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Name Above Title Headliners Now Completely and Utterly, Dead And Exiled Into Oblivion

Once household names now no more than footnotes, if that. Heere's few to get started

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by Anonymousreply 226August 19, 2022 6:02 PM

George Gobel

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by Anonymousreply 1July 29, 2022 10:22 PM

Peter Wyngarde. Who. Ask the Brits

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by Anonymousreply 2July 29, 2022 10:24 PM

Jonny Rivers

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by Anonymousreply 3July 29, 2022 10:24 PM

George Gobel, though primarily a comedian, had a really nice tenor voice. In his short-lived Broadway show LET IT RIDE, he had two really nice solos. Here's one...

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by Anonymousreply 4July 29, 2022 10:33 PM

R3 Johnny Rivers is still popular on 'oldies' radio. I wouldn't consider him exiled into oblivion.

by Anonymousreply 5July 29, 2022 10:35 PM

Louis Prima and Keely Smith (the Sonny & Cher of the 50s).

Steve & Edie

by Anonymousreply 6July 29, 2022 10:36 PM

G.

Here she is in "Barnum."

Trying her best! (To lip-sync.)

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by Anonymousreply 7July 29, 2022 10:37 PM

Totie Fields

by Anonymousreply 8July 29, 2022 10:42 PM

Jane Russell's namesake, Jane Cowl

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by Anonymousreply 9July 29, 2022 10:46 PM

Al Martino. He was a singer. Last seen in a suburban mall doing an afternoon gig 40 years ago.

by Anonymousreply 10July 29, 2022 10:49 PM

Rich Little

by Anonymousreply 11July 29, 2022 10:50 PM

I remember when I was a kid rich Little was everywhere along with Nipsey Russell and Flip Wilson. JP Morgan too.

by Anonymousreply 12July 29, 2022 10:58 PM

Helen Twelvetrees

by Anonymousreply 13July 30, 2022 4:58 PM

R8 She never had a leg to stand on.

by Anonymousreply 14July 30, 2022 5:16 PM

Alan King

by Anonymousreply 15July 30, 2022 5:17 PM

John Lund

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by Anonymousreply 16July 30, 2022 5:18 PM

Victor Borge

by Anonymousreply 17July 30, 2022 6:44 PM

Ladies and gentlemen, the Primo Family!

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by Anonymousreply 18July 30, 2022 6:52 PM

A similar thing has happened to the movies were big name stars don't have the guaranteed pulling power with the public they once had to ensure a films success.

by Anonymousreply 19July 30, 2022 7:14 PM

Karen Valentine

by Anonymousreply 20July 31, 2022 1:33 AM

Three Dog Night

by Anonymousreply 21July 31, 2022 1:34 AM

The Monkees

.. though lately, they've been rising in views for some reason.

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by Anonymousreply 22July 31, 2022 1:56 AM

The Meat Muppets, Pavement, Primus... bands that once let Nirvana open for them when they were the more famous ones. I'm on the fence about The Dead Kennedys... but I'm not sure if people wearing their shirts know they were even a band.

by Anonymousreply 23July 31, 2022 2:08 AM

Keira Knightley

by Anonymousreply 24July 31, 2022 2:10 AM

Karen Lynn Gorney

by Anonymousreply 25July 31, 2022 2:13 AM

Naomi Watts

by Anonymousreply 26July 31, 2022 2:15 AM

Ted Casablanca

by Anonymousreply 27July 31, 2022 2:18 AM

Rachel Weisv

by Anonymousreply 28July 31, 2022 2:19 AM

Sammy Davis Jr.

by Anonymousreply 29July 31, 2022 2:24 AM

Janet Jackson

by Anonymousreply 30July 31, 2022 2:27 AM

[quote]Al Martino. He was a singer. Last seen in a suburban mall doing an afternoon gig 40 years ago.

His daughter is very big at keeping his memory alive on the internet. She's very likeable and friendly and has left nice comments on my youtube channel.

Maybe I should say "was big at keeping" as it seems she hasn't posted anything for a couple of years.. she was also big on Los Angles nostalgia.

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by Anonymousreply 31July 31, 2022 2:32 AM

R31 Still writing for Los Angeles magazine.

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by Anonymousreply 32July 31, 2022 2:35 AM

does Anthony Newley belong here?

His performances after the '60s were so kitsch and over the top.

by Anonymousreply 33July 31, 2022 2:35 AM

Ray

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by Anonymousreply 34July 31, 2022 2:44 AM

Jose Feliciano.

by Anonymousreply 35July 31, 2022 2:44 AM

I was amazed to find that many people under say 30 have no idea who Fred Astaire is. I always thought he was way too iconic to ever be forgotten.

by Anonymousreply 36July 31, 2022 2:47 AM

R34- I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ why but I would pull down his pants and underwear 🩲 and lick 👅 his balls ⚽️ and suck his cock.

by Anonymousreply 37July 31, 2022 2:54 AM

I used to work with a guy who's 35. he knew most of the music/movie/TV stars from earlier eras, or this era. Now I work with a 25 year old who replaced the other guy. He knows nobody from earlier eras. Even old actors who are still working. I think 35 is the cutoff point, or something.

by Anonymousreply 38July 31, 2022 2:55 AM

Tiny Tim

by Anonymousreply 39July 31, 2022 2:56 AM

Johnnie Ray

by Anonymousreply 40July 31, 2022 3:02 AM

Many Borscht Belt entertainers are now forgotten.

Joey Adams, Morey Amsterdam, Sandy Baron, Benny Bell, Shelley Berman, Jean Carrol, Jack Carter, Myron Cohen, Bill Dana, Betty Garrett, Shecky Greene, Mickey Katz, Robert Klein, Jack E. Leonard, Pesach Burstein, Sam Levenson, Lou Menchell, Jan Murray, Freddie Roman, Allan Sherman, Jackie Vernon, Jonathan Winters

by Anonymousreply 41July 31, 2022 3:03 AM

The De Marco Sisters

by Anonymousreply 42July 31, 2022 3:03 AM

Manhattan Transfer

by Anonymousreply 43July 31, 2022 3:04 AM

Carrot Top.

by Anonymousreply 44July 31, 2022 3:06 AM

Jimmie Rodgers. Fucked up story.

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by Anonymousreply 45July 31, 2022 3:09 AM

The DeFranco Family

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by Anonymousreply 46July 31, 2022 3:10 AM

The Landers sisters

by Anonymousreply 47July 31, 2022 3:17 AM

And lovely Susan Anton

by Anonymousreply 48July 31, 2022 3:17 AM

The Dionne Quintuplets.

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by Anonymousreply 49July 31, 2022 3:19 AM

The Talmadge sisters

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by Anonymousreply 50July 31, 2022 3:23 AM

Helen Reddy

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by Anonymousreply 51July 31, 2022 3:24 AM

Jack Jones

Peter, Paul, and Mary

Don Ho

Lou Christie

by Anonymousreply 52July 31, 2022 3:26 AM

The Cowsills

by Anonymousreply 53July 31, 2022 3:27 AM

Norma Zimmer

by Anonymousreply 54July 31, 2022 3:30 AM

Donald Trump

by Anonymousreply 55July 31, 2022 3:31 AM

Spanky and Our Gang

by Anonymousreply 56July 31, 2022 3:40 AM

The Banana Splits

by Anonymousreply 57July 31, 2022 3:40 AM

I don't concur for Our Gang. Timeless.

by Anonymousreply 58July 31, 2022 3:42 AM

She was a cunt, r54.

by Anonymousreply 59July 31, 2022 3:48 AM

Mitch Miller.

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by Anonymousreply 60July 31, 2022 3:49 AM

Dr. Joyce Brothers

by Anonymousreply 61July 31, 2022 3:55 AM

Hermione Gingold

by Anonymousreply 62July 31, 2022 4:07 AM

Julia Marlowe

by Anonymousreply 63July 31, 2022 4:08 AM

Dr. Ruth is still alive!

by Anonymousreply 64July 31, 2022 4:10 AM

Jayne Meadows

by Anonymousreply 65July 31, 2022 4:14 AM

Shields & Yarnell.

So creepy.

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by Anonymousreply 66July 31, 2022 4:20 AM

When, r65...when was little Miss Jayne Meadows an above the title headliner?

by Anonymousreply 67July 31, 2022 4:22 AM

Pat Collins, the Hip Hypnotist

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by Anonymousreply 68July 31, 2022 4:25 AM

Marion Davies

by Anonymousreply 69July 31, 2022 5:36 AM

Good one R68.

by Anonymousreply 70July 31, 2022 5:40 AM

Shari Lewis may be gone but shouldn’t Lambchop be forever?

by Anonymousreply 71July 31, 2022 5:47 AM

I had completely forgotten about Shields and Yarnell. They are fantastic. Why didn't they do Broadway, and why didn't Michael Bennett ( she did Shindig, similar to Hullabaloo) Bob Fosse, or any of the choreographers from the '70s, and '80s employ them??? Yes, Lorene Yarnell did off b'way, but never B'way. Shit, why?

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by Anonymousreply 72July 31, 2022 5:57 AM

Lana Cantrell, who's still with us at 78. She always seemed a tad lesbionic.

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by Anonymousreply 73July 31, 2022 5:57 AM

Thanks for the lovely discovery R4! Who’da thunk that George Gobel had it in him? Too bad he didn’t (or couldn’t) take it further.

by Anonymousreply 74July 31, 2022 6:00 AM

Robert Shields. Shit man, why wasn't he employable on Broadway? Just don't get it

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by Anonymousreply 75July 31, 2022 6:02 AM

When, [R65]...when was little Miss Jayne Meadows an above the title headliner?

R67 When she starred on Broadway in The Gezebo with Walter Slezak in 1958-59.

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by Anonymousreply 76July 31, 2022 6:14 AM

What if Liza and Lorene had an act???? Whoa!

by Anonymousreply 77July 31, 2022 6:15 AM

Jayne and Audrey Meadows had an act.

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by Anonymousreply 78July 31, 2022 6:37 AM

Most of the these people truly have been forgotten, but R49, the five Dionne babies will obviously always be remembered after Sondheim memorialized them in song. How could a gay man on a gay site say a reference from Follies has been forgotten?

Also, Hermione Gingold is still a big star. Basically anyone who is featured on Broadway cast recordings will never be forgotten when we continue to play these albums over and over again.

by Anonymousreply 79July 31, 2022 10:37 AM

R72- I hope you’re being sarcastic-You like their corny vaudeville shtick

The male - TOTALLY 💯 Gay

by Anonymousreply 80July 31, 2022 11:55 AM

Let it Ride has the best song ever, Broads Ain’t People.

by Anonymousreply 81July 31, 2022 12:22 PM

Jim "Spiders and Snakes" Stafford

by Anonymousreply 82July 31, 2022 12:24 PM

I love Ops link, but was Buddy Greco ever a headliner?

by Anonymousreply 83July 31, 2022 12:37 PM

From OP's video, Buddy Greco seems like what everyone would consider the sleazy '70s lounge act....conceded, thinks he's really entertaining people, thinks he owns the song the way he sings it, and is irresistible to females. This act exemplifies this like no other I've seen. Maybe there should be a thread for something like that.

by Anonymousreply 84July 31, 2022 2:40 PM

Has that slag Dionne Warwick been added to the scrap heap of history yet?

by Anonymousreply 85July 31, 2022 2:50 PM

Carrot Top has a residency in Las Vegas, I think at the Luxor, R44. He’s been there for a while, so I guess people are still being entertained by him.

by Anonymousreply 86July 31, 2022 3:57 PM

Ray Stevens, who had a bit hit in the 1970s with "The Streak."

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by Anonymousreply 87July 31, 2022 4:04 PM

Russian comedian Yakov Smirnoff. He used to be everywhere in the 1980s.

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by Anonymousreply 88July 31, 2022 4:05 PM

Lola Heatherton and Dusty Towne

by Anonymousreply 89July 31, 2022 4:17 PM

They aren't dead, r89.

by Anonymousreply 90July 31, 2022 4:28 PM

Jinx Dawson

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by Anonymousreply 91July 31, 2022 4:42 PM

[quote]Jinx Dawson

What about Jinx Falkenburg?

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by Anonymousreply 92July 31, 2022 4:52 PM

Ray also had a hit with this - the lyric "air-conditioned sinuses" always bugs the fuck out of me. Some lyricist thinking he's so clever.

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by Anonymousreply 93July 31, 2022 5:50 PM

Jinx Falkenburg's Walk of Fame star is next to Janet Jackson's, r92.

by Anonymousreply 94July 31, 2022 5:51 PM

Ahab The Arab - he wouldn't get away with this now.

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by Anonymousreply 95July 31, 2022 5:53 PM

Chuck Norris.

by Anonymousreply 96July 31, 2022 6:00 PM

[quote]Jinx Falkenburg's Walk of Fame star is next to Janet Jackson's, R92.

I don't think Janet merits such prime real estate.

by Anonymousreply 97July 31, 2022 6:13 PM

Agreed, r97.

by Anonymousreply 98July 31, 2022 6:21 PM

Bess Myerson.

Jessica Savitch.

Sam Donaldson.

Evans and Novak.

by Anonymousreply 99July 31, 2022 6:47 PM

Sandler and Young

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by Anonymousreply 100August 4, 2022 2:56 PM

Al's daughter runs the Vintage Los Angeles site, R10. She seem pretty cool.

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by Anonymousreply 101August 4, 2022 3:13 PM

R10 et al. When she was young my wife played back up violin for Al Martino - pleasant memories.

by Anonymousreply 102August 4, 2022 4:04 PM

[quote][R3] Johnny Rivers is still popular on 'oldies' radio.

They've always loved him - along with the Young Rascals or that may be a NYC thing.

by Anonymousreply 103August 4, 2022 5:33 PM

Chevy Chase, Joe Piscopo, Andrew Dice Clay, Flor Rida

by Anonymousreply 104August 5, 2022 5:52 AM

* FLo

by Anonymousreply 105August 5, 2022 5:52 AM

[quote]Lana Cantrell, who's still with us at 78. She always seemed a tad lesbionic.

Lana was/is a lesbian, she had an affair with Judy Carne! Here she is with Judy, off to some rendezvous.

Lana was quite the hip dresser. I always though Lana resembled the late British rock singer Kevin Ayers.

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by Anonymousreply 106August 5, 2022 5:55 PM

R106 If she was an above the title headliner, I never heard of her.

by Anonymousreply 107August 6, 2022 3:43 PM

Bob Newhart Tony Curtis Burt Reynolds Jack Palance Pat Boone Lola Falana George Burns Sandy Duncan Jack Benny

Most actors you see on old Johnny Carson rerun shows.

by Anonymousreply 108August 6, 2022 4:35 PM

Warren Beatty

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by Anonymousreply 109August 6, 2022 5:22 PM

R36 The current TikTok generation, for the most part, has the attention span of a gnat. No once famous person should be judged “obscure” because they haven’t heard of them. I had a conversation with someone once and brought up Frank Sinatra. When I got a “who’s that?” I ended the conversation.

by Anonymousreply 110August 6, 2022 5:27 PM

R110 I think you have to expect that of younger generations. Though I don't like it. I was very interested in music, movies, theater, sports and political figures of earlier times, but not everyone else is. Many younger boomers probably have no idea who Al Jolson was, or John Barrymore, or Mary Pickford or Lillian Gish.

by Anonymousreply 111August 6, 2022 7:10 PM

R109, Warren Beatty is old and (I assume) retired from acting, but he's a permanent A-lister who hasn't been "exiled into oblivion" like lounge singer Buddy Greco.

by Anonymousreply 112August 6, 2022 7:18 PM

What about Jose Greco?

by Anonymousreply 113August 6, 2022 7:35 PM

He dances with Carlos Montoya. They have a lounge act in Vegas. Check it out. Here he is entertaining the Ding-a-lings

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by Anonymousreply 114August 6, 2022 9:10 PM

R114 I didn't realize it's 1959. Is World War II over, yet? Can I come out of my jungle cave yet?

by Anonymousreply 115August 6, 2022 9:22 PM

Margaret Sullavan

by Anonymousreply 116August 6, 2022 10:05 PM

I don’t agree on Al Martino or Bob Newhart — both are in movies with enduring popularity: The Godfather and Elf, which I think keeps them from being consigned to oblivion (and Newhart is still a widely beloved comedian).

by Anonymousreply 117August 6, 2022 10:09 PM

Well, Margaret Sullavan was in The Shop Around The Corner.

by Anonymousreply 118August 6, 2022 10:13 PM

Charlene Tilton

by Anonymousreply 119August 7, 2022 12:22 AM

Macklemore.

Taylor Lautner.

by Anonymousreply 120August 9, 2022 11:20 AM

Most of the people named were never "above the title". I mean Buddy Greco? Maybe he headlined in clubs, but those mostly don't exist anymore.

by Anonymousreply 121August 9, 2022 11:31 AM

[quote][R106] If she was an above the title headliner, I never heard of her.

Lana Cantrell must be before your time, she was a fave and frequent guest on most entertainment and talk shows.

Lana and Vikki Carr were always on these types of shows, it was the same with singer Sergio Franchi and his sister Dana Valery, who was also a singer. Sergio was also on Ed Sullivan quite frequently.

Here's Sergio & Dana with Joan Rivers and Carol Wayne on Johnny Carson's show in 1971.

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by Anonymousreply 122August 10, 2022 1:00 AM

Don't forget Giselle Mackenzie.

by Anonymousreply 123August 10, 2022 2:39 AM

R123 Having watched reruns of The Jack Benny Program when I was in high school, I never will.

by Anonymousreply 124August 13, 2022 12:40 AM

Ja Rule

by Anonymousreply 125August 13, 2022 12:41 AM

My grandmother loved Wayne Newton and my mom loved Bobby Vinton. I heard their records over and over again.

I jacked off to Al Martino, Paul Anka and Andy Williams when I saw them in magazines or TV. Robert Shields of Shields and Yarnell had a very hairy chest, and I fantasized that thick pelt extended all the way to the base of his cock. More jacking off...

by Anonymousreply 126August 13, 2022 1:03 AM

Harold Lloyd

by Anonymousreply 127August 13, 2022 1:04 AM

In my town the local coffee shop, cafe, diner, the McDonalds, the Walmart, the ShopRite supermarket ALL play background music exclusively of hits from the 60s and 70s.

That music and those artists are not going away. YouTube has seen to that too. So many artists from the 50s,60s,70s have millions of views.

The Monkees? Three Dog Night? Johnny Rivers? Their music is alive and well.

Anthony Newley? Are you joking? The man who wrote "Feelin' Good"?

BTW, Buddy Greco was never really a household name. He was one of a group of Italian American crooners like Al Martino, Vic Damone and Jerry Vale but never even as popular as those guys.

And Al Martino will continue to be known from his role in The Godfather.

Yeah, Sandler and Young, Giselle Mackenzie, George Gobel, Victor Borge, Sheilds and Yarnell, Pat Collins...acts like that are mostly forgotten.

by Anonymousreply 128August 13, 2022 1:26 AM

Pat Collins? The TV reporter?! WTF?

by Anonymousreply 129August 13, 2022 1:30 AM

No ... the Hip Hypnotist

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by Anonymousreply 130August 13, 2022 1:52 AM

[quote]In my town the local coffee shop, cafe, diner, the McDonalds, the Walmart, the ShopRite supermarket ALL play background music exclusively of hits from the 60s and 70s.

In the Twilight Zone?

by Anonymousreply 131August 13, 2022 1:54 AM

Any 1960's Motown artist/group, with the possible exceptions of Diana Ross and Stevie Wonder.

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by Anonymousreply 132August 13, 2022 1:56 AM

OP- Buddy Greco looks like that guy who used to do the weather on Channel 2 CBS News New York- Mr. G.

by Anonymousreply 133August 13, 2022 1:57 AM

R106- The pants those men are wearing should COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY BE DEAD AND EXILED INTO OBLIVION.

by Anonymousreply 134August 13, 2022 1:59 AM

R132 Ridiculous.

The Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, Smokey Robinson, The Four Tops etc. recorded classics that are still being played.

It's easier the hear their music today than ever before.

Over 30 MILLION views.

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by Anonymousreply 135August 13, 2022 2:02 AM

^ Over 30 million views for just for one link.

by Anonymousreply 136August 13, 2022 2:05 AM

Olivia Newton John. She got Farrah Fawcetted by Anne Heche

by Anonymousreply 137August 13, 2022 2:06 AM

Vic Damone

Perry Como

by Anonymousreply 138August 13, 2022 2:08 AM

Bobby Vinton

by Anonymousreply 139August 13, 2022 2:09 AM

Ashanti

by Anonymousreply 140August 13, 2022 2:09 AM

Norma Shearer

by Anonymousreply 141August 13, 2022 2:11 AM

Perry Como is played everywhere during Christmas.

by Anonymousreply 142August 13, 2022 2:13 AM

Buddy Greco sings my all-time favorite song: "Around The World"

It's the best song ever! It's very Frank Sinatra-Sammy Davis-Rat Packy...

"Well it might have been in County Down, or in New York, in Gay Pareee or even London Town."

Give it a whirl. It will be your favorite song too!

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by Anonymousreply 143August 13, 2022 2:26 AM

[Quote]The Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, Smokey Robinson, The Four Tops etc. recorded classics that are still being played.

R135 Eldergays like ourselves know who they are, and still play their music. People under 45 hardly know them, unless they're Black, and their grandparents are playing that old music at the cookout.

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by Anonymousreply 144August 13, 2022 2:39 AM

This YouTube Ed Sullivan channel has dozens of these forgotten names: Rita Pavone, Topo Gigio, Barbara McNair, Jane Morgan, Caterina Valente, Jacqueline Francois, Althea Gibson, Joe Howard, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, Helen Forrest, Nancy Ames, Dick Roman, Timi Yuro, Mindy Carson, the Barry Sisters, Arthur Haynes, Charles K.L. Davis, Enzo Stuarti, Jim Bailey, Mary Hopkin, and the list goes on and on...

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by Anonymousreply 145August 13, 2022 2:42 AM

One striking performer that stumped me: Monique Leyrac. Canadian.

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by Anonymousreply 146August 13, 2022 2:57 AM

[quote]Eldergays like ourselves know who they are, and still play their music. People under 45 hardly know them, unless they're Black, and their grandparents are playing that old music at the cookout.

You do not know what you are talking about.

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by Anonymousreply 147August 13, 2022 3:00 AM

I'm surprised Miss Ross didn't put a hit out on the guy who said she was 95

by Anonymousreply 148August 13, 2022 3:05 AM

Señor Wences

Lillian Gish

Donna Canova

Donna Pescow

Barrie Youngfellow

by Anonymousreply 149August 13, 2022 3:07 AM

"His performances after the '60s were so kitsch and over the top."

And brilliant. You left out brilliant.

by Anonymousreply 150August 13, 2022 3:09 AM

Gogi Grant

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by Anonymousreply 151August 13, 2022 3:10 AM

The Ames Brothers

by Anonymousreply 152August 13, 2022 3:13 AM

You are aware, r143, that song is a VERY famous tune from the movie AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS which won an Oscar for Best Score in 1957 and was recorded by everybody under the sun.

by Anonymousreply 153August 13, 2022 3:14 AM

Julie Wilson

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by Anonymousreply 154August 13, 2022 3:14 AM

Joan Davis, the poor man's Lucy.

by Anonymousreply 155August 13, 2022 3:30 AM

[quote]I'm surprised Miss Ross didn't put a hit out on the guy who said she was 95

I'm surprised Mary Wilson didn't pay him to say that.

by Anonymousreply 156August 13, 2022 3:30 AM

Dorothy Squires, once the highest paid woman singer in the UK and for years Mrs. Roger Moore.

Her singing style can be summed up as "like Shirley Bassey and Lola Heatherton, but less subtle."

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by Anonymousreply 157August 13, 2022 3:39 AM

Wow R143 has discovered "Around The World"...recorded by every male singer on earth by the early 1960s.

If you're going to pick a version, pick Sinatra's.

by Anonymousreply 158August 13, 2022 3:47 AM

Ke$ha

Arianthi

Iggy Azalea

Gotye

Owl City

MAGIC!

Fun.

Hot Chelle Rae

by Anonymousreply 159August 13, 2022 5:46 AM

[quote]Harold Lloyd

Still considered one of the greatest comedians of the silent movie era.

by Anonymousreply 160August 13, 2022 8:19 AM

I don't understand how Trump and his task monkeys had the time and wits to go about all their evil machinations. There are just so many many grifts and schemes they have overwhelmed Justice, the Congress, and the media.

by Anonymousreply 161August 13, 2022 12:59 PM

{quote]This YouTube Ed Sullivan channel has dozens of these forgotten names: Rita Pavone, Topo Gigio, Barbara McNair, Jane Morgan, Caterina Valente, Jacqueline Francois, Althea Gibson, Joe Howard, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, Helen Forrest, Nancy Ames, Dick Roman, Timi Yuro, Mindy Carson, the Barry Sisters, Arthur Haynes, Charles K.L. Davis, Enzo Stuarti, Jim Bailey, Mary Hopkin, and the list goes on and on...

I remember these: Topo Gigio (the mouse was a worldwide sensation due to his ES Show appearances), Barbara McNair (singer-actress with an interesting personal life), Jane Morgan (she had a big hit with Fascination, from Love In The Afternoon later was in musicals, on Broadway in Mame), Caterina Valente (famous for singing in multiple languages), Althea Gibson (one of the greatest tennis players who ever lived, and one of the first black tennis champs, as well as an actress), Gary Lewis & the Playboys (rock band fronted by Jerry Lewis's son, had several hits including a #1), Helen Forrest (one of the most famous big band singers and possibly the best), Enzo Stuarti (in musicals including Broadway, and a recording artist), Jim Bailey (people don't know who Jim Bailey is, on DL??)

by Anonymousreply 162August 13, 2022 1:33 PM

[quote]This YouTube Ed Sullivan channel has dozens of these forgotten names: Rita Pavone, Topo Gigio, Barbara McNair, Jane Morgan, Caterina Valente, Jacqueline Francois, Althea Gibson, Joe Howard, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, Helen Forrest, Nancy Ames, Dick Roman, Timi Yuro, Mindy Carson, the Barry Sisters, Arthur Haynes, Charles K.L. Davis, Enzo Stuarti, Jim Bailey, Mary Hopkin, and the list goes on and on...

I remember these: Topo Gigio (the mouse was a worldwide sensation due to his ES Show appearances), Barbara McNair (singer-actress with an interesting personal life), Jane Morgan (she had a big hit with Fascination, from Love In The Afternoon later was in musicals, on Broadway in Mame), Caterina Valente (famous for singing in multiple languages), Althea Gibson (one of the greatest tennis players who ever lived, and one of the first black tennis champs, as well as an actress), Gary Lewis & the Playboys (rock band fronted by Jerry Lewis's son, had several hits including a #1), Helen Forrest (one of the most famous big band singers and possibly the best), Enzo Stuarti (in musicals including Broadway, and a recording artist), Jim Bailey (people don't know who Jim Bailey is, on DL??)

by Anonymousreply 163August 13, 2022 1:34 PM

Some people are just ignorant R38. The ‘it was before my time’ crowd usually aren’t aware of what’s happening in their own time either.

by Anonymousreply 164August 13, 2022 1:41 PM

Debbie Gibson

Debbie Boone

by Anonymousreply 165August 13, 2022 1:50 PM

Robby Benson

by Anonymousreply 166August 13, 2022 1:50 PM

Mac Davis

Don Ho

Andy Williams

Morton Downey

by Anonymousreply 167August 13, 2022 1:57 PM

Clara Ward and The Clara Ward Singers. I didn’t realize how popular they were in the 1960s and early 70s. They appeared on many shows, like Ed Sullivan, Danny Thomas, Mike Douglas, and Flip Wilson.

Clara Ward died in 1973, at the age of 48.

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by Anonymousreply 168August 13, 2022 2:01 PM

Flanders and Swann

Vaughn Meader

Irish McCalla

by Anonymousreply 169August 13, 2022 2:11 PM

The bouffants on the Clara Ward Singers are beyond brilliant. Should be in the Smithsonian.

by Anonymousreply 170August 13, 2022 2:13 PM

As an aside, one of the Clara Ward Singers, Vermettya Royster, became a sultry singer after leaving the group. Don't know if she tired of singing gospel music, or just simply expanded her musical talents.

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by Anonymousreply 171August 13, 2022 2:18 PM

Wow what a steamroller of a tune!

by Anonymousreply 172August 13, 2022 2:21 PM

[Quote]Vaughn Meader

The death of John F. Kennedy pretty much ended his career, since his fame capitalized in his imitations of him. He was pigeonholed because of it, the poor thing.

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by Anonymousreply 173August 13, 2022 2:26 PM

R18, there's so much to unpack in you clip. A father pimping out his daughters, a future DLr strutting and jumping around and the awful sound.

I've never heard of this family! They ain't got the Cowsills or Osmond harmonies, though.

Wish me luck, I shall begin the five I hope is not too deep

by Anonymousreply 174August 13, 2022 2:43 PM

r160 Mention his name to 100 average Americans and I'll bet you no more than one or two have any idea who he was.

by Anonymousreply 175August 13, 2022 2:45 PM

Rubbish R132. The recent death of Lamont Dozier got significant coverage even in the U.K., where loads of people reminisced about their favourite Motown tracks, and not just those of giants like Marvin and Smokey and Gladys Knight. The fact that idiots don’t know them signifies nothing.

by Anonymousreply 176August 13, 2022 3:09 PM

R176 I stand by what I said. People under 40 don't know who most of them are, unless their parents or grandparents played that music around them, and mentioned their names while doing so. My sister's children, who are in their young 20s, have NO idea of who the great Motown artists were. They aren't interested in knowing about them, either.

by Anonymousreply 177August 13, 2022 3:36 PM

[quote]People under 40 don't know who most of them are

Oh really? Have you interviewed everyone under 40?

It means absolutely nothing.

Millions still enjoy their music. And the under 40s, or whomever, who don't know them may discover them, just as I later discovered performers that I had no clue about in my youth.

But tell us: exactly who is giving artists from 40, 50, 60 years ago those millions of views on YouTube?

You are so out of touch. Do you understand what YouTube has brought us?

I discovered jazz from the 1920s - 40s, Film Noir, Silent Films, performers like Jack Benny, Ernie Kovacs, Anita O'Day, obscure cast albums, various operas etc. and etc all through YouTube.

by Anonymousreply 178August 13, 2022 4:22 PM

"The fact that idiots don’t know them signifies nothing."

And that goes across the board for every single subject on DL.

by Anonymousreply 179August 13, 2022 4:27 PM

If younger people don't know who mostly-obscure pop figures of another generation are, well, the world moves on. It doesn't mean they're not intelligent.

by Anonymousreply 180August 13, 2022 4:38 PM

R180 Just not intellectually curious.

by Anonymousreply 181August 13, 2022 4:41 PM

R181 Some are, some aren't. No different from past generations - I think it takes some getting used to, but movies we loved from the 30s are almost 100 years old. When I was 16, 100 years ago was the 1870s. I probably knew very little culturally from that era, other than classical music, and paintings.

by Anonymousreply 182August 13, 2022 4:49 PM

[quote]R160 Mention his name to 100 average Americans and I'll bet you no more than one or two have any idea who he was.

Who the fuck cares whether "the average American" knows who Harold Lloyd was? Of course they don't know who he was. I'm referring to people who have an interest in film and film history, of which there are quite a few. All of them would recognize the name Harold Lloyd.

by Anonymousreply 183August 13, 2022 6:29 PM

Harold Lloyd's "Safety Last" has over 3 million views on YouTube.

A clip of his famous scene where he crawls up the building has 8 million views.

by Anonymousreply 184August 13, 2022 9:20 PM

"Just not intellectually curious."

Or culturally, or historically, or sociologically, or artistically, or.....but why go on?

by Anonymousreply 185August 13, 2022 9:46 PM

I think shes fabulous R157 ! She almost was as loud as the trumpets !

by Anonymousreply 186August 13, 2022 9:47 PM

Yma Sumac

by Anonymousreply 187August 14, 2022 2:38 AM

My dad loved this guy.

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by Anonymousreply 188August 14, 2022 2:54 AM

Copenhagen? No wonder no one is laughing. Tom Lehrer sings in a pure American vernacular, and if didn't grow up here, you ain't going to get the subtleties.

by Anonymousreply 189August 14, 2022 4:02 AM

And he's still with us at age 94. Every generation discovers him anew. Do you realize how hard it is to write satire that still works sixty years later

by Anonymousreply 190August 14, 2022 4:03 AM

Joey Heatherton was once a Las Vegas headliner, but today she is a mere SCTV footnote.

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by Anonymousreply 191August 14, 2022 5:39 AM

Oops. I missed OP's condition that they be dead.

by Anonymousreply 192August 14, 2022 5:44 AM

R52 Bizarrely Jack Jones has been touring for ever - big in Britain, with oldies and gets a mention every time The Love Boat is syndicated

by Anonymousreply 193August 14, 2022 7:45 AM

[quote]Mention his name to 100 average Americans and I'll bet you no more than one or two have any idea who he was.

Probably true, but to follow the letter of OP's theme, you'd have to list someone "exiled into oblivion" and Harold Lloyd wouldn't count. He comes up on "best of" lists all the time.

Someone like Charley Chase would be more accurate to OP's theme, because he was huge at the time, a big name in comedy, beloved for years, and almost no one brings him up now except maybe a few people on boards like Nitrateville.

by Anonymousreply 194August 14, 2022 8:54 AM

Thomas Meighan is another silent film actor who was big in his day, very hunky, headlined movies, then his career died after silents did.

A comedic actor named John Bunny was enormously popular in the 1910s, had a brief but sensational career, and died suddenly in 1915 of Brights Disease. He was well-known and beloved and the news of his death caused a shock wave in the public, and then he was forgotten by 1920.

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by Anonymousreply 195August 14, 2022 8:59 AM

Oscar Levant

Pianist, composer, movie star, TV talk show host. Witty, mordant, famous for his brilliant snark. Also famous for his facial tics, which were many. Appeared in An American in Paris and The Band Wagon. Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Not so much a name above title but because I may be one of the few people left alive who remember him.

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by Anonymousreply 196August 14, 2022 10:22 AM

The Amazing Kreskin. He used to be on every talk show.

by Anonymousreply 197August 14, 2022 12:25 PM

Arthur Godfrey is so forgotten, no one has even mentioned him yet.

by Anonymousreply 198August 14, 2022 2:43 PM

Dave Garroway

by Anonymousreply 199August 14, 2022 2:45 PM

Deanna Durbin. She was huge ,then poof! All the people who might remember her are dead or dying.I only know of her because I was talking to some elderly ladies and they raved about her so I looked her up.

by Anonymousreply 200August 14, 2022 3:24 PM

Irene Cara. She was famous for quite a while in the 1980s, and then, POOF, she's gone.

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by Anonymousreply 201August 14, 2022 3:39 PM

[quote]Deanna Durbin. She was huge ,then poof!

Because she retired when she was still young and popular.

by Anonymousreply 202August 14, 2022 4:15 PM

George Jessel

by Anonymousreply 203August 14, 2022 5:37 PM

Red Skelton (I guess? But TCM keeps him sort of relevant).

by Anonymousreply 204August 15, 2022 4:25 PM

Art Linkletter

by Anonymousreply 205August 15, 2022 11:05 PM

Phil Harris

by Anonymousreply 206August 16, 2022 12:53 AM

Anything broadcast on a cable channel can never be considered forgotten or irrelevant or dead.

by Anonymousreply 207August 16, 2022 1:24 AM

[quote][R106]- The pants those men are wearing should COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY BE DEAD AND EXILED INTO OBLIVION.

OK troll, those are WOMEN in that photo. That's singer Lana Cantrell and her lover at the time, bisexual British actress Judy Carne. Judy became a star in the US through her appearance on a very popular series called Laugh-In.

Judy was married to Burt Reynolds for a few years.

by Anonymousreply 208August 16, 2022 4:25 PM

Dorothy Lamour

Madeleine Carroll

Ruth Chatterton

by Anonymousreply 209August 17, 2022 12:40 AM

Ann Todd

by Anonymousreply 210August 17, 2022 1:00 AM

Mae Marsh

by Anonymousreply 211August 17, 2022 1:08 AM

Nelson Eddy

by Anonymousreply 212August 17, 2022 1:11 AM

R201 Irene Cara. She was famous for quite a while in the 1980s, and then, POOF, she's gone.

She was gone in a flash.

by Anonymousreply 213August 17, 2022 1:13 AM

Pauly Shore

by Anonymousreply 214August 17, 2022 1:16 AM

This thread has turned into a random list of names, which is what always happens when the initial concept is vague and ill-defined.

by Anonymousreply 215August 17, 2022 1:23 AM

R215 I never understand the point of comments like yours.

by Anonymousreply 216August 17, 2022 3:51 AM

I’m forty and I know who Deanna Durbin was because she was my grandmother.s favorite actress. I couldn’t stand her smug cunt face though

by Anonymousreply 217August 17, 2022 4:29 AM

Mae Marsh was Warne Marsh's aunt

by Anonymousreply 218August 17, 2022 5:26 AM

I still have a copy of the World Almanac of 1971. There's an extensive (and comprehensive) list of living celebrities and their birth dates in it.

I doubt the great majority of kids born in the 21st century know many of their names and what they accomplished.

by Anonymousreply 219August 18, 2022 2:05 AM

If someone is completely forgotten, nobody would post their name here.

I'm a fan of Victor Borge, Oscar Levant and Tom Lehrer. Lehrer is retired and currently 94. I took my Mom to see Victor Borge during what I think turned out to be his last tour. Still sharp as a tack and still funny then. Younger members of my family have laughed out loud at his routines on YouTube.

Also took my Mom to see Kay Starr once at the Del Mar Fair and we got to meet her when she stayed around to meet fans after her concert.

People with real talent or who produce quality work aren't just "forgotten" like they never existed.

by Anonymousreply 220August 18, 2022 10:01 AM

People who are pop culture fanatics - like most DLers - know these people but the average person on the street doesn't

by Anonymousreply 221August 18, 2022 4:14 PM

[quote]People who are pop culture fanatics - like most DLers - know these people but the average person on the street doesn't

Makes perfect sense to me. The average person on the street can't locate California on a map.

by Anonymousreply 222August 18, 2022 7:47 PM

[quote]Makes perfect sense to me. The average person on the street can't locate California on a map.

The average moron on the street is too busy looking at their cells to check their social media accounts, they also watch too much reality TV. These idiots know more about the KarTrashians than geography or US history.

On a late night talk show's recent street interviews, the topic was US history and politicians, one young woman thought Bill Clinton was the FIRST US president! I am not kidding. How the fuck did such a moron even get accepted to college!?

by Anonymousreply 223August 19, 2022 2:33 AM

As if no datalounger ever looked at his phone or watched reality tv.

by Anonymousreply 224August 19, 2022 2:34 AM

Jay Leno used to do those street interviews and found people who couldn't say what day the September 11 attacks happened on.

by Anonymousreply 225August 19, 2022 5:16 AM

[quote]On a late night talk show's recent street interviews, the topic was US history and politicians, one young woman thought Bill Clinton was the FIRST US president! I am not kidding. How the fuck did such a moron even get accepted to college!?

R223 Did you skip the part about her being accepted to college?

by Anonymousreply 226August 19, 2022 6:02 PM
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