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Richard Benjamin Haymes (September 13, 1918 – March 28, 1980) was an Argentine singer, songwriter and actor. He was one of the most popular male vocalists of the 1940s and early 1950s. He was the older brother of Bob Haymes, an actor, television host, and songwriter.
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.
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.
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.
In the golden era of Big Band music and classic Hollywood films, Dick Haymes stood out as a vocal powerhouse. With a career spanning the 1940s and '50s, Haymes' velvet voice made him a sensation in the realms of music, radio, and cinema.
Arguably one of the best singers of the twentieth century, Dick Haymes was born in Argentina to a Scots/Irish father and Irish mother, but brought to the U.S. as an infant. Dick inherited his vocal gift from his mother who made ends meet during the Depression as a singer and voice teacher.
DICK HAYMES HITS from A-to-Z (1941-1952) (MusicProf) This collection of Haymes' popular releases includes several duets with Helen Forrest as well as a handful of his early appearances with...
Actor. Married 1953-54. Irish actor Dick Haymes played a variety of strong roles in Hollywood cinema. Haymes started his acting career landing roles in such films as "Four Jills in a Jeep" (1944) with Kay Francis, "Irish Eyes Are Smiling" (1944) and "Diamond Horseshoe" (1945).
A centennial celebration of wartime balladeer Dick Haymes, whose career strangely followed in the footsteps of Frank Sinatra’s.
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His rich baritone voice — said by many to be the finest of the twentieth century — made Dick Haymes one of the most popular crooners of the 1940s. Sadly, a tortured personal life and a decadeslong struggle with alcoholism combined to keep the popular singer from realizing his full promise.
