Once household names now no more than footnotes, if that. Heere's few to get started
Name Above Title Headliners Now Completely and Utterly, Dead And Exiled Into Oblivion
by Anonymous | reply 226 | August 19, 2022 6:02 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...
by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 29, 2022 10:33 PM |
R3 Johnny Rivers is still popular on 'oldies' radio. I wouldn't consider him exiled into oblivion.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 29, 2022 10:35 PM |
Louis Prima and Keely Smith (the Sonny & Cher of the 50s).
Steve & Edie
by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 29, 2022 10:36 PM |
G.
Here she is in "Barnum."
Trying her best! (To lip-sync.)
by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 29, 2022 10:37 PM |
Totie Fields
by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 29, 2022 10:42 PM |
Al Martino. He was a singer. Last seen in a suburban mall doing an afternoon gig 40 years ago.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 29, 2022 10:49 PM |
Rich Little
by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 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 Anonymous | reply 12 | July 29, 2022 10:58 PM |
Helen Twelvetrees
by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 30, 2022 4:58 PM |
R8 She never had a leg to stand on.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 30, 2022 5:16 PM |
Alan King
by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 30, 2022 5:17 PM |
Victor Borge
by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 30, 2022 6:44 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 Anonymous | reply 19 | July 30, 2022 7:14 PM |
Karen Valentine
by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 31, 2022 1:33 AM |
Three Dog Night
by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 31, 2022 1:34 AM |
The Monkees
.. though lately, they've been rising in views for some reason.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 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 Anonymous | reply 23 | July 31, 2022 2:08 AM |
Keira Knightley
by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 31, 2022 2:10 AM |
Karen Lynn Gorney
by Anonymous | reply 25 | July 31, 2022 2:13 AM |
Naomi Watts
by Anonymous | reply 26 | July 31, 2022 2:15 AM |
Ted Casablanca
by Anonymous | reply 27 | July 31, 2022 2:18 AM |
Rachel Weisv
by Anonymous | reply 28 | July 31, 2022 2:19 AM |
Sammy Davis Jr.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | July 31, 2022 2:24 AM |
Janet Jackson
by Anonymous | reply 30 | July 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.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | July 31, 2022 2:32 AM |
does Anthony Newley belong here?
His performances after the '60s were so kitsch and over the top.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | July 31, 2022 2:35 AM |
Jose Feliciano.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | July 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 Anonymous | reply 36 | July 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 Anonymous | reply 37 | July 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 Anonymous | reply 38 | July 31, 2022 2:55 AM |
Tiny Tim
by Anonymous | reply 39 | July 31, 2022 2:56 AM |
Johnnie Ray
by Anonymous | reply 40 | July 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 Anonymous | reply 41 | July 31, 2022 3:03 AM |
The De Marco Sisters
by Anonymous | reply 42 | July 31, 2022 3:03 AM |
Manhattan Transfer
by Anonymous | reply 43 | July 31, 2022 3:04 AM |
Carrot Top.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | July 31, 2022 3:06 AM |
The Landers sisters
by Anonymous | reply 47 | July 31, 2022 3:17 AM |
And lovely Susan Anton
by Anonymous | reply 48 | July 31, 2022 3:17 AM |
Jack Jones
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Don Ho
Lou Christie
by Anonymous | reply 52 | July 31, 2022 3:26 AM |
The Cowsills
by Anonymous | reply 53 | July 31, 2022 3:27 AM |
Norma Zimmer
by Anonymous | reply 54 | July 31, 2022 3:30 AM |
Donald Trump
by Anonymous | reply 55 | July 31, 2022 3:31 AM |
Spanky and Our Gang
by Anonymous | reply 56 | July 31, 2022 3:40 AM |
The Banana Splits
by Anonymous | reply 57 | July 31, 2022 3:40 AM |
I don't concur for Our Gang. Timeless.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | July 31, 2022 3:42 AM |
She was a cunt, r54.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | July 31, 2022 3:48 AM |
Dr. Joyce Brothers
by Anonymous | reply 61 | July 31, 2022 3:55 AM |
Hermione Gingold
by Anonymous | reply 62 | July 31, 2022 4:07 AM |
Julia Marlowe
by Anonymous | reply 63 | July 31, 2022 4:08 AM |
Dr. Ruth is still alive!
by Anonymous | reply 64 | July 31, 2022 4:10 AM |
Jayne Meadows
by Anonymous | reply 65 | July 31, 2022 4:14 AM |
When, r65...when was little Miss Jayne Meadows an above the title headliner?
by Anonymous | reply 67 | July 31, 2022 4:22 AM |
Marion Davies
by Anonymous | reply 69 | July 31, 2022 5:36 AM |
Good one R68.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | July 31, 2022 5:40 AM |
Shari Lewis may be gone but shouldn’t Lambchop be forever?
by Anonymous | reply 71 | July 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?
by Anonymous | reply 72 | July 31, 2022 5:57 AM |
Lana Cantrell, who's still with us at 78. She always seemed a tad lesbionic.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | July 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 Anonymous | reply 74 | July 31, 2022 6:00 AM |
Robert Shields. Shit man, why wasn't he employable on Broadway? Just don't get it
by Anonymous | reply 75 | July 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.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | July 31, 2022 6:14 AM |
What if Liza and Lorene had an act???? Whoa!
by Anonymous | reply 77 | July 31, 2022 6:15 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 Anonymous | reply 79 | July 31, 2022 10:37 AM |
R72- I hope you’re being sarcastic-You like their corny vaudeville shtick
The male - TOTALLY 💯 Gay
by Anonymous | reply 80 | July 31, 2022 11:55 AM |
Let it Ride has the best song ever, Broads Ain’t People.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | July 31, 2022 12:22 PM |
Jim "Spiders and Snakes" Stafford
by Anonymous | reply 82 | July 31, 2022 12:24 PM |
I love Ops link, but was Buddy Greco ever a headliner?
by Anonymous | reply 83 | July 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 Anonymous | reply 84 | July 31, 2022 2:40 PM |
Has that slag Dionne Warwick been added to the scrap heap of history yet?
by Anonymous | reply 85 | July 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 Anonymous | reply 86 | July 31, 2022 3:57 PM |
Ray Stevens, who had a bit hit in the 1970s with "The Streak."
by Anonymous | reply 87 | July 31, 2022 4:04 PM |
Russian comedian Yakov Smirnoff. He used to be everywhere in the 1980s.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | July 31, 2022 4:05 PM |
Lola Heatherton and Dusty Towne
by Anonymous | reply 89 | July 31, 2022 4:17 PM |
They aren't dead, r89.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | July 31, 2022 4:28 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.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | July 31, 2022 5:50 PM |
Jinx Falkenburg's Walk of Fame star is next to Janet Jackson's, r92.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | July 31, 2022 5:51 PM |
Ahab The Arab - he wouldn't get away with this now.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | July 31, 2022 5:53 PM |
Chuck Norris.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | July 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 Anonymous | reply 97 | July 31, 2022 6:13 PM |
Agreed, r97.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | July 31, 2022 6:21 PM |
Bess Myerson.
Jessica Savitch.
Sam Donaldson.
Evans and Novak.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | July 31, 2022 6:47 PM |
Al's daughter runs the Vintage Los Angeles site, R10. She seem pretty cool.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | August 4, 2022 3:13 PM |
R10 et al. When she was young my wife played back up violin for Al Martino - pleasant memories.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 103 | August 4, 2022 5:33 PM |
Chevy Chase, Joe Piscopo, Andrew Dice Clay, Flor Rida
by Anonymous | reply 104 | August 5, 2022 5:52 AM |
* FLo
by Anonymous | reply 105 | August 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.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | August 5, 2022 5:55 PM |
R106 If she was an above the title headliner, I never heard of her.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 108 | August 6, 2022 4:35 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 Anonymous | reply 110 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 111 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 112 | August 6, 2022 7:18 PM |
What about Jose Greco?
by Anonymous | reply 113 | August 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
by Anonymous | reply 114 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 115 | August 6, 2022 9:22 PM |
Margaret Sullavan
by Anonymous | reply 116 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 117 | August 6, 2022 10:09 PM |
Well, Margaret Sullavan was in The Shop Around The Corner.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | August 6, 2022 10:13 PM |
Charlene Tilton
by Anonymous | reply 119 | August 7, 2022 12:22 AM |
Macklemore.
Taylor Lautner.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 121 | August 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.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | August 10, 2022 1:00 AM |
Don't forget Giselle Mackenzie.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | August 10, 2022 2:39 AM |
R123 Having watched reruns of The Jack Benny Program when I was in high school, I never will.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | August 13, 2022 12:40 AM |
Ja Rule
by Anonymous | reply 125 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 126 | August 13, 2022 1:03 AM |
Harold Lloyd
by Anonymous | reply 127 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 128 | August 13, 2022 1:26 AM |
Pat Collins? The TV reporter?! WTF?
by Anonymous | reply 129 | August 13, 2022 1:30 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 Anonymous | reply 131 | August 13, 2022 1:54 AM |
Any 1960's Motown artist/group, with the possible exceptions of Diana Ross and Stevie Wonder.
by Anonymous | reply 132 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 133 | August 13, 2022 1:57 AM |
R106- The pants those men are wearing should COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY BE DEAD AND EXILED INTO OBLIVION.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | August 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.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | August 13, 2022 2:02 AM |
^ Over 30 million views for just for one link.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | August 13, 2022 2:05 AM |
Olivia Newton John. She got Farrah Fawcetted by Anne Heche
by Anonymous | reply 137 | August 13, 2022 2:06 AM |
Vic Damone
Perry Como
by Anonymous | reply 138 | August 13, 2022 2:08 AM |
Bobby Vinton
by Anonymous | reply 139 | August 13, 2022 2:09 AM |
Ashanti
by Anonymous | reply 140 | August 13, 2022 2:09 AM |
Norma Shearer
by Anonymous | reply 141 | August 13, 2022 2:11 AM |
Perry Como is played everywhere during Christmas.
by Anonymous | reply 142 | August 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!
by Anonymous | reply 143 | August 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.
by Anonymous | reply 144 | August 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...
by Anonymous | reply 145 | August 13, 2022 2:42 AM |
One striking performer that stumped me: Monique Leyrac. Canadian.
by Anonymous | reply 146 | August 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.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 148 | August 13, 2022 3:05 AM |
Señor Wences
Lillian Gish
Donna Canova
Donna Pescow
Barrie Youngfellow
by Anonymous | reply 149 | August 13, 2022 3:07 AM |
"His performances after the '60s were so kitsch and over the top."
And brilliant. You left out brilliant.
by Anonymous | reply 150 | August 13, 2022 3:09 AM |
The Ames Brothers
by Anonymous | reply 152 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 153 | August 13, 2022 3:14 AM |
Joan Davis, the poor man's Lucy.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 156 | August 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."
by Anonymous | reply 157 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 158 | August 13, 2022 3:47 AM |
Ke$ha
Arianthi
Iggy Azalea
Gotye
Owl City
MAGIC!
Fun.
Hot Chelle Rae
by Anonymous | reply 159 | August 13, 2022 5:46 AM |
[quote]Harold Lloyd
Still considered one of the greatest comedians of the silent movie era.
by Anonymous | reply 160 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 161 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 162 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 163 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 164 | August 13, 2022 1:41 PM |
Debbie Gibson
Debbie Boone
by Anonymous | reply 165 | August 13, 2022 1:50 PM |
Robby Benson
by Anonymous | reply 166 | August 13, 2022 1:50 PM |
Mac Davis
Don Ho
Andy Williams
Morton Downey
by Anonymous | reply 167 | August 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.
by Anonymous | reply 168 | August 13, 2022 2:01 PM |
Flanders and Swann
Vaughn Meader
Irish McCalla
by Anonymous | reply 169 | August 13, 2022 2:11 PM |
The bouffants on the Clara Ward Singers are beyond brilliant. Should be in the Smithsonian.
by Anonymous | reply 170 | August 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.
by Anonymous | reply 171 | August 13, 2022 2:18 PM |
Wow what a steamroller of a tune!
by Anonymous | reply 172 | August 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.
by Anonymous | reply 173 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 174 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 175 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 176 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 177 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 178 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 179 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 180 | August 13, 2022 4:38 PM |
R180 Just not intellectually curious.
by Anonymous | reply 181 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 182 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 183 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 184 | August 13, 2022 9:20 PM |
"Just not intellectually curious."
Or culturally, or historically, or sociologically, or artistically, or.....but why go on?
by Anonymous | reply 185 | August 13, 2022 9:46 PM |
I think shes fabulous R157 ! She almost was as loud as the trumpets !
by Anonymous | reply 186 | August 13, 2022 9:47 PM |
Yma Sumac
by Anonymous | reply 187 | August 14, 2022 2:38 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 Anonymous | reply 189 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 190 | August 14, 2022 4:03 AM |
Joey Heatherton was once a Las Vegas headliner, but today she is a mere SCTV footnote.
by Anonymous | reply 191 | August 14, 2022 5:39 AM |
Oops. I missed OP's condition that they be dead.
by Anonymous | reply 192 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 193 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 194 | August 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.
by Anonymous | reply 195 | August 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.
by Anonymous | reply 196 | August 14, 2022 10:22 AM |
The Amazing Kreskin. He used to be on every talk show.
by Anonymous | reply 197 | August 14, 2022 12:25 PM |
Arthur Godfrey is so forgotten, no one has even mentioned him yet.
by Anonymous | reply 198 | August 14, 2022 2:43 PM |
Dave Garroway
by Anonymous | reply 199 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 200 | August 14, 2022 3:24 PM |
Irene Cara. She was famous for quite a while in the 1980s, and then, POOF, she's gone.
by Anonymous | reply 201 | August 14, 2022 3:39 PM |
[quote]Deanna Durbin. She was huge ,then poof!
Because she retired when she was still young and popular.
by Anonymous | reply 202 | August 14, 2022 4:15 PM |
George Jessel
by Anonymous | reply 203 | August 14, 2022 5:37 PM |
Red Skelton (I guess? But TCM keeps him sort of relevant).
by Anonymous | reply 204 | August 15, 2022 4:25 PM |
Art Linkletter
by Anonymous | reply 205 | August 15, 2022 11:05 PM |
Phil Harris
by Anonymous | reply 206 | August 16, 2022 12:53 AM |
Anything broadcast on a cable channel can never be considered forgotten or irrelevant or dead.
by Anonymous | reply 207 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 208 | August 16, 2022 4:25 PM |
Dorothy Lamour
Madeleine Carroll
Ruth Chatterton
by Anonymous | reply 209 | August 17, 2022 12:40 AM |
Ann Todd
by Anonymous | reply 210 | August 17, 2022 1:00 AM |
Mae Marsh
by Anonymous | reply 211 | August 17, 2022 1:08 AM |
Nelson Eddy
by Anonymous | reply 212 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 213 | August 17, 2022 1:13 AM |
Pauly Shore
by Anonymous | reply 214 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 215 | August 17, 2022 1:23 AM |
R215 I never understand the point of comments like yours.
by Anonymous | reply 216 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 217 | August 17, 2022 4:29 AM |
Mae Marsh was Warne Marsh's aunt
by Anonymous | reply 218 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 219 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 220 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 221 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 222 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 223 | August 19, 2022 2:33 AM |
As if no datalounger ever looked at his phone or watched reality tv.
by Anonymous | reply 224 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 225 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 226 | August 19, 2022 6:02 PM |