Rosemary Clooney (born 23 May 1928 in Maysville, Kentucky, USA – 29 June 20… Read Full Bio ↴Rosemary Clooney (born 23 May 1928 in Maysville, Kentucky, USA – 29 June 2002) was an American singer and actress.
Clooney's first recordings, in May 1946, were for Columbia Records. She sang with Tony Pastor's big band. Clooney continued working with the Pastor band until 1949, making her last recording with the band in May of that year and her first as a solo artist a month later, still for Columbia.
She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit Come On-a My House written by William Saroyan and his cousin Ross Bagdasarian (better known as David Seville, the father figure of Alvin and the Chipmunks), which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me" (a cover version of the Italian song Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina by Alberto Rabagliati), "Mambo Italiano", "Tenderly", "Half as Much", "Hey There" and "This Ole House", although she had success as a jazz vocalist. Clooney's career languished in the 1960s, partly due to problems related to depression and drug addiction, but revived in 1977, when her White Christmas co-star Bing Crosby asked her to appear with him at a show marking his 50th anniversary in show business. She continued recording until her death in 2002. She was the aunt of Academy Award winning actor George Clooney; mother-in-law of singer Debby Boone; and sister to former television personality Nick Clooney. She was the ex-wife of Jose Ferrer; mother of actor Miguel Ferrer
Clooney was diagnosed with lung cancer at the end of 2001. Around this time, she gave her last concert, in Hawaii, backed by the Honolulu Symphony Pops; her last song was "God Bless America".
Clooney's first recordings, in May 1946, were for Columbia Records. She sang with Tony Pastor's big band. Clooney continued working with the Pastor band until 1949, making her last recording with the band in May of that year and her first as a solo artist a month later, still for Columbia.
She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit Come On-a My House written by William Saroyan and his cousin Ross Bagdasarian (better known as David Seville, the father figure of Alvin and the Chipmunks), which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me" (a cover version of the Italian song Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina by Alberto Rabagliati), "Mambo Italiano", "Tenderly", "Half as Much", "Hey There" and "This Ole House", although she had success as a jazz vocalist. Clooney's career languished in the 1960s, partly due to problems related to depression and drug addiction, but revived in 1977, when her White Christmas co-star Bing Crosby asked her to appear with him at a show marking his 50th anniversary in show business. She continued recording until her death in 2002. She was the aunt of Academy Award winning actor George Clooney; mother-in-law of singer Debby Boone; and sister to former television personality Nick Clooney. She was the ex-wife of Jose Ferrer; mother of actor Miguel Ferrer
Clooney was diagnosed with lung cancer at the end of 2001. Around this time, she gave her last concert, in Hawaii, backed by the Honolulu Symphony Pops; her last song was "God Bless America".
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Greatest Hits 1948-1954
Rosemary Clooney Lyrics
"A" You're Adorable When Johnny Jones was serenading Mary He sure could quote a…
Be My Life's Companion Want no silver threads among the gold. Want no silver thread…
Beautiful Brown Eyes Beautiful, beautiful brown eyes Beautiful, beautiful brown e…
Blues in the Night My mama done told me When I was in pig tails My…
Come On-a My House Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give you…
Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep "When I'm worried, And I can't sleep, I count my blessings i…
Grieving for You I remember other days how I used to weep Over…
Half as Much If you loved me half as much as I love…
Hey There Lately when I'm in my room all by myself In the…
I'm Waiting Just for You You had to leave me all by myself, Dear And I've…
It's Like Taking Candy from a Baby It was just like takin' candy from a baby `Cause I…
Mambo Italiano A girl went back to Napoli Because she missed the…
Mixed Emotions i have mixed emotions when it comes to loving you i know…
Sisters Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters Never…
Tenderly The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
This Ole House This ole house once knew his children This ole house once…
Too Old to Cut the Mustard Too old Too old He's too old to cut the mustard anymore Too…
You Started Something You were just passing by, but you started something I may…
You'll Never Know You'll never know just how much I miss you You'll never…
You're Just in Love I hear singing and there's no one there. I smell…