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The award honored Lillian Williams a musician, humorist, and whistler, known as "America's Whistling Sweetheart". [2] [59] Later, it was called the Entertainer of the Year Award, presented in honor of Lillian Williams. [60] Following is a list of winners of the Entertainer of the Year Award. 1986 – Purves Pullen (Nut Tree, California) [60]
Whistling can be used to control trained animals such as dogs. A shepherd's whistle is often used instead. Whistling has long been used as a specialized communication between laborers. For example, whistling in theatre, particularly on-stage, is used by flymen (members of a fly crew) to cue the lowering or raising of a batten pipe or flat. This ...
This category includes people notable, primarily or to a significant extent, for whistling. ... This page was last edited on 24 March 2013, at 02:27 (UTC).
She later won first place in the Live Band Accompaniment Division (female) at 2015's Masters of Musical Whistling competition in Los Angeles, [2] where her family had moved to. [ 1 ] She performed with musicians such as Dr. Dre , Karen O , and Jackson Browne , [ 3 ] and appeared in Kirin J. Callinan 's song and video " Big Enough " in 2017.
"When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)" is a popular song written, both words and music, by Harry Woods in 1926. The song became the signature song for singer and actress Lillian Roth, who performed it often during the height of her musical career from the late 1920s to the late 1930s.
Brenda Reid and Lillian Walker still occasionally performed together as The Exciters. [3] Herb Rooney died in the early 1990s. [3] Brenda and Herb Rooney's son, Mark Cory Rooney, is a music business executive. [3] Carolyn 'Carol' Johnson died on May 7, 2007, aged 62. [9] Lillian Walker-Moss died on February 5, 2023, at the age of 78.
Lillian "Billie" Yarbo [5] (born Lillian Yarbough; March 17, 1905 – June 12, 1996) was an American stage and screen actress, dancer, and singer. Early life [ edit ]
Lillian Mayfield married twice. Her first husband was George Paul Roberts; they married in 1916, and divorced in 1928. [21] Her second husband, John J. Wright, was a public health professor at the University of North Carolina; they married in 1930.