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Dominic Antonio Nicholas Lucanese (August 22, 1897 – July 28, 1982), [1] better known by his stage name Nick Lucas, was an American jazz singer and guitarist. [2] He was the first jazz guitarist to record as a soloist.
Mar 2, 2007 · Nick Lucas, (the original 'Tip Toe Thru The Tulips' man), sings his hit song "Tip Toe Thru The Tulips" which charted #1 for him in 1929.
Nick Lucas. Actor: The Great Gatsby. Known in the "Roaring Twenties" as "the crooning Troubadour", Nick Lucas was one of the early stars of American popular music. He was a well-established, influential singer and guitarist. Nick would become one of the most popular crooners on radio.
In 1927 Nick was the first popular player to have a guitar named after him, the Gibson Nick Lucas Special. During the 1930 and ’40s, Nick’s smiling image appeared on the covers of sheet music...
Nick Lucas was the first to put a guitar into bands of the day. The first intimate crooner. The first 'guitar star', the first entertainer to make this instrument a part of his act; most others were using ukes and banjos.
Jan 15, 2012 · 102K views 12 years ago. On December 17, 1969, Johnny Carson hosted the marriage of Tiny Tim to Miss Vicky in NYC on The Tonight Show. "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" was the nostalgic hit that...
Lucas made vocal appearances in several films in the '70s, notably THE GREAT GATSBY, DAY OF THE LOCUST and HEARTS OF THE WEST. He was on prime-time national television again on the first day of the '80s, playing guitar and singing atop a float in the Tournament Of Roses Parade.