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Perry Hall musician keeps Zim Zemarel's Big Band sound alive
It takes a Big Band sound to battle the disco, punk, thrash rock, heavy metal and country-pop now dominating national soundtracks.
But that's exactly what the Zim Zemarel Band has done in the greater Baltimore area for the better part of 50 years.
And...Tags: William Donald Schaefer, Perry Hall, Dance, Tommy Dorsey, University of Baltimore
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A warm embrace of Margaret Whiting
In her prolific career, singer Margaret Whiting recorded 500 songs, including such signature hits as "It Might as Well Be Spring," "That Old Black Magic" and "Baby It's Cold Outside." Along with such legends as Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, Whiting...
Tags: The Ed Sullivan Show (tv program), I Love Lucy (tv program), Richard Nixon, Capitol Records, Music Industry
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Marvin Hamlisch dies at 68; award-winning composer of popular music
When Marvin Hamlisch auditioned for the Juilliard School of Music, he played not Chopin or Mozart but the American folk standard "Goodnight, Irene," a choice that could have had lamentable results for any other prospective student. But Hamlisch quickly...
Tags: Ordinary People (movie), Tony Bennett, Los Angeles Times, Paul Newman, Music Industry
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Tom Garvin dies at 67; versatile jazz pianist, composer
Tom Garvin, a jazz pianist and composer-arranger who was best known as an exceptional accompanist, died July 31 at an assisted living facility in Encino. He was 67.
The cause was cancer, which diagnosed three years ago, said Tom Mitchell, a close friend....Tags: John Gilbert, Fine Arts, Celebrities and Health Issues, Los Angeles Times, Music Industry
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Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon to Feature Stars Galore
Staff reporterThe Muscular Dystrophy Association today announced that plans for its 2010 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon are almost complete, and the 21½-hour live show is going to be spectacular. From live remotes to amazing dance and production numbers, to sensational...Tags: Norm Crosby, The Doctors (tv program), Don Francisco, Brandon Barash, Muscular Dystrophy Association
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From the Cubicle
The visitors' clubhouse at Wrigley Field is roughly three times the size of a standard office cubicle. It's long and narrow with players shoulder-to-shoulder, sometimes on top of each other. The cramped confines present an extra problem when the San...Tags: Field Hockey, Pedro Feliz, Omar Vizquel, Barry Bonds, Aramis Ramirez
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Allan Jones; Tenor Sang in '30s Film Farces
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAllan Jones, the boyishly good-looking lyric tenor who added pleasant musical interludes to film farces of the 1930s, has died of lung cancer. The curly-haired Jones, whose signature song was "Donkey Serenade," was 84 when he died Saturday in New York...Tags: Irene Dunne, Jeanette MacDonald, Irene Hervey, Companies and Corporations, Los Angeles Times
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