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Drake often presented herself as Mexican and went by the names Una Novella [1] and Rita Novella. As Rita Rio , she led a touring all-girl orchestra in the early 1940s, also known as "Dona Drake and her Girl Band", [ citation needed ] among other names for her musical and dance acts.
Eunice Westmoreland, under the name Rita Rio, led an all-girl band appearing on NBC Radio and in short subjects for Vitaphone and RKO before changing her career to acting and her professional name to Dona Drake, appearing in numerous 1940s movies. Ivy Benson's "All Girls Band" was the BBC's resident dance band in 1943 and toured until the 1980s.
Road to Morocco is a 1942 American comedy film starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, and featuring Anthony Quinn and Dona Drake. Written by Frank Butler and Don Hartman and directed by David Butler, it’s the third of the "Road to ..." films. It was preceded by Road to Zanzibar (1941) and followed by Road to Utopia (1946). The ...
Romeo Santos featuring Drake: February 15, 2014 45 [73] "Adrenalina" Wisin featuring Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin March 22, 2014 94 [74] "Bailando" Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno and Gente de Zona: May 17, 2014 12 [75] "El Perdón" Nicky Jam and Enrique Iglesias April 11, 2015 56 [76] "Back It Up"
Down Laredo Way is a 1953 American Western film directed by William Witney and starring Rex Allen, Dona Drake and Slim Pickens. [ 1 ] The film's art direction was by Frank Arrigo .
"On the Swing Shift" is a 1942 song composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer for the film Star Spangled Rhythm, where it was introduced by Marjorie Reynolds, Betty Jane Rhodes and Dona Drake. [1] The song is about a romance between workers in an aircraft factory during the Second World War working the "swing shift"; between 4pm and ...
Rita Moreno (born Rosa Dolores Alverío Marcano; [1] December 11, 1931) is an American actress, dancer, and singer. [2] With a career spanning eight decades she is known for her roles on stage and screen, and is one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood .
Star Spangled Rhythm is a 1942 American all-star cast musical film made by Paramount Pictures during World War II as a morale booster. Many of the Hollywood studios produced such films during the war, with the intent of entertaining the troops overseas and civilians back home and to encourage fundraising – as well as to show the studios' patriotism.