OLD TIME RADIO - 1 mp3 CD - 13 Shows - Total Playtime: 3:12:26
Eddy Duchin was an American popular pianist and bandleader of the 1930s and 1940s, famous for his engaging onstage personality, his elegant piano style, and his courageous fight against leukemia.
He first became a pharmacist before turning full-time to music and beginning his new career with Leo Reisman's orchestra at the Central Park Casino in New York, an elegant nightclub where he became hugely popular in his own right and eventually became the Reisman orchestra's leader by 1932. He became widely popular thanks to regular radio broadcasts that boosted his record sales, and he was one of the earliest pianists to lead a commercially successful large band.
Edwin Frank Duchin was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Bessarabian Jewish immigrants, Tillie (née Baron) (1885–March 21, 1962) and Frank Duchin (June 2, 1885–?). He was originally a pharmacist before turning full-time to music and beginning his new career with Leo Reisman's orchestra at the Central Park Casino in New York, an elegant nightclub where he became hugely popular in his own right and eventually became the Reisman orchestra's leader by 1932. He became widely popular thanks to regular radio broadcasts that boosted his record sales, and he was one of the earliest pianists to lead a commercially successful large band.
Musical style
Playing what later came to be called "sweet" music rather than jazz, Duchin's success opened a new gate for similarly styled, piano-playing sweet bandleaders such as Henry King, Joe Reichman, Nat Brandwynne, Dick Gasparre, Little Jack Little, and particularly Carmen Cavallaro (who acknowledged Duchin's influence) to compete with the large jazz bands for radio time and record sales.
Duchin had no formal music training—which was said to frustrate his musicians at times—but he developed a style rooted in classical music that some saw as the forerunner of Liberace's ornate, gaudy approach. Still, there were understatements in Duchin's music. By no means was Duchin a perfect pianist, but he was easy to listen to without being rote or entirely predictable. He was a pleasing stage presence whose favourite technique was to play his piano cross-handed, using only one finger on the lower hand, and he was respectful to his audiences and to his classical influences.
Duchin would often use beautiful, soft-voiced singers such as Durelle Alexander and Lew Sherwood to accommodate his sweet and romantic songs, giving them extra appeal and making them more interesting.
SHOWS LIST
Eddy Duchin xx-xx-xx (01) First Song - Blue Skies
Eddy Duchin xx-xx-xx (02) First Song - The Best Things in Life are Free
Eddy Duchin xx-xx-xx (03) First Song - I Want to Be Happy
Eddy Duchin xx-xx-xx (04) First Song - Sweet Sue
Eddy Duchin xx-xx-xx (05) First Song - Darktown Strutter's Ball
Eddy Duchin xx-xx-xx (06) First Song - Nobody's Sweetheart
Eddy duchin xx-xx-xx (07) First Song - Moonlight on the Ganges
Eddy Duchin xx-xx-xx (08) First Song - Sometimes I'm Happy
Eddy Duchin xx-xx-xx (09) First Song - Shine On Harvest Moon
Eddy Duchin xx-xx-xx (10) First Song - Lady Be Good
Eddy Duchin xx-xx-xx (11) First Song - Who
Eddy Duchin xx-xx-xx (12) First Song - Hallelujah
Eddy Duchin xx-xx-xx (13) First Song - Lover
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This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 30 March, 2014.
