Phonograph Records D'Rone And DeHaas Sing Anka lp, VERY RARE, FRANK SIGNED, NM

$

35

Wikipedia:
Born Frank Caldarone in Brockton, Massachusetts,[3] D'Rone was raised in Providence, Rhode Island, and began singing and playing the guitar professionally at age five. At age 11, he had his own local radio show. At age 13, he won an Artist's Degree in classical guitar from the American Guild of Stringed Instruments. At age 18, he headed for New York and beyond, moving to Chicago in the late 1950s. D'Rone achieved success in Chicago clubs, attracting the attention of such jazz luminaries as Oscar Peterson, Stan Kenton and Nat King Cole. Dick LaPalm, a record promoter for Nat Cole and Peggy Lee amongst others, got him his first recording contract with Mercury Records and introduced him to Cole.

His style was praised by jazz critic Will Friedwald as "all singing from the heart and no put-ons."[5] He had one hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1960, with the song "Strawberry Blonde (The Band Rocked On)".[6]

In 2006, D'Rone released a recording made in 1984 at a club in Chicago (Benchley's On Broadway), entitled Falling In Love With Love - Live In Chicago. For the past few years before his illness, D'Rone had been performing at various venues in the Chicago area, including Chambers Restaurant, The Green Mill, at the Chicago Jazz FestivalL and the Jazz Showcase. He also performed benefits for a school in Michigan at which he made a DVD. In 2012, D'Rone released a new CD, Double Exposure (Whaling City Sounds), in which his vocals are self-accompanied on guitar, alternated with big band numbers with charts written by Phil Kelly.[4]

The History Makers website:

Geraldine de Haas, “The Jazz Lady,” was born in Newark, New Jersey on January 16, 1935. As a young woman, de Haas sang and toured with her brother and sister as Andy and the Bey Sisters, initially starting out in the Miami club scene in 1958. When they returned to New York after several months, they went to several auditions that promised them a few weeks of club dates in Spain and London. However, their music proved wildly popular, and they went on a whirlwind tour all across Europe that lasted a year and a half.

While the trio was in Europe, they became the featured act at the world famous Blue Note in Paris, and were featured in a jazz film directed by Roger Vadim. De Haas and her siblings returned to the United States in 1960, and began performing at jazz clubs and festivals across the country, and made several recordings, as well. The trio finally disbanded in 1966. The early 1970s found de Haas joining the Free Street Theater in Chicago, and her theater career continued over the next two decades, with performances in Hair, Showboat and To Be Young, Gifted and Black, and numerous jazz performances, as well. She also began producing events during the 1970s, and in 1983, she presented the first Jazzfest at the South Shore Cultural Center in Chicago, which continues on to this day. De Haas also earned her B.A. in music education in 1980 from Chicago State University, and has taken other courses to continue her education since.

In 1981, de Haas founded Jazz Unites, Inc., to further the growth and appreciation of jazz, and to educate people through the use of jazz. Since 1993, she has served as the president, CEO and artistic director. Over the course of her career, she has shared the stage with such jazz legends as Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, and her favorite, the late bass player Ray Brown.

Frank D'Rone Autographed Cover: Excellent (still real clean and sturdy, two of the corners have some creasing, please use your ZOOM feature to see it better, Thank You)

Vinyl: Near Mint (as mentioned above, there are absolutely no "spindle hole" markings on the Labels to indicate any play time!)

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