Thursday, January 27, 2011

EDDIE FISHER: Teen Idol

A pre-rock and roll sensation, Eddie Fisher's strong tenor made him a teen idol and one of the most popular singers of the early 1950s. He had seventeen songs in the Top 10 on the music charts between 1950 and 1956 and thirty-five in the Top 40.


In the Forties, when Fisher was still a ‘boy singer’ with the big bands of Buddy Morrow and Charlie Ventura, he came to the attention of both Jimmy McHugh and the legendary Eddie Cantor. Each had developed an infallible reputation for spotting and guiding new, ‘undiscovered’ talent.
McHugh and Cantor were to become very instrumental in the singer’s meteoric rise of to fame.


Eddie Fisher passed away September 22, 2010.


Eddie’s album, I’m In The Mood For Love, was released in 1952. To Jimmy McHugh’s delight, it was re-released, by popular demand, in 1955.




http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0279472/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Fisher

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Dear Liza, We Couldn't Agree More!


‘Reality Is Something You Rise Above’ -Liza Minnelli, answering the Vanity Fair ‘Proust Questionnaire’ - Nov 2010

Liza Minnelli’s long awaited new album, Confessions features a real Jimmy McHugh rarity, 
‘I Must Have That Man’ -Start to finish, this disc is a guaranteed treat for her fans.