Danny Kaye (2) & Louis Armstrong
The Five Pennies
℗1959
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Danny Kaye (2)
American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian (born January 18, 1911, Brooklyn, New York, USA - March 3, 1987, Los Angeles, California, USA).
Kaye was born to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants on January 18, 1911 (though he would later say 1913). After dropping out of high school he worked for a radio station and later as a comedian in the Catskills. After his solo success in the Catskills, the young Kaye joined the dancing act of Dave Harvey and Kathleen Young in 1933. Throughout the late 1930s Kaye went out and performed on his own—often with material written by his wife, Sylvia Fine. In 1939 Kaye made his Broadway debut in “The Straw Hat Revue." Later that year his comic singing was featured in “Lady in the Dark,” in which he sang the names of 54 Russian composers in thirty-nine seconds in a song called “Tchaikovsky.” Throughout the early 1940s he performed night club acts, on Broadway, and to support the troops overseas during World War II. From 1945-46 Kaye starred in a radio program, "The Danny Kaye Show," on CBS. The cast included Eve Arden, Lionel Stander, and Big Band leader Harry James (2), and it was scripted by radio notable Goodman Ace and playwright-director Abe Burrows.
Though Kaye made his film debut in 1935, it wasn’t until almost ten years later that his film career hit its stride. His feature film debut was in the 1944 comedy "Up in Arms." Throughout his career he starred in seventeen movies, including "The Kid from Broadway" (1946), "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1947), "The Inspector General" (1949), "Hans Christian Andersen" (1952), and "The Court Jester" (1956). In 1954 Kaye began his long-standing association with the United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and that same year won a special Academy Award for his humanitarian work. Throughout the late 1950's and early 1960's Kaye continued to work in the movies and in 1963 had his own television show. The Danny Kaye Show ran for four years and was a hit, winning an Emmy in its first season. Though Kaye's work slowed in the 1970's and 1980's, he continued to give charity performances and made select appearances for television and film.
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong (surnommé « Dippermouth », « Satchmo », « Satch » (abréviation de satchel-mouth, littéralement « bouche-sacoche ») ou « Pops ») né le 4 août 1901 à La Nouvelle-Orléans (Louisiane) et mort le 6 juillet 1971 à New York (État de New York), est un musicien et chanteur de jazz afro-américain, considéré comme un des jazzmen les plus emblématiques de l’histoire du jazz.
D'une musique de folklore afro-américaine initialement ancrée dans le gospel et le blues traditionnels et cantonnée à un terroir, Armstrong et d'autres firent un courant musical national et populaire à vocation universelle, le jazz. Au fil du temps, ce sont son timbre de voix mythique, son talent de trompettiste de génie, ses qualités d'homme de scène, son charisme, et sa personnalité généreuse qui ont forgé sa renommée internationale. Il a également popularisé un nouveau style vocal, le scat, basé sur l'improvisation. Tout cela fait de lui l'un des chanteurs et trompettistes de jazz les plus influents et emblématiques de son époque et de l'histoire du jazz. Pendant plus de quarante ans, de tournée en tournée, Louis Armstrong reste le meilleur ambassadeur du jazz à travers le monde entier.
Parmi ses principaux succès, figurent notamment ses chansons What a Wonderful World, We Have All the Time in the World ou des reprises comme Dream a Little Dream of Me, Hello, Dolly !, Go Down Moses, All of Me, C'est si bon, ou encore La Vie en rose.