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Beretta was a cabaret singer based first in San Francisco, [2] and for most of her career in New York. [3] Early in her career she worked with composer John Wallowitch [4] and singer Johnny Mathis; she was also associated with Tommy Tune and actress Kathleen Chalfant in her career. [5] "Clubs are probably the best training anyone could possibly ...
Singer Leonard Warren died after performing in the opera La forza del destino at the New York Metropolitan Opera. He had sung Don Carlo's act III aria, which begins Morir, tremenda cosa ("to die, a momentous thing"), when he started coughing and gasping. He fell face first to the ground and it was revealed he had died of a massive heart attack.
In 2004, Ross was presented with the Nightlife Award for 'Outstanding Cabaret Male Vocalist'. The Mabel Mercer Foundation awarded him with a 'Mabel Award' in 2006. He received a MAC Lifetime Achievement award from the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs in 2015; [14] and in 2016 Ross was inducted into the Cabaret Hall of Fame. [15]
Nancy LaMott (December 30, 1951 – December 13, 1995) was an American singer from Midland, Michigan, [1] popular on the New York City cabaret circuit in the 1980s and breaking out into radio and the national and international scene in the 1990s.
She was also nicknamed the First Lady of the Supper Clubs by Eleanor Roosevelt. [4] She was once referred to as a "luscious, hazel-eyed Milwaukee blonde who sings the way Garbo looks". [5] During the peak of Hildegarde's popularity in the 1930s and 1940s, she was booked in cabarets and supper clubs at least 45 weeks a year.
John McLoughlin (April 8, 1956 – October 24, 1990), better known by the stage name John Sex, was an American cabaret singer and performance artist in New York City from the late 1970s until his death in late 1990.
In 1987, she performed at Jan Wallman's in New York City in what a reviewer for The New York Times described as "the kind of brilliant cabaret act that does not happen overnight." [8] Cary's cabaret performances led to her twice winning MAC Awards, presented by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs as "the New York cabaret scene's top ...
Julius Withers Monk (November 10, 1912, Spencer, North Carolina – August 17, 1995, New York City) was an American impresario in the New York cabaret scene. His 1956 revue, Four Below, has been characterized as "the first legitimate cafe revue in New York City" [1]