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Encyclopedia > Barbara McNair

Barbara McNair (born March 4, 1934) is an American singer and actress. March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...


Born in Racine, Wisconsin, McNair studied music at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. Her big break came with a win on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, which led to bookings at The Purple Onion and the Cocoanut Grove. She soon became one of the country's most popular headliners and a guest on such television variety shows as The Steve Allen Show, Hullabaloo, The Bell Telephone Hour, and The Hollywood Palace, while recording for the Coral, Signature, and Motown labels. Among her hits were "You're Gonna Love My Baby" and "Bobby." Racine is a city in Racine County, Wisconsin, along Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Root River[1]. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 81,855. ... The American Conservatory of Music was a conservatory university located in Chicago, Illinois. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, The City of Big Shoulders The 312 Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook Incorporated March 4, 1837 Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area... Arthur Godfreys Talent Scouts (also known as Talent Scouts) was a television variety show which ran on CBS from 1948 until 1958. ... The Purple Onion is a celebrated cellar club in the North Beach area of San Francisco, California located at 140 Columbus (between Jackson and Pacific). ... The Ambassador Hotels nightclub, the Cocoanut Grove, circa the late 1950s. ... Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American musician, comedian and writer instrumental in innovating the concept of the television talk show. ... Guest host Petula Clark introducing her new single, Round Every Corner, on the October 25, 1965 broadcast Hullabaloo was a musical variety series that ran on NBC from January 12, 1965 through August 29, 1966. ... The Bell Telephone Hour was a musical show which aired on NBC from 1959 to 1968. ... The Hollywood Palace was an hour-long television variety show produced by Nick Vanoff. ... Coral Records was a Decca Records subsidiary based in the United States of America. ... Categories: Record labels | Stub ... Motown Records, Inc. ...


McNair's acting career began on television, guesting on series such as Dr. Kildare, I Spy, Mission: Impossible and Hogan's Heroes. She caught the attention of the movie-going public with her much-publicized nude sequences in the gritty crime drama If He Hollers Let Him Go (1968) opposite Raymond St. Jacques, then donned a nun's habit alongside Mary Tyler Moore for Change of Habit (1969), Elvis Presley's last feature film. She portrayed Sidney Poitier's wife in They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! (1970) and its sequel, The Organization (1971). Dr. James Kildare was the primary character in a series of American theatrical films in the late 1930s and early 1940s, an early 1950s radio series, and a 1960s television series of the same name. ... The I-SPY books were spotters guides written for British children, and particularly successful in the 1950s and 60s. ... Mission: Impossible is the name of an American television series which aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to September 1973. ... Hogans Heroes was an American television situation comedy that ran from September 17, 1965 to July 4, 1971 (ironically, on Independence Day) on the CBS network for 168 episodes. ... A novel by Chester Himes published in 1946 about a black shipyard worker in Los Angeles during World War II. Bob Jones lives in a culture so steeped with racism that his every word and action has to be carefully thought out. ... Raymond St. ... Nun in cloister, 1930; photograph by Doris Ulmann In general, a nun is a female ascetic who chooses to voluntarily leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent. ... Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and comedian, perhaps best known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which she starred as Mary Richards, a 30ish single woman who worked as a news producer at WJM-TV in Minneapolis, and for her role as Laura Petrie, wife of television comedy writer... Change of Habit was a 1969 theatrical film starring Elvis Presley and Mary Tyler Moore. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often known simply as Elvis and also called The King of Rock n Roll or simply The King, was an American singer, musician and actor. ... Sir Sidney Poitier KBE, (IPA pronunciation: ) (born February 20, 1927), is a Bahamian American Academy Award-winning actor (film and stage), film director, and activist. ... They call me MISTER Tibbs was a 1970 sequel to In the Heat of the Night (1967). ...


McNair's Broadway credits include The Body Beautiful (1958), No Strings (1962), and a revival of The Pajama Game (1973). Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... No Strings is a musical drama with a book by Samuel Taylor and words and music by Richard Rodgers, his only score written without a collaborator. ... The Pajama Game is a Broadway musical based on the novel 7-1/2 Cents by Richard Bissell. ...


McNair starred in her own 1969 variety series, but it lasted only one season, despite the wattage provided by A-list guests like Tony Bennett and Sonny and Cher, and offers began to dwindle. In 1976, her husband, Rick Manzi, was murdered, and Mafia boss-turned-FBI-informant Jimmy "The Weasel" Frattiano later claimed in his book The Last Mafioso that Manzi had been a Mafia associate who tried to put a contract on the life of a mob-associated tax attorney with whom he had a legal dispute. The ensuing publicity did little to help McNair's foundering career. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Tony Bennett (born Anthony Dominick Benedetto on August 3, 1926) is an American popular music, standards, and jazz singer who is widely considered to be one of the best interpretative singers in these genres. ... Sonny and Cher were an American rock and roll duo, made up of husband and wife team Sonny Bono and Cher in the 1960s and 1970s. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... An informant (sometimes informer) is someone who provides information to law enforcement agencies. ...


Her recordings include Livin' End, I Enjoy Being a Girl, and The Ultimate Motown Collection, a 2-CD set with 48 tracks that include her two albums for the label plus a non-album single and B-side and an entire LP that never was released.


Now in her seventies, McNair resides in the Los Angeles area, playing tennis and skiing to keep in shape on a regular basis and touring on occasion. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...



 
 

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