Moon." They also appeared in the 1942 Betty Grable film Song of the Islands. In 1949, Owens started to appear regularly on television.