美国歌坛常青树罗丝玛丽•克鲁尼(Rosemary Clooney),从1945年起就在歌坛开始她的演唱生涯。她的歌声曾经风靡美国乐坛,她甜美、圆润的歌声,打动过成千上万的听众。她在四零年代白人开始演唱爵士乐的第一代歌手,爱尔兰裔的她,四零年代初出道时,原是在大乐团中演唱的爵士歌手,当时她二十二岁,之后被制作人不断雕凿,让她原本清纯的爵士唱腔,添加了更具风味的流行腔调,并从一九五一年开始,连续六年都不断登上畅销榜。在她1998年70岁生日之时出版的新专辑,声音依然圆润,显不出任何衰败的现象。克鲁尼是一位对歌词掌握特别敏感的爵士歌手,这也是聆听她歌曲最让人满足的地方,她的情绪适切,句子转折出入非常有品味且细腻。
As A&E's Biography put it, "She rose from the mean streets of New York's Hell's Kitchen to become the most famous singing actress in the world. When the pressures of fame became too much, she had the courage to leave Hollywood on her own terms". Alice Faye was born Alice Jeanne Leppert in NYC on May 5, 1915. She was to become one of Hollywood's biggest stars of the late 1930s and early 1940s. She started her career as a singer, but later gravitated to film roles.
鲍勃·霍普 Bob Hope(1903年5月29日-2003年7月27日)美国电影、电视、广播喜剧演员。在演艺圈的经历包括电台与电视主持人、演员、脱口秀谐星及制作人。从第二次世界大战到1990年波湾战争,他在近六十年的期间内多次远赴海外慰问演出,为美国士兵加油打气,成为美国民众心中头号的“爱国艺人”。生前得到1500余个奖项,《吉尼斯世界纪录》因此称之为“最受尊重的娱乐界人士”。
Harry Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004), known professionally as Howard Keel was an American actor and singer. He starred in many film musicals of the 1950s. He is best known to modern audiences for his starring role in the CBS television series Dallas from 1981 to 1991, as Clayton Farlow, opposite Barbara Bel Geddes's character. But to an earlier generation, with his rich bass-baritone singing voice, he was known as the star of some of the most famous MGM film musicals ever made.
14岁参加舞台比赛胜出,开始舞蹈演员生涯,后来她晚上在百老汇出演歌舞剧,白天在派拉蒙公司出演电影,1935年与弗雷德•阿斯泰尔合作,先后拍摄了一系列歌舞佳片,1940年因《女人万岁》获得奥斯卡最佳女主角奖。代表作:《风流舰队》、《锦绣...