The following year, the show moved to NBC prime time as The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney but only lasted one season. The show featured The Hi-Lo’s singing group and Nelson Riddle‘s orchestra. She starred, in 1956, in a half-hour syndicated television musical-variety show The Rosemary Clooney Show. Crosby opined that Clooney was “the best in the business.” In 1960, she and Crosby co-starred in a 20-minute CBS radio show that went to air before the midday news every weekday. In later years, Clooney would often appear with Crosby on television, such as in the 1957 special The Edsel Show, and the two friends made a concert tour of Ireland together.
ROSEMARY CLOONEY JAZZ SINGER MOVIE
In 1954, she starred, along with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Vera-Ellen, in the movie White Christmas. She had been told by Columbia Records to record the song, and that she would be in violation of her contract if she did not do so.Īround 1952, Rosemary recorded several duets with Marlene Dietrich.
It was her first of many singles to hit the charts-despite the fact that Clooney hated the song passionately. In 1951, her record of “Come On-a My House” became a hit. Clooney continued working with the Pastor band until 1949, making her last recording with the band in May of that year and her first as a solo artist a month later, still for Columbia. She continued recording until her death in 2002.Ĭlooney’s first recordings, in May 1946, were for Columbia Records. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit “ Come On-a My House“, which was followed by other pop numbers such as “ Botch-a-Me” (a cover version of the Italian song Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina by Alberto Rabagliati), “ Mambo Italiano“, “ Tenderly“, “ Half as Much“, “ Hey There” and “ This Ole House,” though she would go on to success as a jazz vocalist.Ĭlooney’s career languished in the 1960s, partly due to problems related to depression and drug addiction, but revived in 1974, when her White Christmas co-star Bing Crosby asked her to appear with him at a show marking his 50th anniversary in show business. Rosemary Clooney (– June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress.
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