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Kirk Smith
Kirk F Smith is an American bass player who performs on both the acoustic and electric basses. Born May 27, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kirk started playing bass at age 13 in Trenton, NJ. As a bass major, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Education from The College of New Jersey
, Trenton, NJ, 1972. He also taught, and was a Graduate Assistant at Temple University
, College of Music, Philadelphia, PA, 1973-74.
Kirk studied with Richard Davis in New York while teaching music in public schools in New Jersey. During this time he performed with several resort house-bands in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania, and the Catskills in New York State, backing up the many entertainment acts that came through daily. He spent two years on the road with show bands working from Toronto to the Bahamas.
Then Kirk joined the Glenn Miller
Orchestra under the direction of Jimmy Henderson
in 1976, which led to another year on the road, and included tours of the U.S., Europe, Scandinavia, England, and Japan. He also joined Stan Kenton
's Band for the last tour that Stan would do in 1978.
Since moving to California in 1977, Kirk has performed, recorded, and/or toured all over the world with The Ray Anthony
Orchestra, The Tex Beneke
Orchestra, Les Brown
and The Band Of Renown, The Ray Conniff
Orchestra, Billy Vaughn
, Michael Feinstein
, Michael Crawford
, Keely Smith
, The Bill Tole Orchestra, Louie Bellson
, The Harry James
Orchestra, and Suzanne Somers
, among others.
: "The Sinatra Project" (2008). Leslie Wolman: "Jewish Women in Song" (2007); "On Broadway" (2005). Jaye P. Morgan
: "Lately" (2005). Kenny Ellis: "Hanukkah Swings (2005). Keely Smith
: “Keely Swings Basie-style with Strings” (2002); Ray Anthony
: "Dream Dancing VII The Harry James Songbook (2005); “Dream Dancing V Dancing for Lovers” (2002); “Dream Dancing IV” (2001); “Dream Dancing III” (2000); “When You’re Smilin’” (2001); “Dream Dancing In The Latin Mood” (1998); “Boogie, Blues, and Ballads” (1997); “Dream Dancing Christmas with Mel Torme
” (1995); “In The Miller Mood Vol. II” (1993); “In The Miller Mood” (1992); “Swing Back To The ‘40’s” (1991); “1988 And All That Jazz” (1988). Stan Kenton
: “Live At The Coconut Grove” (1978). Les Brown
: “Live At The University Of Wisconsin” (1995); “Swing Alive At The Palladium” (1996) Ray Conniff
: “S’Country” (1999); "Ray Conniffs' Christmas" (1999). The Jimmy Dorsey
Orchestra: “On Tour-Swinging Today,” with Jim Miller (1998) Corky Hale
: “Corky” (1999 Grammy Nominee for “Best Vocal-Jazz”); “Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas” (1999); “Harp, The Herald Angels Swing” (1995). Bill Tole Orchestra: “On The Move” (1990); “NY,NY” (1977) Tex Beneke
: “The Modernaires
with Tex Beneke” (1994). Madeline Vergari: “This is My Lucky Day” (1986). Roger Neumann
: “Instant Heat” (1995). Art Depew Orchestra: “His Trumpet and Orchestra” (1999). Margo McCrae: “Swingin’ In The Moonlight” (2000). Lori Johnson: “Like Fine Wine” (1998). Charly Valentine: “Silhouette Of An Era” (1997). The Avalon Cats: “Four Feet To The Beat” (1999). Leslie Corne: “This Thing Called Love” (2002). Renee Grizzell: “I’m Glad There is You” (2002). Armando Manzanero
: “Las Canciones Que Quise Escribir” (1992). April Stevens
With Nino Tempo
: “Carousel Dreams” (1978). Sheena Easton
: "Sentimental Journey", " Swing Alive At The Palladium".
FEATURE FILM: He's Just Not That into You (film)
; Three Men and a Little Lady;The Other Sister
; Cry Baby; The Birdcage
; Movers & Shakers
TOURS: Michael Feinstein
: Japan 2007. Suzanne Somers
: US Tours 1987–present. Ray Conniff
Orchestra and Chorus: Brazil, September 2001; October 1999; September 1998. Connie Frances: London Palladium
Concert (1992). Tex Beneke
Orchestra: Sweden, Norway September 1992. Ray Anthony
Orchestra: Japan, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991. Stan Kenton
: United States Tour, 1978. The Glenn Miller Orchestra
: United States, Europe, England, Scandinavia, Japan 1976.
T.V.: Suzanne Somers
: “The Rick Dees
Show”, “Vibe (TV series)
”, “The Arsenio Hall
Show”, “Late Late Show" with Craig Kilborn
, "Step By Step", “The Suzanne Somers
Show” House Band, ’94 -’95. Bob Hope
: Christmas Specials ’93 & ’94.
Les Brown
: “Swing Alive,” PBS. Chante Moore
: “Girlfriends
.” “The Bold and The Beautiful
,” “The Young and The Restless
”
COMMERCIALS: “MCI
One”- 6 Solo Bass commercials; “Blue Shield
”- 6 commercials; “Honda
”
LIVE
PERFORMANCES: Mel Torme
, Nancy Wilson, Marvin Hamlish, Anthony Newley
, Michael Feinstein
, Diane Schuur
, Sheena Easton
, Marilyn McCoo
, Michael Crawford
, Billy Eckstein, Frankie Laine
, Four Freshmen, Lola Falana
, The Fifth Dimension
, Andy Williams
, Debbie Boone, Lorna Luft
, Buddy Greco
, John Davidson
, Diahann Carroll, Roger Williams
, Rita Moreno
, Joel Grey
, Chante Moore
, Lynn Dally and Jazz Tap Ensemble.
Kirk F Smith is an American bass player who performs on both the acoustic and electric basses. Born May 27, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kirk started playing bass at age 13 in Trenton, NJ. As a bass major, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Education from The College of New Jersey
The College of New Jersey
The College of New Jersey, abbreviated TCNJ, is a public, coeducational university located in Ewing Township, New Jersey, a suburb of Trenton....
, Trenton, NJ, 1972. He also taught, and was a Graduate Assistant at Temple University
Temple University
Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...
, College of Music, Philadelphia, PA, 1973-74.
Kirk studied with Richard Davis in New York while teaching music in public schools in New Jersey. During this time he performed with several resort house-bands in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania, and the Catskills in New York State, backing up the many entertainment acts that came through daily. He spent two years on the road with show bands working from Toronto to the Bahamas.
Then Kirk joined the Glenn Miller
Glenn Miller
Alton Glenn Miller was an American jazz musician , arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best known "Big Bands"...
Orchestra under the direction of Jimmy Henderson
Jimmy Henderson
Jimmy Henderson was an American jazz trombonist and bandleader.Henderson began playing piano at age six and picked up trombone a few years later. By age 13 he had joined a musicians' union and was first chair at the Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra...
in 1976, which led to another year on the road, and included tours of the U.S., Europe, Scandinavia, England, and Japan. He also joined Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton
Stanley Newcomb "Stan" Kenton was a pianist, composer, and arranger who led a highly innovative, influential, and often controversial American jazz orchestra. In later years he was widely active as an educator....
's Band for the last tour that Stan would do in 1978.
Since moving to California in 1977, Kirk has performed, recorded, and/or toured all over the world with The Ray Anthony
Ray Anthony
Ray Anthony is an American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor.- Biography :...
Orchestra, The Tex Beneke
Tex Beneke
Gordon Lee Beneke , professionally known as Tex Beneke, was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader. His career is a history of associations with bandleader Glenn Miller and former musicians and singers who worked with Miller. His band is also associated with the careers of Eydie Gorme...
Orchestra, Les Brown
Les Brown (bandleader)
Les Brown, Sr. and the Band of Renown are a big band that began in the late 1930s, initially as the group Les Brown and His Blue Devils that Brown led while a student at Duke University. He was the first president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences...
and The Band Of Renown, The Ray Conniff
Ray Conniff
Joseph Raymond Conniff was an American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s.-Biography:...
Orchestra, Billy Vaughn
Billy Vaughn
Richard "Billy" Vaughn was an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, orchestra leader, and A&R man for Dot Records....
, Michael Feinstein
Michael Feinstein
Michael Jay Feinstein is an American singer, pianist, and music revivalist. He is an interpreter of, and an anthropologist and archivist for, the repertoire known as the Great American Songbook. In 1988 he won a Drama Desk Special Award for celebrating American musical theatre songs...
, Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford OBE is an English actor and singer. He has garnered great critical acclaim and won numerous awards during his career, which covers radio, television, film, and stagework on both London's West End and on Broadway in New York City...
, Keely Smith
Keely Smith
Keely Smith is an American jazz and popular music singer who enjoyed popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. She collaborated with, among others, Louis Prima and Frank Sinatra.-Career:...
, The Bill Tole Orchestra, Louie Bellson
Louie Bellson
Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni , better known by the stage name Louie Bellson , was an Italian-American jazz drummer...
, The Harry James
Harry James
Henry Haag “Harry” James was a trumpeter who led a jazz swing band during the Big Band Era of the 1930s and 1940s. He was especially known among musicians for his astonishing technical proficiency as well as his superior tone.-Biography:He was born in Albany, Georgia, the son of a bandleader of a...
Orchestra, and Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers is an American actress, author, singer and businesswoman, known for her television roles as Chrissy Snow on Three's Company and as Carol Lambert on Step by Step....
, among others.
Credits include
RECORDINGS: Michael FeinsteinMichael Feinstein
Michael Jay Feinstein is an American singer, pianist, and music revivalist. He is an interpreter of, and an anthropologist and archivist for, the repertoire known as the Great American Songbook. In 1988 he won a Drama Desk Special Award for celebrating American musical theatre songs...
: "The Sinatra Project" (2008). Leslie Wolman: "Jewish Women in Song" (2007); "On Broadway" (2005). Jaye P. Morgan
Jaye P. Morgan
Mary Margaret Morgan , known professionally as Jaye P. Morgan, is a retired popular music American singer, actress and game show panelist.-Early life:...
: "Lately" (2005). Kenny Ellis: "Hanukkah Swings (2005). Keely Smith
Keely Smith
Keely Smith is an American jazz and popular music singer who enjoyed popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. She collaborated with, among others, Louis Prima and Frank Sinatra.-Career:...
: “Keely Swings Basie-style with Strings” (2002); Ray Anthony
Ray Anthony
Ray Anthony is an American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor.- Biography :...
: "Dream Dancing VII The Harry James Songbook (2005); “Dream Dancing V Dancing for Lovers” (2002); “Dream Dancing IV” (2001); “Dream Dancing III” (2000); “When You’re Smilin’” (2001); “Dream Dancing In The Latin Mood” (1998); “Boogie, Blues, and Ballads” (1997); “Dream Dancing Christmas with Mel Torme
Mel Tormé
Melvin Howard Tormé , nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known for his jazz singing. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books...
” (1995); “In The Miller Mood Vol. II” (1993); “In The Miller Mood” (1992); “Swing Back To The ‘40’s” (1991); “1988 And All That Jazz” (1988). Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton
Stanley Newcomb "Stan" Kenton was a pianist, composer, and arranger who led a highly innovative, influential, and often controversial American jazz orchestra. In later years he was widely active as an educator....
: “Live At The Coconut Grove” (1978). Les Brown
Les Brown (bandleader)
Les Brown, Sr. and the Band of Renown are a big band that began in the late 1930s, initially as the group Les Brown and His Blue Devils that Brown led while a student at Duke University. He was the first president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences...
: “Live At The University Of Wisconsin” (1995); “Swing Alive At The Palladium” (1996) Ray Conniff
Ray Conniff
Joseph Raymond Conniff was an American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s.-Biography:...
: “S’Country” (1999); "Ray Conniffs' Christmas" (1999). The Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
James "Jimmy" Dorsey was a prominent American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, and big band leader. He was known as "JD"...
Orchestra: “On Tour-Swinging Today,” with Jim Miller (1998) Corky Hale
Corky Hale
Corky Hale has been a working jazz musician since the late 1950s. As an in-demand session player, she has traveled across the United States and throughout Europe, playing harp, piano and flute, and singing, as well...
: “Corky” (1999 Grammy Nominee for “Best Vocal-Jazz”); “Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas” (1999); “Harp, The Herald Angels Swing” (1995). Bill Tole Orchestra: “On The Move” (1990); “NY,NY” (1977) Tex Beneke
Tex Beneke
Gordon Lee Beneke , professionally known as Tex Beneke, was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader. His career is a history of associations with bandleader Glenn Miller and former musicians and singers who worked with Miller. His band is also associated with the careers of Eydie Gorme...
: “The Modernaires
The Modernaires
The Modernaires are an American vocal group, best known for performing in the 1940s alongside Glenn Miller- Career :The Modernaires began in 1935 as a trio of schoolmates from Lafayette High School in Buffalo, New York...
with Tex Beneke” (1994). Madeline Vergari: “This is My Lucky Day” (1986). Roger Neumann
Roger Neumann
Roger Neumann is a Los Angeles-based jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, arranger and music educator.He has written arrangements for such notable performers as Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Ray Charles and The Beach Boys...
: “Instant Heat” (1995). Art Depew Orchestra: “His Trumpet and Orchestra” (1999). Margo McCrae: “Swingin’ In The Moonlight” (2000). Lori Johnson: “Like Fine Wine” (1998). Charly Valentine: “Silhouette Of An Era” (1997). The Avalon Cats: “Four Feet To The Beat” (1999). Leslie Corne: “This Thing Called Love” (2002). Renee Grizzell: “I’m Glad There is You” (2002). Armando Manzanero
Armando Manzanero
Armando Manzanero Canché is a Mexican musician and composer of Maya descent, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the most successful composers of Latin America....
: “Las Canciones Que Quise Escribir” (1992). April Stevens
April Stevens
April Stevens is an American singer.She has recorded since she was 15 years old. Her most popular solo recording was her RCA Victor recording of "I'm in Love Again" . Accompanied by an orchestra arranged and conducted by Henri René, Stevens' recording peaked at No...
With Nino Tempo
Nino Tempo
Nino Tempo is an American musician, singer, and actor.A musical prodigy, Nino Tempo learned to play the clarinet and the tenor saxophone as a child. He was a talent show winner at four years of age and appeared on television with Benny Goodman at seven...
: “Carousel Dreams” (1978). Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton is a Scottish recording artist. Easton became famous for being the focus of an episode in the British television programme The Big Time, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records.Easton rose to fame in the early 1980s with the pop...
: "Sentimental Journey", " Swing Alive At The Palladium".
FEATURE FILM: He's Just Not That into You (film)
He's Just Not That into You (film)
He's Just Not That Into You is a 2009 American romantic comedy film directed by Ken Kwapis, based on the self-help book of the same name by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, which in turn was inspired by a line of dialogue in Sex and the City...
; Three Men and a Little Lady;The Other Sister
The Other Sister
The Other Sister is a 1999 romantic comedy film starring Juliette Lewis, Giovanni Ribisi, Diane Keaton, and Tom Skerritt. Garry Marshall directed the film...
; Cry Baby; The Birdcage
The Birdcage
The Birdcage is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Mike Nichols, and stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart, Hank Azaria, and Christine Baranski. The script was written by Elaine May...
; Movers & Shakers
Movers & Shakers
Movers & Shakers is a 1985 comedy movie distributed by MGM. It stars Walter Matthau and was directed by William Asher.The story follows the head of production at a Hollywood studio who wants to make a movie to fulfill a promise made to a dying friend....
TOURS: Michael Feinstein
Michael Feinstein
Michael Jay Feinstein is an American singer, pianist, and music revivalist. He is an interpreter of, and an anthropologist and archivist for, the repertoire known as the Great American Songbook. In 1988 he won a Drama Desk Special Award for celebrating American musical theatre songs...
: Japan 2007. Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers is an American actress, author, singer and businesswoman, known for her television roles as Chrissy Snow on Three's Company and as Carol Lambert on Step by Step....
: US Tours 1987–present. Ray Conniff
Ray Conniff
Joseph Raymond Conniff was an American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s.-Biography:...
Orchestra and Chorus: Brazil, September 2001; October 1999; September 1998. Connie Frances: London Palladium
London Palladium
The London Palladium is a 2,286 seat West End theatre located off Oxford Street in the City of Westminster. From the roster of stars who have played there and many televised performances, it is arguably the most famous theatre in London and the United Kingdom, especially for musical variety...
Concert (1992). Tex Beneke
Tex Beneke
Gordon Lee Beneke , professionally known as Tex Beneke, was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader. His career is a history of associations with bandleader Glenn Miller and former musicians and singers who worked with Miller. His band is also associated with the careers of Eydie Gorme...
Orchestra: Sweden, Norway September 1992. Ray Anthony
Ray Anthony
Ray Anthony is an American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor.- Biography :...
Orchestra: Japan, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991. Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton
Stanley Newcomb "Stan" Kenton was a pianist, composer, and arranger who led a highly innovative, influential, and often controversial American jazz orchestra. In later years he was widely active as an educator....
: United States Tour, 1978. The Glenn Miller Orchestra
Glenn Miller Orchestra
The Glenn Miller Orchestra was originally formed in 1938 by Glenn Miller. It was arranged around a clarinet and tenor saxophone playing melody, while three other saxophones played the harmony...
: United States, Europe, England, Scandinavia, Japan 1976.
T.V.: Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers is an American actress, author, singer and businesswoman, known for her television roles as Chrissy Snow on Three's Company and as Carol Lambert on Step by Step....
: “The Rick Dees
Rick Dees
Rigdon Osmond "Rick" Dees III is an American comedic performer, entertainer, and radio personality, best known for his internationally syndicated radio show The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown and for the novelty song "Disco Duck." He is a People's Choice Award recipient, a Grammy-nominated...
Show”, “Vibe (TV series)
Vibe (TV series)
VIBE was a short-lived syndicated late night talk show that was spun off from the magazine of the same name. Premiering in August 1997, it was produced by Quincy Jones, hosted by Chris Spencer, and featured President Bill Clinton on its first episode. Like The Arsenio Hall Show of the early 1990s,...
”, “The Arsenio Hall
Arsenio Hall
Arsenio Hall is an American actor, comedian, and former talk show host. He is best known for his talk show The Arsenio Hall Show, which ran between 1989 and 1994, and his roles in the films Coming to America and Harlem Nights.Hall is also known for his appearance as Alan Thicke's sidekick on the...
Show”, “Late Late Show" with Craig Kilborn
Craig Kilborn
Craig Kilborn is an American actor and talk show host. He was the original host of The Daily Show, a former anchor on ESPN's SportsCenter, and Tom Snyder's successor on CBS' The Late Late Show. On June 28, 2010, he launched The Kilborn File after a six-year absence from television...
, "Step By Step", “The Suzanne Somers
Show” House Band, ’94 -’95. Bob Hope
Bob Hope
Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG, KSS was a British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his work with the US Armed Forces and his numerous USO shows entertaining American military personnel...
: Christmas Specials ’93 & ’94.
Les Brown
Les Brown
Les Brown may refer to:*Les Brown , U.S. Big Band leader, or his son, Les Brown Jr., leader since 2001*Les Brown , American author-See also:*Leslie Brown...
: “Swing Alive,” PBS. Chante Moore
Chanté Moore
Chanté Moore is an American R&B and jazz singer.-Biography:Born to a gospel minister, she grew up singing in the church and was heavily influenced by the music of George Duke and Lee Ritenour. While in high school, she decided to make a career of singing...
: “Girlfriends
Girlfriends
Girlfriends is an American comedy-drama sitcom that premiered on September 11, 2000, on UPN and aired on UPN's successor network, The CW, before being cancelled in 2008...
.” “The Bold and The Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987....
,” “The Young and The Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
”
COMMERCIALS: “MCI
MCI Communications
MCI Communications Corp. was an American telecommunications company that was instrumental in legal and regulatory changes that led to the breakup of the AT&T monopoly of American telephony and ushered in the competitive long-distance telephone industry. It was headquartered in Washington,...
One”- 6 Solo Bass commercials; “Blue Shield
Blue Shield
Blue Shield may refer to:*Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association*International Committee of the Blue Shield*Blue Shield , a Marvel Comics Superhero...
”- 6 commercials; “Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...
”
LIVE
PERFORMANCES: Mel Torme
Mel Tormé
Melvin Howard Tormé , nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known for his jazz singing. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books...
, Nancy Wilson, Marvin Hamlish, Anthony Newley
Anthony Newley
Anthony George Newley was an English actor, singer and songwriter. He enjoyed success as a performer in such diverse fields as rock and roll and stage and screen acting.-Early life:...
, Michael Feinstein
Michael Feinstein
Michael Jay Feinstein is an American singer, pianist, and music revivalist. He is an interpreter of, and an anthropologist and archivist for, the repertoire known as the Great American Songbook. In 1988 he won a Drama Desk Special Award for celebrating American musical theatre songs...
, Diane Schuur
Diane Schuur
Diane Schuur is an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Deedles", she has won two Grammy Awards, headlined many of the world's most prestigious music venues, including Carnegie Hall and The White House and has toured the world performing with such greats as Quincy Jones, Stan Getz, B. B...
, Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton is a Scottish recording artist. Easton became famous for being the focus of an episode in the British television programme The Big Time, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records.Easton rose to fame in the early 1980s with the pop...
, Marilyn McCoo
Marilyn McCoo
Marilyn McCoo is an American singer, actress, and television presenter, who is best known for being the lead female vocalist in the group The 5th Dimension, as well as hosting the 1980s music countdown series Solid Gold...
, Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford OBE is an English actor and singer. He has garnered great critical acclaim and won numerous awards during his career, which covers radio, television, film, and stagework on both London's West End and on Broadway in New York City...
, Billy Eckstein, Frankie Laine
Frankie Laine
Frankie Laine, born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio , was a successful American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spanned 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005...
, Four Freshmen, Lola Falana
Lola Falana
Lola Falana is an American singer, dancer, and actress of Cuban and African American descent. Falana's father left Cuba to become a welder in the United States, where he met his wife...
, The Fifth Dimension
The Fifth Dimension
The 5th Dimension is an American popular music vocal group, whose repertoire also includes pop, R&B, soul, and jazz.Originally known as The Hi-Fi's, the 5th Dimension changed its name in late 1966, and was best-known during the late 1960s and early 1970s for popularizing the hits "Up, Up and Away",...
, Andy Williams
Andy Williams
Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams is an American singer who has recorded 18 Gold- and three Platinum-certified albums. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a TV variety show, from 1962 to 1971, as well as numerous television specials, and owns his own theater, the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri,...
, Debbie Boone, Lorna Luft
Lorna Luft
Lorna Luft is an American television, stage, and film actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and Sid Luft, and the half-sister of singer and actress Liza Minnelli.-Biography:...
, Buddy Greco
Buddy Greco
-Biography:He was born Armando Greco in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Greco began playing piano at the age of four. His first professional work was playing with Benny Goodman's band. Most of Greco's work has been in the jazz and pop genres...
, John Davidson
John Davidson
John Davidson may refer to:* John Andrew Davidson , Canadian politician* John Davidson , American actor* John Davidson , Australian admiral...
, Diahann Carroll, Roger Williams
Roger Williams (pianist)
Roger Williams was an American popular music pianist. As of 2004, he had released 116 albums.-Biography:...
, Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno is a Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress. She is the only Hispanic and one of the few performers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony, and was the second Puerto Rican to win an Academy Award....
, Joel Grey
Joel Grey
Joel Grey is an American stage and screen actor, singer, and dancer, best known for his role as the Master of Ceremonies in both the stage and film adaptation of the Kander & Ebb musical Cabaret. He has won the Academy Award, Tony Award and Golden Globe Award...
, Chante Moore
Chanté Moore
Chanté Moore is an American R&B and jazz singer.-Biography:Born to a gospel minister, she grew up singing in the church and was heavily influenced by the music of George Duke and Lee Ritenour. While in high school, she decided to make a career of singing...
, Lynn Dally and Jazz Tap Ensemble.
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