Rosemary Clooney

Mountain Greenery: Rosemary Clooney

Keep The Coffee Coming (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009

Smokey Robinson headlines Clooney event

Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009

MAYSVILLE - Smokey Robinson is bringing some Motown to Maysville.The Ledger-Independent reports that the singer will perform during the 11th annual Rosemary Clooney Concert on Saturday in the northern Kentucky town.• In an interview with the paper, Robinson says he will be accompanied by his six-piece band, two dancers and three singers. He said he will perform old favorites as well as...

'White Christmas' lore continues to grow

Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

'White Christmas" fans have more reasons to count their blessings on the 55th anniversary of the holiday classic starring Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Norwood native Vera-Ellen.

'White Christmas' role is dreamy

Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

'Irving Berlin's White Christmas" has become a holiday tradition for Kerry O'Malley, who's in her fifth year of playing Betty Haynes in the movie-to-stage musical."White Christmas" is, of course, a holiday season evergreen on TV. Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye (WWII buddies), join forces to become a hit nightclub act, then meet cute Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen, who play sisters of another...

White Christmas 55th Anniversary Edition DVD

3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

H ere is a wonderful holiday gift idea for Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Rosemary Clooney fans! It's Irving Berlin's 1954 White Christmas , the 55th Anniversary Edition 2-disc DVD in full color. As a bonus, this set includes six never-before-seen bonus features plus four past favorites. This DVD is available for purchase both online and locally as of November 3rd, 2009. You can find it...

Diana Krall - Royal Albert Hall

TOP OF THE STAIRS MUSIC (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

... Berlin's Cheek to Cheek had loads to enjoy. A reverie of introductory patter on the themes of Rosemary Clooney, rosaries and vodka (don't ask!) ; a cleverly sleight-of-hand Fats Wallerish intro; a playful raised semitone repeat phrase bar; the best solo of the evening from Krall, leaning back into it, and just -that word again- enjoying it. The thirteen numbers contrasted well. There...

Review: Diana Krall / Royal Albert Hall

LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

... Berlin's Cheek to Cheek had loads to enjoy. A reverie of introductory patter on the themes of Rosemary Clooney, rosaries and vodka (don't ask!) ; a cleverly sleight-of-hand Fats Wallerish intro; a playful raised semitone repeat phrase bar; the best solo of the evening from Krall, leaning back into it, and just -that word again- enjoying it. The thirteen numbers contrasted well. There...

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Festive White Christmas Special Feature Clip

Home Video News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009

... an ailing Donald O'Connor) play nightclub entertainers Bob Wallace and Phil Davis, while Rosemary Clooney and VeraEllen are cast as singing-sister act Betty and Judy. The foursome travel to Vermont to visit Bob and Phil's WII commanding officer, General Waverly (Dean Jagger, who looks and sounds like Dwight D. Eisenhower!), who now runs a rustic old inn. Discovering that the general...

Dusty Springfield ‘touched something deep inside me'

Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009

... the years, from those whose songs filled my childhood home in Springhill – Patti Page, Doris Day, Rosemary Clooney, Sarah Vaughan, and Mahalia Jackson – to my contemporaries Bonnie Raitt, Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin, Olivia Newton-John and Patti LaBelle. But if I had to pick one artist who, song after song, always touched something deep inside me, it would be Dusty. I loved...

Death of a Vacaton

Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009

... — including somethin’ special for “the ladieeeeeeees”, as charismatic as any random George and/or Rosemary Clooney. So start working out , and get yourself ready for some cruising.

Animation: The History of the Chipmunks

ASIFA - Hollywood Animation Archive (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009

... and on Broadway in William Saroyan's Time of Your Life. He wrote novelty dialect songs, including Rosemary Clooney's huge hit "Come On-A My House" but his successes never seemed to result in very much money in his pocket. He bought a tape recorder with his last $200 and played around with shifting the speeds, coming up with a novelty song titled "Witch Doctor"....

Twelve Year Old Pinot Gris

Two Dogs, a Flamingo and a Bottle of Wine (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009

... It was fully mature without feeling old in any way. On the way home from work they were playing a Rosemary Clooney song on the radio, one from her second to last album before she died. It was an apt description of this wine. The song was "You got Class." There was some simple food, but the wine just took over the evening, and there is one glass left to try again tonight....