Russ Columbo - Russ Columbo On The Air Rare Recordings By The "Romeo Of Radio" 1933-1934 FLAC

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Russ Columbo Artist Format: Vinyl. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Singer Russ Columbo helped set the standard for Italian popular ballad crooners. In his personal appearances, Columbo was trim, debonair, and favored a spotless white suit of the sort George Raft wore in movies of the period. It wasn't hard to put together, as Columbo's was one of the few shows on the road in 1933. This kept him in the public eye, although it proved profitable mostly for the sidemen. On September 2, 1934 Russ Columbo was visiting a friend, the Hollywood portrait photographer Lansing Brown, who was toying absentmindedly with an antique pistol he kept as a desk ornament. It fired accidentally, and the ball lodged in Columbo's brain. In this presentation, Columbos artistry is illustrated by recordings and excerpts from his films. DENNIS D. ROONEY is Co-Chairman of ARSCs New York Chapter. That evening, he attended the preview of this film at the Pantages Theater on Hollywood Boulevard with Carole Lombard. Romeo of Radio. Other rare and re-releases appeared in the late '70s on the Pelican label and others, and in the 1990s Columbo's work was released on CD's from two different companies. Russ Columbo. Item Number JRM06741-VL. TITLE Russ Columbo On The Air: Rare Recordings By The Romeo Of Radio 1933-1934. YEAR 1980. A fascinating biog of Russ Columbo, AKA the Vocal Valentino The crooners have never really had their day A fascinating biog of Russ Columbo, AKA the Vocal Valentino The crooners have never really had their day and most peoples knowledge of the form starts and ends at Bing Crosby, who, according to this, owed a stylistic debt to Columbo anyway. For fans of old hollywood, neglected music, haunted glamour and faded stars - Sleazenation. radio and handsome twenty-three-year-old Russ Columbo, a former violinist dating a Ziegfeld girl, makes his debut on NBC radio. In an America poised to take its dominant place on the world stage, the Crooner points the way forward. Hailed as The Romeo of Radio and The Valentino of Song, romantically linked to actresses Pola Negri and Carole Lombard, Columbo is all but forgotten today, his limitless promise cut short in a tragic and controversialaccident as he stood on the verge of winning the stardom that Crosby, his great rival, would soon achieve. Fantastic read by one of the greats, Lenny Kaye. A portrait of the first 'rock star', Russ Columbo. You'll receive email and Feed alerts when new items arrive. Turn off email alerts. Russ columbo - sandy hook - new, sealed orig. Search refinements. Russ Columbo enrolled in a stint with NBC Radio on the coast-to-coast broadcast, and shortly had been touted as the Romeo of Radio. His reputation was instant, and prior to the end of 1931 Columbo was playing to sold-out homes in NY theaters. Albums Russ Columbos Rare Radio Broadcasts 1933 - 1934, Save The Last Dance For Me 1934, All of Me, Street of Dreams, Lost in a Crowd, A Rare Russ Colombo Radio Broadcast of 1932 Remastered, Top 50 Classics - The Very Best of Russ Colombo, The Legendary Russ Columbo, The Best of the Radio Broadcasts 1933-1934, All of Russ Colombo, Vocal. Hollyweird: Russ Columbo. By Daniel Schmidt. Friday 5 December 2008 01:00. With hits like You Call It Madness But I Call It Love, he was dubbed the Romeo of Radio. Universal Pictures wanted him for a string of musicals. But tragedy struck. On 2 September 1934, Columbo visited Lansing V Brown Jr, a photographer and friend. They talked, drank and played with Brown's collection of Civil War duelling pistols. Events remain unclear, but supposedly Brown struck a match on a loaded gun. A bullet ricocheted off the furniture and hit Columbo in the left eye