Peter Brady (musician)
Peter Brady (born around 1935 in Toronto ) is an American jazz singer .
Live and act
Brady grew up in Indiana and North Carolina; He studied medicine at Indiana University and performed as a singer in nightclubs in Chicago while he was still in school. In 1962 he put the album How the West Was Swung on RCA; the music was arranged by Bob Florence , who also directed the studio orchestra with musicians from the Tonight Show Band and the Woody Herman Orchestra . Brady interpreted western and movie songs such as "Along the Navajo Trail", Cole Porter's "Don't Fence Me In" and Johnny Mercer's "I'm An Old Cowhand (From The Rio Grande)" on the album . Brady's second and last album came about when Capitol Records was looking for a successor to the previously under contract Frank Sinatra when he founded the Reprise Records label in 1960 .
Under the direction and arrangements of Marty Paich and Shorty Rogers , Brady recorded the LP An Exciting New Voice on the Move for Capitol in 1963 , which was released in 1965 and on which Brady sang jazz standards such as “ As Time Goes By ”, “ For All We Know "," Something Happens to Me "and the single" The Masquerade Is Over ". Brady appeared on Ed Sullivan's television shows , Merv Griffin, and The Tonight Show during this period . When Capitol producers' interest shifted away from Sinatra-style singers with the success of pop bands like The Beatles and the Beach Boys , his association with Capitol Records ended. In the following years Brady appeared in nightclubs and hotels, among others. a. at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter Brady: Exciting New Voice (English). Retrieved September 20, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brady, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1935 |