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...nny" David Goodman''' ({{star}}May 30, 1909 – {{dag}}June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and {{lc2|bandleader}} known as the "King of Swing". The reception of American swing was less enthusiastic in Europe. British author J. C. Squire filed a

...d Franklin Slye'''; {{star}}November 5, 1911 – {{dag}}July 6, 1998) was an American {{lc2|singer}}, actor, and television host. Following early work under his ...y for his work, and there was a competition for a new singing cowboy. Many singers sought the job, including Willie Phelps of the Phelps brothers, who appeare

...Sinatra''' ({{star}}December 12, 1915 – {{dag}}May 14, 1998) was an iconic American jazz-oriented popular [[singer]] and Academy Award-winning actor. ...Monroe Street, Hoboken, New Jersey. He was the only child of the Sicilian-American boxer Anthony Martin Sinatra (1894–1969), and Natalie Dolly Garaventa (18

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...orn Alice Jeanne Leppert; {{star}}May 5, 1915 – {{dag}}May 9, 1998) was an American actress and {{lc2|singer}}. A musical star of 20th Century-Fox in the 1930s ...stated that she could not officially record any of her movie songs, other singers, such as Dick Haymes (whose version hit number one for four weeks), [[Frank

...beth Stafford''' ({{star}}November 12, 1917 – {{dag}}July 16, 2008) was an American traditional pop music singer whose career spanned five decades from the lat ...ar II and the Korean War; her recordings received extensive airplay on the American Forces radio and in some military hospitals at lights-out. Stafford's invol

...15, 1944) was born in Clarinda, Iowa on March 1, 1904. Miller was a famous American [[big band]] founder, owner, conductor, composer, "ace" arranger, trombone ...e American Cemetery and Memorial in Cambridge, England which is run by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Since his body was not recoverable, Major Mill

...age it is referred to as '''oryantal dansı''' ("Dance of the East"). Some American devotees refer to it simply as "Middle Eastern Dance". ...articles on the topic, and has enjoyed a large amount of publicity. 1960s American Singer/Dancer Jamila Salimpour was one proponent. It was also popularized

...e Arlene Lake'''; {{star}}January 22, 1909 – {{dag}}March 15, 2001) was an American actress who worked on stage, radio, film, and television, in a career that ...Carson]] and ''Words and Music'' starring an all-star cast of MGM actors, singers and dancers. In 1949, she appeared in the [[Academy Award]]-winning film ''

...er appearing in a handful of films went on to a four-decade long career in American television, starring in her own music and variety shows in the '50s and '60 ...d for two more seasons as a series of monthly broadcasts sponsored by "The American Dairy Association" and "S&H Green Stamps." Simply called "The Dinah Shore S

...Miranda was known for her signature fruit hat outfit that she wore in her American films. As a young woman, she designed hats in a boutique before making her ...in the courtyard of [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] and was the first South American honored with a star on the {{lc1|Hollywood Walk of Fame}}. Miranda is consi

John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who c ...s Confederate General Hugh Weedon Mercer and he was a direct descendant of American Revolutionary War General Hugh Mercer, a Scottish soldier-physician who die

...f show business, including film, television, recording and concerts. The [[American Film Institute]] named Garland eighth among the Greatest Female Stars of Al ...Rainbow," which was ranked as the number 1 movie song of all time in the [[American Film Institute]]'s "100 Years...100 Songs" list. Four more Garland songs ar

...sound films without difficulty. She was one of the first successful Latin-American actresses in Hollywood. During the 1930s, her explosive screen persona was In 1926, Frank A. Woodyard, an American who had seen Vélez perform, recommended her to stage director Richard Benn

..., German: ({{star}}27 December 1901 – {{dag}}6 May 1992) was a German-born American actress and [[singer]] whose career spanned from the 1910s to the 1980s. ...honors from the United States, France, Belgium, and Israel. In 1999 the [[American Film Institute]] named Dietrich the ninth greatest female screen legend of

...d O'Connor''' ({{star}}August 28, 1925 – {{dag}}September 27, 2003) was an American dancer, singer and actor. He came to fame in a series of films in which he {{actors}}{{cat|Dancers|singers|Vaudevillians}}

...site of Josephine Baker|access-date=2 July 2018}}</ref> of [[United States|American]] origin, is remembered as one of the most important vedettes. Her "Revue N ...the Exoticas, they appear in Mexico the famous "Rumberas", dancers of Afro-American rhythms. The Rumberas managed to create their own cinematographic genre: Th

...Groucho" Marx''' ({{star}}October 2, 1890 – {{dag}}August 19, 1977) was an American comedian, actor, writer, stage, film, radio, singer, television star and va ...uch to their surprise, the audience liked them better as comedians than as singers. They modified the then-popular Gus Edwards comedy skit "School Days" and r

...Bing" Crosby Jr.''' ({{star}}May 3, 1903 – {{dag}}October 14, 1977) was an American [[singer]] and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most pop ...most for the morale of overseas servicemen" during World War II. In 1948, American polls declared him the "most admired man alive," ahead of Jackie Robinson a

...8). All were born in Minnesota to a Greek immigrant father and a Norwegian American mother. ...Nash motor cars, Kelvinator home appliances, Campbell's soups, and Franco-American food products.