Frances Langford

Frances Newbern Langford (April 4, 1913 – July 11, 2005) was a successful singer and entertainer during the "Golden Age of Radio", who also made occasional film appearances. Image File history File links album cover depicting American singer Frances Langford. ... Image File history File links album cover depicting American singer Frances Langford. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Old-Time Radio (OTR) or The Golden Age of Radio is a term used to refer to radio programs that were broadcast during the 1920s through the late 1950s (with some outlying programs produced earlier and later) in the United States, as well as the United Kingdom and Canada and...

Born in Lakeland, Florida, Langford originally trained as an opera singer. While a young girl she required surgery on her throat, and as a result was forced to change her vocal style to a more contemporary big band, popular music style. She began singing for radio during the early 1930s, and was heard by Rudy Vallee, who invited her to become a regular on his radio show. She was a well-known radio performer before making her film debut in Every Night at Eight in 1935, in which she introduced one of her most popular songs, "I'm In The Mood For Love". From 1935 until 1938 she was a regular performer on Dick Powell's radio show. Lakeland is a city located in Polk County, Florida. ... The foyer of Charles Garniers Opéra, Paris, opened 1875 Opera is an art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. ... A big band, also known as a jazz orchestra, is a large musical ensemble that plays jazz music, especially swing. ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ... Rudy Vallee (July 28, 1901 - July 3, 1986) was a popular United States singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dick Powell (1904-1963) The singer, actor, producer, and director Dick Powell was born as Richard Ewing Powell in Mountain View, Arkansas on November 14, 1904. ...

From 1936 she began appearing frequently in films such as Broadway Melody of 1936 (1936) and Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) with James Cagney, in which she performed the popular song "Over There". 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Broadway Melody of 1936 is a musical film released by MGM in 1935, despite the title. ... Yankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 biographical film about George M. Cohan, starring James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp and Jeanne Cagney. ... Jimmy Cagney was part of the Legends of Hollywood USPS stamp series. ...

From 1941 she worked on Bob Hope's radio show, and during World War II she performed frequently with Hope entertaining troops. Her association with Hope continued into the 1980s; in 1989 she joined him for a USO tour. 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Leslie Townes Hope KBE (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), best known as Bob Hope, was a famous entertainer, having appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, movies and in army concerts. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was by far the bloodiest, most expensive, and most significant war in... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... USO is a TLA that may stand for: Ultra stable oscillator Unidentified submarine object Union der Schülerorganisationen (uso. ...

She worked for several years in the late 1940s on Spike Jones' show before being teamed with Don Ameche in 1951 for a shortlived television program, The Frances Langford/Don Ameche Show. She and Ameche later enjoyed outstanding success with a comedy radio series The Bickersons. // Events and trends The 1940s were dominated by World War II, the most destructive armed conflict in history. ... Spike Jones For the music video and film director, see Spike Jonze. ... Don Ameche (May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... The Bickersons is an American radio drama, that aired during the 20s and 30s. ...

Langford was the host of two self titled variety television programs, Frances Langford Presents (1959) and The Frances Langford Show (1960).

She married three times. Her first husband, from 1934 until 1955, was the actor Jon Hall. In 1955, she married outboard motor heir Ralph Evinrude. They moved to her estate in Jensen Beach, Florida and opened the Outrigger Resort where Langford frequently performed. Evinrude died in 1986. In 1994 she married Harold Stuart, who had been assistant secretary of the United States Air Force under President Harry S. Truman and who survives her. She had no children. 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jon maddog Hall is the Executive Director of Linux International [1], a non-profit association of computer vendors who wish to support and promote the Linux operating system. ... An outboard motor is a propulsion system for vehicles designed to float on and move across (or through) water. ... Jensen Beach is a census-designated place located in Martin County, Florida. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Seal of the Air Force. ... For the victim of Mt. ...

Although her greatest successes were in radio, her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 1500 Vine Street, acknowledges her contribution to Motion Pictures. An example of a Hollywood Walk of Fame star, for the film actress Carole Lombard. ...

She died at her Jensen Beach, Florida home after suffering from congestive heart failure, aged 92. Jensen Beach is a census-designated place located in Martin County, Florida. ... Congestive heart failure (CHF) (also called congestive cardiac failure and heart failure) is the inability of the heart to pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body, or requiring elevated filling pressures in order to pump effectively. ...

External links

• Frances Langford at the Internet Movie Database
• Frances Langford biographical fansite