This blog is about the entrants in the year 1960, to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ceylon, Colombo. The email address for communications is, 1960batch@gmail.com. Please BOOKMARK this page for easier access later.Photo is the entrance porch of the old General Hospital, Colombo, still in existence. Please use the search box below to look for your requirement.
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Louis Armstrong
Please
click on each of the web-links below with your speakers on :-
Louis Armstrong & Danny Kaye, "When the saints go marching in"
Louis
Armstrong - Hello Dolly Live
Louis
Armstrong - The Best Of A Wonderful World (Full Album)
Louis Armstrong
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louis Armstrong
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Louis Armstrong's stage personality
matched his cornet and trumpet playing.
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Background information
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Born
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August 4, 1901
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
Died
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July 6, 1971 (aged 69)
Corona, Queens, New York City, U.S. |
Occupation(s)
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Musician
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Instruments
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Years active
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c. 1914–1971
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Associated acts
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Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971),[1] nicknamed Satchmo[2] or Pops,
was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and an influential
figure in jazz music.
Coming to prominence
in the 1920s as an "inventive" trumpet and cornet player,
Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music
from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly
recognizable gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer,
demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody
of a song for expressive purposes. He was also skilled at scat singing (vocalizing
using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics).
Renowned for his
charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing,
Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his
career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular
music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American
entertainers to "cross over", whose skin color was secondary to his
music in an America that was severely racially divided. He rarely publicly
politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, but took
a well-publicized stand for desegregation during the Little Rock Crisis. His artistry and
personality allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of
American society that were highly restricted for men of color.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Caterina Valente
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Caterina Valente -
Quando, Quando -1962-
Besame
mucho - Caterina Valente
La
Paloma (Caterina Valente).wmv
Bing Crosby & Caterina Valente - Medley
Louis
Armstrong, Caterina Valente, Danny Kaye
Caterina Valente
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Valente in 1966
Caterina Valente (born 14 January 1931, Paris, France) is an Italian singer, guitarist, dancer, and
actress. She was born into an Italian artist family. Her father, Giuseppe,
was a well-known accordion player;
her mother, Maria, a musical clown.
She had three siblings, one of whom, Silvio (as Silvio Francesco), was also
active in show business.
Life
and career[edit]
Caterina Valente, 1984
In 1952, she married
the juggler Erik
van Aro (Gerd Eric Horst Scholz). He recognized her talent and accompanied her
in her initial years of worldwide success, although they later divorced. Their
son is the singer Eric van Aro. In 1953, she made her first recordings
with Kurt Edelhagen. Soon afterwards she achieved success
with songs such as "Malagueña",
"The Breeze and I",
and "Dreh dich nicht um" with the Werner Müller orchestra. In 1955, she was featured
on The Colgate Comedy Hour with Gordon MacRae. In the mid 1960s, Valente worked with Claus Ogerman and
recorded material in both Italian and English that he arranged/conducted and/or
composed on the Decca [1] and London [2] labels. Between 1966 and 1972 she was a frequent
guest on the Dean Martin Show.
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