Eddie Calvert
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Albert Edward Eddie Calvert (born March 15, 1922 in Preston , Lancashire , England ; † August 7, 1978 in Johannesburg , South Africa ) was a British trumpeter who was particularly popular in the 1950s and with his singles Oh my Papa and Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White could reach number one on the UK charts . He was known as "the man with the golden trumpet".
Life
Eddie Calvert's father was an amateur musician who taught him to play cornets and other brass instruments . He played in various orchestras in northern England and worked in the 1940s with artists such as Jimmy McMurray , Billy Ternent and Geraldo . He also had his own musicians with whom he played in British coffee houses. He joined in the early 1950s in the BBC - TV show by Stanley Black on; this led to great popularity. His singles sold well, and in January 1954 Oh My Papa hit number one on the UK charts and number 9 in the US. Oh my papa was an instrumental version of the song that the Swiss Paul Burkhard had composed for his musical Feuerwerk (1950) and that Lys Assia made a hit. With an English text it became a hit for Eddie Fisher in the USA and Great Britain; Calvert's version, produced by Norrie Paramor at Abbey Road Studios, was instrumental, only the title was sung by the background choir.
In 1955 Calvert recorded his version of Pérez Prado's US hit Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White ; the song came from France , was already five years old and was used as the subject in the 1955 movie The Golden Galley (Underwater!) with Jane Russell . Prado's version was number one for ten weeks in the US and two weeks in the UK. When Prado's version went down again, Calvert managed to get his version to number one as well.
After his two number one hits, he brought further singles into the charts until 1958; he was also heard in the soundtracks of films such as John and Julie and Beyond Mombasa (1955). His recordings also include compositions such as Stranger in Paradise (1955), The Man with the Golden Arm (1956) and Jealousy (1960). When his recordings were no longer hits, he played in the British club scene; In 1968 he emigrated to South Africa, where he died in 1978 after a heart attack .
Discography
Albums
- 1985: The Man with the Golden Trumpet (compilation)
- Lonely Night (Capitol T-10007)
Web links
- Works by and about Eddie Calvert in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography Eddie Calvert
- Eddie Calvert at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Günter Ehnert (Ed.): Hit Records. British Chart Singles 1950–1965 . Taurus Press, Hamburg 1988, p. 24
- ^ Joel Whitburn: Top Pop Records 1940-1955 . Record Research, Menomonee Falls WI 1973, p. 12
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| SURNAME | Calvert, Eddie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Calvert, Albert Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Preston , Lancashire , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th August 1978 |
| Place of death | Johannesburg , South Africa |