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James Francis Durante (/ d ə ˈ r æ n t i / də-RAN-tee, Italian:; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist.His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of the United States' most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s.
Inka Dinka Doo" is a 1933 popular song whose words were written by Ben Ryan, ... Fowler, Gene Jr. Schnozzola: The Story of Jimmy Durante. Viking Press, 1951;
Schnozzola: The Story of Jimmy Durante. NY: The Viking Press, 1951. Minutes of the Last Meeting. NY; Random House, 1954. [a portrait of some of his associates in Hollywood, notably critic and poet Sadakichi Hartmann; also featuring W.C. Fields, John Barrymore and artist John Decker] Skyline: A Reporter’s Reminiscence of the 1920s.
The musical was "built to order around star comic Jimmy Durante, indisputably featured special material (songs as well as bits) that wouldn't scan without Schnozzola himself delivering it." [ 1 ] In fact, Durante himself wrote 5 of the 17 songs featured in the musical—the only 5 songs in which he was a featured performer.
U-1, the USAF and US Military's designation for the De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter light transport aircraft; U-1, Soviet designation for Avro 504 trainer; Multiple German U-boats named U-1; Oberursel U.I, an early German aircraft engine; HDMS U-1, a Danish submarine; SM U-1, an Austro-Hungarian submarine, lead ship of the U-1 class
Songs Without Words (Lieder ohne Worte) is a series of short lyrical piano works by the Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn written between 1829 and 1845. His sister, Fanny Mendelssohn , and other composers also wrote pieces in the same genre.
The SR U1 class were three-cylinder 2-6-0 ('mogul') steam locomotives designed by Richard Maunsell for passenger duties on the Southern Railway. [2] The fifth member of the Maunsell "family" of standardised moguls and 2-6-4 locomotives, the U1 was the final development of the Maunsell mogul, and marked a continuation of the basic principles established by CME George Jackson Churchward for the GWR.
German submarine U-1 (1961), a Type 201 submarine of the Bundesmarine, launched in 1961 and scrapped in 1967; German submarine U-1 (1967), a Type 205 submarine of the Bundesmarine that was launched in 1967 and sold in 1991; U-1 or U-I may also refer to: SM U-1 (Austria-Hungary), lead boat of the U-1 class submarines for the Austro-Hungarian Navy