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...uncles was a professional singer and her uncles and father sang in church and for recreation...
Various and sundry deans then spoke about the glories of student organizations, the history of the quest for knowledge and the wonders of living in a place occupied by generations of ghosts. The band played, the choirs sang and, after a handful of hip-hips for Harvard, a smattering of rah-rahs for Radcliffe, a few more prescient words and a "Bon Voyage!" from Rudenstine, the crowd disbanded as the first years set off on their journeys and adventures...
...Dandridge sang of "Ten little jitterbug boys" with Louis Armstrong in Going Places and about the "Harlem Sandman" ("He makes you Count Basie/ Instead of countin' sheep") in Hit Parade of 1943. She starred in the video-jukebox "soundies," dolled up in jewels for Easy Street or jiving expertly in Swing for Your Supper ("They made me rock 'n' roll...brought me up on good ol' rhythmatic"). In the 1940 Sun Valley Serenade she introduced Chattanooga Choo Choo, dancing with the great Nicholas brothers. By then Dottie was a solo act. Much later, Vivian worked as her star sister...
...popularity in his native Pakistan but also, after being lured into recording the sound track for The Last Temptation of Christ by the British rock musician Peter Gabriel, began attracting an international following. Besides recording the sound tracks of Natural Born Killers and Dead Man Walking (where he sang with Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder), he continued to perform around the world. At sold-out performances, throngs would dance and whirl, some shouting "Ali! Ali!" and throwing money on stage where Khan sat, gesticulating only with his hands as his voice conquered all surrounding space...
...stars, from Jose Ferrer (Coe put Cyrano de Bergerac on TV between its Broadway run and the Kramer film adaptation) to Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Henry Fonda (for a Producer's Showcase staging of The Petrified Forest) to Frank Sinatra (who, in the musical version of Our Town, sang Love and Marriage). Coe's 1955 airing of the Mary Martin Peter Pan was the highest-rated show in the young medium's history...