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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.
"I'll Be Seeing You" is a popular song about missing a loved one, with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Irving Kahal. [1] Published in 1938, it was inserted into the Broadway musical Right This Way , which closed after fifteen performances. [ 2 ]
Jackie Barnett Presents Jimmy Durante's Way of Life... with the Gordon Jenkins Orchestra and Chorus is a 1964 studio album by Jimmy Durante, arranged by Gordon Jenkins. [3] It received a "Pop Special Merit" designation from Billboard upon its release, indicating "new releases of outstanding merit which deserve exposure and which could have commercial success within their respective categories ...
'Billy Rose's Jumbo' is the soundtrack album to the 1962 film of the same name: featuring Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye. Columbia Masterworks Records released the recording on November 12, 1962, under catalog numbers OL-5860 (monaural LP) and OS-2260 (stereophonic). "Over and Over Again" was released as a single on CBS ...
The album was reviewed by Greg Adams for Allmusic who wrote that "Mixing Durante's utterly unique voice with lush strings and a vocal chorus, September Song is a left-field masterpiece full of wistful and affecting performances. Durante was by no means a technically accomplished vocalist, but he negotiated the sessions with aplomb and created a ...
"I'll Be Seeing You" (song), a popular song published in 1938 with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Irving Kahal featured as title track on many of the albums below; I'll Be Seeing You (Anne Murray album), 2004; I'll Be Seeing You (Jo Stafford album), 1959; I'll Be Seeing You (Etta Jones album), 1987; I'll Be Seeing You (Richard Poon album), 2010
The musical was made into a movie as Billy Rose's Jumbo in 1962, starring Jimmy Durante, Doris Day, Martha Raye, and Stephen Boyd, featuring Busby Berkeley's choreography. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Scoring of Music-Adaptation or Treatment. Although Jimmy Durante was in the cast of both the stage musical and the film (made ...
I'll Be Seeing You is a 1944 American drama film made by Selznick International Pictures, Dore Schary Productions, and Vanguard Pictures, and distributed by United Artists. It stars Joseph Cotten , Ginger Rogers , and Shirley Temple , with Spring Byington , Tom Tully , and John Derek .