Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary Clooney was born in Maysville, Kentucky, United States on May 23rd, 1928 and is the Pop Singer. At the age of 74, Rosemary Clooney biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Career
Clooney joined Columbia and cut her first appearance with Tony Pastor's big band in 1947, "I'm Sorry I Didn't Say Sorry" b/w "The Lady From Twenty-Nine Palms" b/w "The Lady From Twenty-Nine Palms" (British). She chopped 14 members of the Pastor band before making her solo recording debut in mid-1949 with "Bargain Day" b/w "Cabaret." She appeared on CBS' radio and television versions of Songs For Sale from 1950 to 1951. She had a minor success with "Beautiful Brown Eyes" in early 1951, but Mitch Miller's song "Come On-a My House" four months later became her first big chart hit. Clooney recalled in her memoir that she feared the song, but pop singers in the era never had a choice in the content they performed, and she would have been kicked out of Columbia if she refused to record it. Clooney appeared in many duets with Marlene Dietrich and appeared on Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town series on CBS in the early 1950s. She appeared on several occasions on the Arthur Godfrey radio show when it was sponsored by Lipton Tea. They performed duets while he was playing his ukulele, but there will be times she would perform one of her new hits.
In 1954, she appeared alongside Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Vera-Ellen in the film White Christmas. In 1956, she appeared in The Rosemary Clooney Exhibition, which featured The Hi-Lo's singing group and Nelson Riddle's orchestra. The show went to NBC prime time as The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney in the following year, but it only lasted for one season. The new display featured the vocal group The Modernaires and Frank DeVol's orchestra. Clooney appeared on television, such as in the 1957 special The Edsel Show, and the two friends even went on a concert tour of Ireland together. She appeared on NBC's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford, a frequent entry in the "Top 20" and starring a musical group named "The Top 20" on November 21, 1957. Clooney and Crosby co-starred in a 20-minute CBS radio show that aired before the midday news each weekday.
"I've Grown Accustom To Your Face" was Clooney's last major chart hit the charts in May 1956, at a time when rock-and-roll was quickly driving established pop singers from the charts.
Clooney left Columbia Records in 1958 and made several recordings for MGM Records and then some for Coral Records. She eventually joined RCA Victor, where she appeared on RCA Victor until 1963. In 1964, she was signed to Reprise Records, then Dot Records, and in 1965, she was signed to Dot Records.
Clooney signed to United Artists Records for two albums in 1976. She recorded an album every year for the Concord Jazz record label, a tradition that has continued into the 1980s. In comparison to the majority of her generation's performers, who had long since stopped recording regularly by then. Clooney performed television commercials for Coronet brand paper towels in the 1970s and early 1980s, during which she performed "Extra value is what you get when you buy Coronet brand paper towels." In 1986, Clooney performed a duet with Wild Man Fischer on "It's a Hard Business" and in 1994, she performed a duet of Green Eyes with Barry Manilow on the Big Bands.
Clooney appeared in the NBC television medical drama ER (starring her nephew, George Clooney), and received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. Clooney appeared on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion radio show on January 27, 1996. Manilow, the singer, performed "When October Comes"—lyrics by Johnny Mercer and music by Barry Manilow (after Mercer's death) from Manilow's 1984 album 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe, where she discussed Manilow's musical talent.
In 1998, Clooney received the Society of Singers Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1999, she founded the Rosemary Clooney Music Festival, which is held annually in Maysville, Georgia, her hometown. She appeared at the festival every year until her death. Proceeds go to the Russell Theater in Maysville, where Clooney's first film, The Stars Are Singing, premiered in 1953.
In 2002, she was given the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.