That's Entertainment! (song)
" That's Entertainment!" is a popular song with music written by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Howard Dietz.
The song was published in 1952 and was written especially for the 1953 Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer musical film" The Band Wagon".
The song is performed in the film by Jack Buchanan supported by Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray, and Oscar Levant.
In 2004, the song finished at# 45 in AFI's 100 Years ... 100
Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
Since the movie, the song has become the signature tune for Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer and an anthem for Hollywood and theater in general, being used as an opening number in many shows.
Alongside" Hooray for Hollywood, There's No Business Like Show Business" and" Another Op' nin', Another Show", it is considered one of the entertainment industry's best known tunes.
The song is perhaps most associated with Judy Garland, who recorded it for her 1960 LP" That's Entertainment!".
A year later, a live version appeared on Garland's Grammy- winning double album" Judy at Carnegie Hall".
The song has become nearly synonymous with Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer.
The studio used the tune for its 1955- 56 television series" MGM Parade" which featured clips from past and forthcoming MGM films.
The song title was later used for MGM'S popular retrospective film series featuring clips from its golden age, as" That's Entertainment!".
The original 1974 release spawned two sequels in which the song was retained.
In" That's Entertainment, Part II", some new lyrics were added to the song and performed by hosts Gene Kelly and Astaire.
The film credited those lyrics to Dietz and Saul Chaplin, one of the film's producers, though Chaplin was known as a composer, not a lyricist.
In 1979, the song was sung with parody lyrics by the villain Mordru in the television special" Legends of the Superheroes".
In the 1980s, the song was performed, again with new lyrics, by Larry Santos in a commercial for" TV Guide" magazine.
There's No Business Like Show Business
"There's No Business Like Show Business" is an Irving Berlin song, written for the 1946 musical "Annie
Get Your Gun" and orchestrated by Ted Royal.
The song, a slightly tongue-in-cheek salute to the glamour and excitement of a life in show business, is sung in the musical by members of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" Show in an attempt to persuade Annie Oakley to join the production.
It is reprised three times in the musical.
The song is also featured in the 1954 movie of the same name, where it is notably sung by Ethel Merman as the main musical number.
The movie, directed by Walter Lang, is essentially a catalog of various Berlin's pieces, in the same way that "Singin' in the Rain"—which starred Donald O'Connor as well—was a collection of Arthur Freed songs.
There was also a disco version of the song made during the 1970s, with Merman reprising her singing role in "The Ethel Merman Disco Album".
The song became one of Ethel Merman's standards and was often performed by her at concerts and on television.
Other singers to have recorded the song include Judy Garland, The Andrews Sisters (with Bing Crosby and Dick Haymes), Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick Jr. (from "Come by Me", 1999), Susannah McCorkle, Mary Hopkin, and Bernadette Peters.
The Andrews Sisters version with Bing Crosby and Dick Haymes was recorded on March 19, 1947 and was the only version to reach the Billboard charts, albeit briefly at No. 25.
In his liner notes for Susannah McCorkle's version of the song on her "Ballad Essentials" album
Scott Yanow writes "usually performed as a corny razzle-dazzle romp, that piece was drastically slowed down by Susannah who performed all of its known lyrics, including stanzas that show Irving Berlin's lyrics were actually quite touching and meaningful".
Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins did a rendition of the tune on his 1956 Prestige album, "Work Time".
Another Op'nin', Another Show
" Another Op' nin', Another Show" is the opening number of Cole Porter's 1948 musical" Kiss Me, Kate".
Sung by a band of players performing a musical adaption of Shakespeare's" The Taming of the Shrew", the song has become regarded as a show business anthem on a level with" That's Entertainment!"( from" The Band Wagon") and" There's No Business Like Show Business"( from" Annie Get Your Gun").
However, it was not included in the 1953 film version of the musical.
Adelaide Hall, playing the role of Hattie, sang" Another Op'nin', Another Show" on the West- End stage( 400 times) when the London production of" Kiss Me, Kate" opened on 8 March 1951 at the Coliseum Theatre where it ran for 400 performances.
Patricia Morison( who starred in the original Broadway production of" Kiss Me Kate"), Marin Mazzie, and Hannah Waddingham have all performed versions of the song.
It was also the opening number of episode 514 of The Muppet Show
Lazy (Irving Berlin song)
" Lazy" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin in 1924.
Popular recordings of the song in 1924 were by Al Jolson, Blossom Seeley, Paul Whiteman and the Brox Sisters.
It may be best known today by a performance of the song by Marilyn Monroe in the motion picture" There's No Business Like Show Business".
Ethel Merman
Ethel Merman( born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American actress, artist, and singer.
Known primarily for her distinctive, powerful voice and leading roles in musical theatre, she has been called" the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage".
Among the many standards introduced by Merman in Broadway musicals are" I Got Rhythm"( from" Girl CrazyEverything's Coming Up Roses Some People", and" Rose's Turn"( from" Gypsy" — Merman starred as Rose in the original 1959 Broadway production); and the Cole Porter songs" It's De- Lovely"( from" Red, Hot and BlueFriendship"( from" DuBarry Was a Lady"), and" I Get a Kick Out of You You're the Top", and" Anything Goes"( from" Anything Goes").
The Irving Berlin song" There's No Business Like Show Business", written for the musical" Annie Get Your Gun", became Merman's signature song.
Harry Connick Jr.
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, composer, actor, and television host.
He has sold over 28million albums worldwide.
Connick is ranked among the top60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with 16million in certified sales.
He has had seven top20 US albums, and ten number-one US jazz albums, earning more number-one albums than any other artist in US jazz chart history.
Connick's best-selling album in the United States is his Christmas album "
When My Heart Finds Christmas" (1993).
His highest-charting album is his release "
Only You" (2004), which reached No.5 in the US and No.6 in Britain.
He has won three Grammy Awards and two Emmy Awards.
He played Debra Messing's character Grace Adler’s husband, Leo Markus, on the NBC sitcom "
Will & Grace" from 2002 to 2006.
Connick began his acting career as a tail gunner in the World War II film "Memphis Belle" (1990).
He played a serial killer in "Copycat" (1995), before being cast as a fighter pilot in the blockbuster "Independence Day" (1996).
Connick's first role as a leading man was in "Hope Floats" (1998) with Sandra Bullock.
His first thriller film since "Copycat" came in the film "Basic" (2003) with John Travolta.
Additionally, he played a violent ex-husband in "Bug", before two romantic comedies, "P.S.
I Love You" (2007), and the leading man in "New in Town" (2009) with Renée Zellweger.
In 2011, he appeared in the family film "Dolphin Tale" as Dr. Clay Haskett and in its 2014 sequel.
John DeCuir
John DeCuir( June 4, 1918 – October 29, 1991) was a Hollywood art director and production designer known for his elaborate set designs that were illustrated with his own watercolor paintings.
DeCuir studied at the Chouinard Art School, joined Universal in the late 1930s, and by the mid-1940s was designing sets.
In 1949, he signed with 20th Century Fox where he worked on productions with elaborate sets.
These included dramatic material such as" The House on Telegraph Hill"( 1951), musicals including" There's No Business Like Show Business" 1954), and comedy" Ghostbusters"( 1984).
DeCuir earned eleven Oscar nominations, winning three:" The King and I"( 1956)," Cleopatra"( 1963), and" Hello, Dolly!"( 1969).
His son, John DeCuir Jr. is also a production designer.
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.
Mitzi Gaynor
Mitzi Gaynor( born Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber; September 4, 1931) is an American actress, singer, and dancer.
Her notable films include" There's No Business Like Show Business"( 1954), which featured Irving Berlin's music and also starred Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Marilyn Monroe, Donald O'Connor, and Johnnie Ray; and" South Pacific", the 1958 motion picture adaptation of the stage musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.

Question: What is the date of birth of the performer of song There'S No Business Like Show Business?
Answer: September 11, 1967