Author: Kay Hoflander
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1467812870
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Life in the early 1900s was quite different from today. The pace was slower (or so we believe in retrospect). The music was sweeter. And, one learned life by the living. Then came the roaring Twenties. The pace quickened. The music became more upbeat, spiked with heady mixtures of jazz, ragtime and blues. By the early 1930s the entire country had metamorphosed. Entertainers like Al Jolson, Jimmy Durante and Sophie Tucker were the rage, and country and western was just beginning to come into its own. Sitting back in his Missouri home and absorbing it all was a young man named Al Fike. Born in 1912, and a schoolteacher by trade, he listened to the sounds of the country growing around him, absorbed them, and made them his own. This collection period continued until the late 1940s when, to the surprise of family and friends, he announced a career change, and the legend of Al Fike the Entertainer was born! After that, Al Fike, The Modern Minstrel Man, regaled audiences from coast to coast. Whether dressed in candy-striped jacket and straw hit reprising the classics of George M. Cohan or mimicking such greats as Ted Lewis, Durante and Jolson, Al Fike single-handedly kept the traditions of vaudeville alive in this country. He also introduced new music and new stars to his routines so that his show was a virtual performance library of American music, idioms, composers, and styles. In short, Al Fike was a living legend, preserving and enhancing the traditions of the American musical stage as no other performer has ever done. Seeing The Al Fike Show was a rare opportunity to see an entertainers entertainer perform.
Al Fike the Modern Minstrel Man 1912 - 1996
Author: Kay Hoflander
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1467812870
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Life in the early 1900s was quite different from today. The pace was slower (or so we believe in retrospect). The music was sweeter. And, one learned life by the living. Then came the roaring Twenties. The pace quickened. The music became more upbeat, spiked with heady mixtures of jazz, ragtime and blues. By the early 1930s the entire country had metamorphosed. Entertainers like Al Jolson, Jimmy Durante and Sophie Tucker were the rage, and country and western was just beginning to come into its own. Sitting back in his Missouri home and absorbing it all was a young man named Al Fike. Born in 1912, and a schoolteacher by trade, he listened to the sounds of the country growing around him, absorbed them, and made them his own. This collection period continued until the late 1940s when, to the surprise of family and friends, he announced a career change, and the legend of Al Fike the Entertainer was born! After that, Al Fike, The Modern Minstrel Man, regaled audiences from coast to coast. Whether dressed in candy-striped jacket and straw hit reprising the classics of George M. Cohan or mimicking such greats as Ted Lewis, Durante and Jolson, Al Fike single-handedly kept the traditions of vaudeville alive in this country. He also introduced new music and new stars to his routines so that his show was a virtual performance library of American music, idioms, composers, and styles. In short, Al Fike was a living legend, preserving and enhancing the traditions of the American musical stage as no other performer has ever done. Seeing The Al Fike Show was a rare opportunity to see an entertainers entertainer perform.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1467812870
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Life in the early 1900s was quite different from today. The pace was slower (or so we believe in retrospect). The music was sweeter. And, one learned life by the living. Then came the roaring Twenties. The pace quickened. The music became more upbeat, spiked with heady mixtures of jazz, ragtime and blues. By the early 1930s the entire country had metamorphosed. Entertainers like Al Jolson, Jimmy Durante and Sophie Tucker were the rage, and country and western was just beginning to come into its own. Sitting back in his Missouri home and absorbing it all was a young man named Al Fike. Born in 1912, and a schoolteacher by trade, he listened to the sounds of the country growing around him, absorbed them, and made them his own. This collection period continued until the late 1940s when, to the surprise of family and friends, he announced a career change, and the legend of Al Fike the Entertainer was born! After that, Al Fike, The Modern Minstrel Man, regaled audiences from coast to coast. Whether dressed in candy-striped jacket and straw hit reprising the classics of George M. Cohan or mimicking such greats as Ted Lewis, Durante and Jolson, Al Fike single-handedly kept the traditions of vaudeville alive in this country. He also introduced new music and new stars to his routines so that his show was a virtual performance library of American music, idioms, composers, and styles. In short, Al Fike was a living legend, preserving and enhancing the traditions of the American musical stage as no other performer has ever done. Seeing The Al Fike Show was a rare opportunity to see an entertainers entertainer perform.
The Ohio Law Reporter
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Appellate Court of the State of Indiana
Author: Indiana. Appellate Court
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
"With tables of the cases reported and cases cited and an index." (varies)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
"With tables of the cases reported and cases cited and an index." (varies)
Reports of the Cases Decided in the Appellate Court of Indiana
Author: Indiana. Appellate Court
Publisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Art Directors Annual and the ... Annual International Exhibition
New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs.
Author: New York (State).
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
The Northeastern Reporter
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1278
Book Description
Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Massachusetts, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and Court of Appeals of New York; May/July 1891-Mar./Apr. 1936, Appellate Court of Indiana; Dec. 1926/Feb. 1927-Mar./Apr. 1936, Courts of Appeals of Ohio.
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1278
Book Description
Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Massachusetts, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and Court of Appeals of New York; May/July 1891-Mar./Apr. 1936, Appellate Court of Indiana; Dec. 1926/Feb. 1927-Mar./Apr. 1936, Courts of Appeals of Ohio.
The 68th Art Directors Annual
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780823058419
Category : Commercial art
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Shows award winning examples of advertising, promotion, graphic design, posters, book design, illustration, photography, and television commercials.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780823058419
Category : Commercial art
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Shows award winning examples of advertising, promotion, graphic design, posters, book design, illustration, photography, and television commercials.
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Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory
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Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 1954
Book Description
Vol. 1 (1880/81); v. 2 (1882/83); v. 3 (1884/85); v. 4 (1887/88); v. 5 (1889/90); v. 6 (1891/92); v. 7 (1892/93); v. 8 (1895/96); v. 9 (1897/98); v. 10 (1899/1900); v. 11 (1901/02); v. 12 (1903/04); v. 13 (1905/06); v. 14 (1908/09); v. 15 (1910/11); v. 16 (1912/13); v. 17 (1914/15); v. 18 (1916/17); v. 19 (1918/19); v. 20 (1922/23).
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Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 1954
Book Description
Vol. 1 (1880/81); v. 2 (1882/83); v. 3 (1884/85); v. 4 (1887/88); v. 5 (1889/90); v. 6 (1891/92); v. 7 (1892/93); v. 8 (1895/96); v. 9 (1897/98); v. 10 (1899/1900); v. 11 (1901/02); v. 12 (1903/04); v. 13 (1905/06); v. 14 (1908/09); v. 15 (1910/11); v. 16 (1912/13); v. 17 (1914/15); v. 18 (1916/17); v. 19 (1918/19); v. 20 (1922/23).