Paul Whiteman

Paul Whiteman

male, deceased (1967)
Dixieland jazz musician, Vaudeville performer, Radio personality, Columbia Records, Victor Talking Machine Company, Victor Records…rhapsodyinblue
Paul Whiteman (March 28, 1890 - December 29, 1967) was a popular white American orchestral leader. He was born in Denver, Colorado. After a start...
Earl Wild

Earl Wild

male, 93 years old
Columbus, NBC, Carnegie Mellon University alumni, gay, rhapsodyinblue, European classical music
Having mastered ever facet of this art, American pianist Earl Wild is the complete musician and ultimate virtuoso. ... For an artist as prominent...
Robert Alda

Robert Alda

male, deceased (1986)
1969 film, 1945 film, from New York City, Anthony Alda, Alfonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo, M*A*S*H…rhapsodyinblue, Rhapsody in Blue actor, Born in New York, New York
Robert Alda born Alfonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo, was an American actor and father of actor Alan Alda. Alda, an Italian American was...

Eric Goldberg

male, 54 years old
Pratt Institute alumni, the Genie, Fantasia 2000, The Emperor's New Groove, Looney Tunes Back in Action, Aladdin…rhapsodyinblue
Eric Goldberg (born in 1955) is an American animator and film director. He is best known for his work at Walt Disney Feature Animation, animating...
Gary Graffman

Gary Graffman

male, 81 years old
rhapsody on a theme of paganini, professor, rachmaninoff, Jewish, Curtis Institute of Music, Marlboro Music Festival…rhapsodyinblue
Gary Graffman (born 14 October 1928) is a classical pianist, teacher of piano and music administrator. Graffman was born in New York City to...
Irving Rapper

Irving Rapper

male, deceased (1999)
Broadway, The Brave One, Another Man's Poison, Shining Victory, One Foot in Heaven, M.A.S.H…rhapsodyinblue, Rhapsody in Blue film director, One Foot in Heaven film producer, born in London, England, UK, One Foot in Heaven film director
Irving Rapper (6 January 1898 - 20 December 1999) was a film director. Born in London on January 16, 1898, he emigrated to the United States and...
Alexis Smith

Alexis Smith

female, deceased (1993)
San Antonio, film actor, stage actor, television actor, night and day, rhapsodyinblue
Alexis Smith (June 8, 1921 - June 9, 1993) was a Tony Award-winning Canadian actress. Born Gladys Smith in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada, she...

Christopher O'Riley

male
Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, John Coolidge Adams, debussy, public radio, From The Top, European classical music…rhapsodyinblue
Christopher O'Riley is an American classical pianist and public radio show host, who is also known for his piano arrangements of songs by...
Hazel Scott

Hazel Scott

female, deceased (1981)
The Hazel Scott Show, Women in jazz, DuMont Television Network, Juilliard School of Music alumni, juilliard school, communist…rhapsodyinblue
Hazel Dorothy Scott was a jazz and classical pianist and singer. She was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on June 11, 1920 and raised in...
Anne Brown

Anne Brown

female, 97 years old
norwegian, morgan state university, mahler, Opera Singer, menotti, The Medium…rhapsodyinblue
Soprano Anne Wiggins Brown, born August 9, 1912, created the role of Bess in George Gershwin's folk opera "Porgy and Bess" in 1935. She was also a...