ROSEMARY CLOONEY AND PEREZ PRADO: A TOUCH OF TABASCO

ROSEMARY CLOONEY, cuja biografia se encontra resumida aí embaixo, pode ser acusada de tudo, menos de andar mal acompanhada, senão vejamos: sua turma era composta pelos "Hi-lo's", "Modernaires", Nelson Riddle, Frank de Vol,Bing Crosby e Danny Kaye - só prá citar alguns. E também Perez Prado, que neste álbum escreveu arranjos melhores do que aqueles que escrevia para sua própria banda. Com esta postagem, tentamos evitar que as novas gerações vejamm RC apenas como aquela "tia do George Clooney" que cantava "White Xmas" em dupla com Bing Crosby.
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Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was a popular American singer and actress. She was the mother of actor Miguel Ferrer, aunt of actor George Clooney, and the sister to former television personality Nick Clooney. Clooney was born in Maysville, Kentucky. Her father was an alcoholic and she and her brother and sister were constantly moving back and forth between her parents. When Rosemary was fifteen, her mother and brother, Nick, moved to California. She and her sister, Betty, remained with their father. Clooney suffered from bipolar disorder.
The Clooney siblings, all became entertainers. In the next generation, some of her own children, including Miguel and Rafael, and also her nephew, George Clooney (Nick's son), also became respected entertainers. In 1945, the Clooney sisters won a spot on Cincinnati's radio station WLW as singers. Her sister Betty sang in a duo with Rosemary for much of her early career. In 1951, Clooney's record of "Come On-a My House" became a hit despite the fact that she hated the song passionately.
Columbia forced Rosemary to record the song, and that she would be in violation of her contract if she did not record it. In 1954, she, along with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Vera-Ellen, starred in the movie White Christmas. In 1956, she starred in a half hour syndicated television musical variety show "The Rosemary Clooney Show". The show featured the "Hi-Lo's" and "Nelson Riddle's orchestra". The following year, the show moved to NBC prime time as "The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney", featuring " The Modernaires" and "Frank DeVol's orchestra". A longtime smoker, Rosemary was diagnosed with lung cancer at the end of 2001. Despite surgery, she died six onths later on June 29, 2002, at her home in Beverly Hills, California. Clooney received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002.
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PEREZ PRADO: a biografia de Damaso Perez Prado, nosso velho conhecido, já foi transcrita aqui no CBLJC há pouco tempo.

PEREZ PRADO's bio has been transcribed in this blog a short time ago.
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ALBUM COMMENTS
Perez Prado and Rosemary Clooney: Putting these two together was gold. Perez should have teamed up with more singers because it really brings his music to a new level. Clooney fully interpreted Prado’s mambo rhythm and magical essence, and Prado clearly understood Clooney’s range of talent.
(CB)
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ROSEMARY CLOONEY AND PEREZ PRADO: A TOUCH OF TABASCO
Label:RCA
Year: 1960

TRACKS/FAIXAS:
1. Corazon De Melon
2. Like A Woman
3. I Only Have Eyes For You
4. Magic Is The Moonlight
5. In A Little Spanish Town
6. Sway
7. Mack The Knife
8. Ball Ha’l
9. You Do Something To Me
10. Cu-Cu-Rru-Cu-Cu Paloma
11. I Got Plenty O’Nuttin’
12. Adios



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