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Tito Gobbi (1913–1984), operatic baritone; he sang in most of the great opera houses and was acclaimed for his acting ability; Rolando Panerai (1924–2019), baritone; début Florence (1946) with Lucia di Lammermoor; Giorgio Ronconi (1810–1890), operatic baritone; one of the most popular artists on the lyric stage until his retirement in ...
In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Cash number 31 on their "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" list [155] [156] and No. 21 on their "100 Greatest Singers" list in 2010. [157] In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked Cash's 1968 live album At Folsom Prison and 1994 studio album American Recordings at No. 88 [ 158 ] and No. 366 [ 159 ] in its list of the 500 ...
A "Battle of the Baritones" with singer Russ Columbo proved short-lived, replaced with the slogan "Bing Was King". Crosby played the lead in a series of musical comedy short films for Mack Sennett, signed with Paramount, and starred in his first full-length film, 1932's The Big Broadcast (1932), the first of 55 films in which he received top ...
The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2024. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference. March 2024 1 Norman B. Anderson, 68, American scientist and ...
Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) [1] was an American contralto.She performed a wide range of music, from opera to spirituals.Anderson performed with renowned orchestras in major concert and recital venues throughout the United States and Europe between 1925 and 1965.
When Sinatra returned to the Paramount in October 1944, only 250 persons left the first show, and 35,000 fans left outside caused a near riot, known as the Columbus Day Riot, outside the venue because they were not allowed in. [98] [99] [100] Such was the bobby-soxer devotion to Sinatra that they were known to write Sinatra's song titles on ...
Leonard Norman Cohen was born into an Orthodox Jewish family in the Montreal anglophone enclave of Westmount, Quebec, on September 21, 1934.His Lithuanian Jewish mother, Marsha ("Masha") Klonitsky (1905–1978), [3] [4] emigrated to Canada in 1927 and was the daughter of Talmudic writer and rabbi Solomon Klonitsky-Kline.
The Ansonia (formerly the Ansonia Hotel) is a condominium building at 2109 Broadway, between 73rd and 74th Streets, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.The 17-story structure was designed by French architect Paul Emile Duboy in the Beaux-Arts style.