Crooner Culture

December 17th, 2007

Top 10 Crooners to Invite to the Holiday Office Party

As part of b5media’s music channel list project, our theme this time around is “Top 10 artists/bands to invite to the holiday office party” and of course, I’m going to list crooners! This has to be one of those “alive or dead” things for this category, but here we go:
10. Marilyn Monroe - Yes, she’s […]

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October 22nd, 2007

Sammy Davis, Jr. 15-foot statue in progress

Renowned sculptor, Tina Allen is currently in the process of creating a 15ft statue of Sammy Davis, Jr. in bronze. I’ve taken a look at her other work, and frankly, I’m not all that impressed. I mean yes, it’s impressive to be creating a 15 foot statue of anything, especially using the process of bronze […]

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October 21st, 2007

Joey Bishop Show - Birthday Bash with Sammy and Regis

I’ve been hunting and picking through Joey Bishop videos on YouTube for a couple hours now, wanting to do a tribute of sorts, since Joey just recently passed, and found this one from his birthday in the late 60’s.
I laughed myself silly with this - but maybe it’s just because of the high appreciation […]

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September 13th, 2007

Sammy Davis Jr. 1955 March Of Dimes

Rare footage of Sammy Davis, Jr. doing celebrity impressions for a March of Dimes benefit… this is pretty damn good!

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September 3rd, 2007

Mr. Bojangles - Sammy Davis Jr.

For some reason, “Mr. Bojangles” always makes me a little “mushy” when I hear it. But only the version of the beloved Sammy Davis, Jr.
This video shows Sammy in the 1980’s doing a version for television’s “Night of 100 Stars”.

It’s funny, we actually have a sort of celebrity from my hometown by the name of […]

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July 18th, 2007

For Dexie - “Someone To Watch Over Me”

Fellow b5media blogger Dexie Wharton put in a song request yesterday - She said this song is for her mom, and that it’s quite special to her. Personally, I get a little mushy and sentimental whenever I hear this song myself.
I present the music and lyrics to Gershwin’s “Someone To Watch Over Me”… this version […]

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