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Haymes was married six times. His first marriage to Edith Harper (1939) occurred when she claimed to be pregnant but was annulled by Haymes after he discovered that she was not. [15]
Dick Haymes. Actor: State Fair. Arguably one of the best crooners of the 20th century, Dick Haymes was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on September 13, 1918, to an English father and Irish-born mother of English descent.
- September 13, 1918
- March 28, 1980
- Smitten with Band Life
- Recording Contract with Decca
- Career Resurgence
- Selected Discography
- Sources
Returning to the United States, Marguerite quickly found work in New York City as a singer, offering voice lessons to supplement her income. Dick was sent to nearby Peekskill Military Academy to continue his education. While still quite young he’d been given voice training by his mother, and by his early teens was eager to perform in public. He mad...
Things began to look up after he signed with agent Bill Burton, however. His first big solo performance was at La Martinique, an exclusive New York City supper club. There he was spotted by a talent scout for Decca Records and signed to a recording contract. He was also signed by CBS to replace singer Buddy Clark on the network’s Here’s to Romance ...
Haymes’s career had a brief resurgence in the late 1950s when he made a few recordings for Capitol, but his alcohol abuse and continuing money problems never let him truly get back on his feet. In the fall of 1958 he married singer Fran Jeffries, with whom he had a daughter. By 1961, however, that marriage, too, had failed, and Haymes left for Irel...
Best of Dick Haymes,WEA/Atlantic/Curb, 1991. For You For Me Forevermore,Audiophile, 1995. Serenading with the Big Bands,Sony Music Special Products, 1995. Ballad Singer,Jasmine, 1996. Star Eyes,Jazz Classic/City Hall, 1996. Soft Lights & Sweet Music,Hindsight, 1997. Very Best of Dick Haymes, Vol. 1,Taragon, 1997. Very Best of Dick Haymes, Vol. 2,Ta...
Books
Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement 10: 1976-1980, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1995.
Online
“Dick Haymes,”Len Triola Promotional Services Inc., http://www.lentriola.com/haymes.htm (December 31, 2001). “Dick Haymes,”Solid!, http://www.parabrisas.com/cLhaymesd.html (December 31, 2001). “Dick Haymes: Hollywood’s Balladeer Supreme,”Classic Images, http://www.classicimages.com/1997/july97/haymes.html (December 31, 2001). “Dick Haymes: The Voice of Perfection!” Dick Haymes Society, http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/cozzy7/index.htm?mtbrand=AOLJJS(December 31, 2001). —Don Amerman
Oct 17, 2016 · Genealogy for Edith Haymes (Harper) (deceased) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- estimated between 1849 and 1929
- October 17, 2016
- Ex-wife of Dick Haymes
- Rory Flynn
Nov 6, 2020 · Thanks to Ruth Prigozy and the University Press of Mississippi, Haymes’s life is examined in this definitive biography. Part of the publisher’s Hollywood Legends Series, The Life of Dick Haymes: No More Little White Lies thoroughly investigates Haymes’s personal and professional life.
Haymes also contributed music to the Kevin Bacon comedy "The Big Picture" (1989) and the dramatic adaptation "Married Life" (2008) with Pierce Brosnan. Haymes was married to Edith Harper and had four children.
A music gig in 1931 caught the eye of a local band leader and soon Dick was moving up, but it was pretty slow-going. In 1939, while Dick was trying to pitch his songwriting talents to band leader Harry James, the 21-year-old wound up as his featured vocalist instead.
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