Post by Kaz ~;~ on Mar 12, 2011 15:01:20 GMT -5
Teresa Brewer
Date of Birth
7 May 1931, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Date of Death
17 October 2007, New Rochelle, New York, USA (progressive supranuclear palsy)
Birth Name::
Theresa Veronica Breuer
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Biography::
Teresa Brewer made her debut on "The Major Bowes Amateur Hour" radio program in 1936 and toured with the show until 1943. She made her first recording in 1949 and her first big record was "Music! Music! Music!" It debuted on 4 February 1950, was Number 1 on the Top 10 charts for four weeks, and stayed on the Top 10 charts for 17 weeks.
Singer, songwriter ("Down the Holiday Trail"), and author. Educated at Waite High School and later a singer in theaters and night clubs and on radio and television. She made many records and joined ASCAP in 1956. Her other song compositions include "I Love Mickey", "Imp", "There's Nothing as Lonesome as Saturday Night", and "Hush-a-bye, Wink-a-bye Do".
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Spouse::
Bob Thiele (1972 - 30 January 1996) (his death)
William Monahan (1949 - 1972) (divorced) 4 children
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Trivia::
Four daughters: Kathleen (born in 1950), Susan and Megan Colleen (born in November 1954), and Michelle (born in 1958).
She recorded Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World", which was written by her second husband Bob Thiele. Thiele also produced a few of her earlier hits.
She dyed her blonde hair and made her film debut as one of Those Redheads from Seattle (1953) starring Rhonda Fleming, but turned down a long-term contract offer by Paramount in order to maintain her singing career and remain with her family, both established on the East Coast.
Made around 300 records by the mid-1960s.
Dropped out of high school as a junior and moved to New York to find singing work, altering her given name to "Teresa Brewer".
Made her official professional debut at age 2 singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" on a children's Toledo radio show. At age 5 she won a singing competition which earned her several appearances on the "Major Bowes Amateur Hour" radio talent program. She spent the next seven years touring with a Bowes'-formed troupe, then "retired" at age 12 to return to school.
Born Theresa Breuer, the eldest of five children of a glass inspector for the Libby Owens Co. in Toledo, Ohio.
She moved away from performing in the 1960s as rock 'n' roll took over the pop scene and instead concentrated on raising a family of four. She returned to singing in a jazz-swing mode a decade later after marrying her second husband, jazz producer Bob Thiele, and worked with such icons as Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie.
Ed Sullivan first introduced the petite singer on his variety show as "the little girl with the big voice." She was a frequent Sullivan guest.
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1708 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.