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Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me", "Mambo Italiano", "Tenderly", "Half as Much", "Hey There", "This Ole House", and "Sway". She also had success as a jazz vocalist. Clooney's career languished in the 1960s, partly because of problems related to bipolar disorder and drug addiction, but revived in 1977, when her White Christmas co-star Bing Crosby asked her to appear with him at a show marking his 50th anniversary in show business. She continued recording until her death in 2002.
Rosemary Clooney was born in Maysville, Kentucky, the daughter of Marie Frances (née Guilfoyle) and Andrew Joseph Clooney. She was one of five children. Her father was of Irish and German descent, and her mother was of Irish ancestry. She was raised Catholic. When Clooney was 15, her mother and brother Nick moved to California. Her sister Betty and she remained with their father. The family resided in the John Brett Richeson House in the late 1940s.[citation needed]
Rosemary and Betty became entertainers, whereas Nick became a newsman and television broadcaster (some of her children, including Miguel Ferrer and Rafael Ferrer, and her nephew, George Clooney, also became respected actors and entertainers). In 1945, the Clooney sisters won a spot on Cincinnati's radio station WLW as singers. Rosemary and Betty sang in a duo for much of Rosemary's early career.
In 1947, the Clooney sisters signed with Columbia Records and cut their first record with Tony Pastor's big band, "I'm Sorry I Didn't Say Sorry", backed with "The Lady from Twenty-Nine Palms". Pastor had initially been reluctant to take both sisters into his band especially as Betty was still under the age of 18 but finally relented. The Clooneys cut 14 sides with the Pastor band before going their separate ways; Rosemary made her solo recording debut in mid-1949 with "Bargain Day" and "Cabaret". Betty did some recording and live performances as an adult but did not pursue a full-time singing career like her sister. In 1950–51, she was a regular on the CBS radio and television versions of Songs for Sale. In early 1951, she had a minor hit with "Beautiful Brown Eyes", but her recording of "Come On-a My House" four months later, produced by Mitch Miller, became her first big chart hit. Miller would gain a semi-notorious reputation for his promotion of novelty pop material, which he often personally selected and provided musical arrangements for. Clooney recounted in her memoir that she despised the song, but as a young upstart singer with no leverage to speak of, she had no say in any of the material she recorded.[citation needed] Clooney made several duets with Marlene Dietrich (released in the EP Rosie and Marlene), and appeared in the early 1950s on Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town series on CBS. She also did several guest appearances on the Arthur Godfrey radio show, when it was sponsored by Lipton Tea. They did duets as he played his ukulele, and other times, she would sing one of her latest hits.[citation needed]
In 1954, she starred, along with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Vera-Ellen, in the movie White Christmas. She starred, in 1956, in a half-hour syndicated television musical-variety show, The Rosemary Clooney Show, which featured The Hi-Lo's singing group and Nelson Riddle's orchestra. The following year, the show moved to NBC prime time as The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney, but lasted only one season. The new show featured the singing group The Modernaires and Frank DeVol's orchestra. In later years, Clooney often appeared with Bing Crosby on television, such as in the 1957 special The Edsel Show, and the two friends made a concert tour of Ireland together. On November 21, 1957, she appeared on NBC's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford, a frequent entry in the "Top 20" and featuring a musical group called "The Top Twenty". In 1960, Clooney and Crosby co-starred in a 20-minute CBS radio program that aired before the midday news each weekday. She had 16 songs make the Billboard pop chart from 1951 to 1956 and was one of the biggest names in pop music for several years.
Clooney's last major chart hit was "I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face", released in May 1956. Rock-and-roll was displacing older singers from the pop charts but multiple pregnancies and childbirths in a short span of time also impaired her ability to tour or promote records.
Clooney left Columbia in 1958, doing a number of recordings for MGM Records and then some for Coral Records. Toward the end of 1958, she signed with RCA Victor, where she recorded until 1963. In 1964, she recorded for Reprise Records, and in 1965, Dot Records.
A one-off single for Dot, "Let Me Down Easy", in 1968 was the last new material Clooney would release for the next eight years as she spent most of that time recovering from a severe mental breakdown and substance abuse issues.
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Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me", "Mambo Italiano", "Tenderly", "Half as Much", "Hey There", "This Ole House", and "Sway". She also had success as a jazz vocalist. Clooney's career languished in the 1960s, partly because of problems related to bipolar disorder and drug addiction, but revived in 1977, when her White Christmas co-star Bing Crosby asked her to appear with him at a show marking his 50th anniversary in show business. She continued recording until her death in 2002.
Rosemary Clooney was born in Maysville, Kentucky, the daughter of Marie Frances (née Guilfoyle) and Andrew Joseph Clooney. She was one of five children. Her father was of Irish and German descent, and her mother was of Irish ancestry. She was raised Catholic. When Clooney was 15, her mother and brother Nick moved to California. Her sister Betty and she remained with their father. The family resided in the John Brett Richeson House in the late 1940s.[citation needed]
Rosemary and Betty became entertainers, whereas Nick became a newsman and television broadcaster (some of her children, including Miguel Ferrer and Rafael Ferrer, and her nephew, George Clooney, also became respected actors and entertainers). In 1945, the Clooney sisters won a spot on Cincinnati's radio station WLW as singers. Rosemary and Betty sang in a duo for much of Rosemary's early career.
In 1947, the Clooney sisters signed with Columbia Records and cut their first record with Tony Pastor's big band, "I'm Sorry I Didn't Say Sorry", backed with "The Lady from Twenty-Nine Palms". Pastor had initially been reluctant to take both sisters into his band especially as Betty was still under the age of 18 but finally relented. The Clooneys cut 14 sides with the Pastor band before going their separate ways; Rosemary made her solo recording debut in mid-1949 with "Bargain Day" and "Cabaret". Betty did some recording and live performances as an adult but did not pursue a full-time singing career like her sister. In 1950–51, she was a regular on the CBS radio and television versions of Songs for Sale. In early 1951, she had a minor hit with "Beautiful Brown Eyes", but her recording of "Come On-a My House" four months later, produced by Mitch Miller, became her first big chart hit. Miller would gain a semi-notorious reputation for his promotion of novelty pop material, which he often personally selected and provided musical arrangements for. Clooney recounted in her memoir that she despised the song, but as a young upstart singer with no leverage to speak of, she had no say in any of the material she recorded.[citation needed] Clooney made several duets with Marlene Dietrich (released in the EP Rosie and Marlene), and appeared in the early 1950s on Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town series on CBS. She also did several guest appearances on the Arthur Godfrey radio show, when it was sponsored by Lipton Tea. They did duets as he played his ukulele, and other times, she would sing one of her latest hits.[citation needed]
In 1954, she starred, along with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Vera-Ellen, in the movie White Christmas. She starred, in 1956, in a half-hour syndicated television musical-variety show, The Rosemary Clooney Show, which featured The Hi-Lo's singing group and Nelson Riddle's orchestra. The following year, the show moved to NBC prime time as The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney, but lasted only one season. The new show featured the singing group The Modernaires and Frank DeVol's orchestra. In later years, Clooney often appeared with Bing Crosby on television, such as in the 1957 special The Edsel Show, and the two friends made a concert tour of Ireland together. On November 21, 1957, she appeared on NBC's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford, a frequent entry in the "Top 20" and featuring a musical group called "The Top Twenty". In 1960, Clooney and Crosby co-starred in a 20-minute CBS radio program that aired before the midday news each weekday. She had 16 songs make the Billboard pop chart from 1951 to 1956 and was one of the biggest names in pop music for several years.
Clooney's last major chart hit was "I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face", released in May 1956. Rock-and-roll was displacing older singers from the pop charts but multiple pregnancies and childbirths in a short span of time also impaired her ability to tour or promote records.
Clooney left Columbia in 1958, doing a number of recordings for MGM Records and then some for Coral Records. Toward the end of 1958, she signed with RCA Victor, where she recorded until 1963. In 1964, she recorded for Reprise Records, and in 1965, Dot Records.
A one-off single for Dot, "Let Me Down Easy", in 1968 was the last new material Clooney would release for the next eight years as she spent most of that time recovering from a severe mental breakdown and substance abuse issues.
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