That is the man, Sheba
Who do you have for us all

Shorty Ranger
Born Edwin Haberfield, 9 October 1925, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, died. 22 June 2007. He grew up on the adjoining farm at Nulla Nulla Creek to that occupied by the family of Slim Dusty. After first meeting at school, they became firm friends with a mutual love of music. Especially attracted to the songs and yodels that they heard on the recordings of artists such as Wilf Carter and Tex Morton, they aimed at a singing career. They learned to play guitar and, performing as a duo, at one time briefly as Buddy Bluebird and Buddy Blackbird, they entertained in their local area. During the 40s, they toured further afield, including Adelaide and Sydney, without lasting success. Although their careers separated in 1951, their friendship continued throughout the years. Shorty gained recognition and a recording contract with Rodeo Records that year, by virtue of his appearance on a national talent show organized by Tim McNamara, and Slim went on to international stardom.

Since 1942, Shorty Ranger wrote over 360 other songs, many of which have been recorded by other artists. 'Winter Winds', written in 1943, is undoubtedly the best known, owing to its use as his signature tune and to Slim Dusty's 1957 recording of it. The song, now rated as an Australian country classic, won Shorty a gold award in 1992. Over the years, he received many other awards including a Golden Guitar. He was honoured several times as a Pioneer Of Country Music in Australia and in 1993, he was elected to the Australian Country Music Roll of Renown.

We've just had one of his contemporaries as a subject, and two of them had the same first Working name as his.

-- Edited by Sheba on Monday 6th of May 2019 07:43:44 PM

Not him Sandy. Think about what I just posted..  Thought it would be gone by now. 

"Fats." ?

I can't believe this.  His name is already on this page !!!  Check out Tony Bevs' second last post.

WOW!!!.  Good on you Sandy.  Was it really that hard ?  .

Who do you have for us ?

 

Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, violinist, singer, and comedic entertainer.^[1] His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano. His best-known compositions, "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose", were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1984 and 1999.^[2] Waller copyrighted over 400 songs, many of them co-written with his closest collaborator, Andy Razaf. Razaf described his partner as "the soul of melody... a man who made the piano sing... both big in body and in mind... known for his generosity... a bubbling bundle of joy". It's possible he composed many more popular songs and sold them to other performers when times were tough.

Waller started playing the piano at the age of six, and became a professional organist aged 15. By the age of 18 he was a recording artist. Waller's first recordings, "Muscle Shoals Blues" and "Birmingham Blues", were made in October 1922 for Okeh Records.^[3] That year, he also made his first player piano roll, "Got to Cool My Doggies Now."^[3] Waller's first published composition, "Squeeze Me," was published in 1924.^[4] He became one of the most popular performers of his era, touring internationally and achieving critical and commercial success in the United States and Europe. He died from pneumonia, aged 39. One descendant is professional football player Darren Waller, who is Fats' great-grandson.^[5]

 

 

 

Cheers,

Sheba.

Ok Time for a clue. This lady (Olympian) was 8 months pregnant when she ran a race with the permission of her doctor. She came last in the race.

-- Edited by sandman55 on Thursday 9th of May 2019 09:31:58 PM

that has made it too easy to find it so it must be Alysia Montano

Thanks Sandy. I do not have one ready to post and have been called away for about a week and will be without internet so please post another one on my behalf
Cheers

Marty Feldman.

Thanks Sandy.  This should be pretty easy.  Sorry, forgot to hit the "Post" button last night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers,

Sheba.

That's him BG.  Off you go.

 

Marion Mitchell Morrison^[a] (born Marion Robert Morrison;^[2] May 26, 1907 June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed 'Duke', was an American actor, filmmaker and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.^[3][4] He was among the top box office draws for three decades.^[5][6]

Wayne was born in Winterset, Iowa but grew up in Southern California. He was president of Glendale High School class of 1925.^[7] He found work at local film studios. Wayne lost his football scholarship to the University of Southern California as a result of a bodysurfing accident,^[1]:6364 initially working for the Fox Film Corporation. He appeared mostly in small parts, but his first leading role came in Raoul Walsh's Western The Big Trail (1930), an early widescreen film epic which was a box-office failure. Only leading roles in numerous B movies followed during the 1930s, most of them also Westerns.

Wayne's career was rejuvenated when John Ford's Stagecoach (1939) made him an instant mainstream star. He starred in 142 motion pictures altogether. According to one biographer, "John Wayne personified for millions the nation's frontier heritage. Eighty-three of his movies were Westerns, and in them he played cowboys, cavalrymen, and unconquerable loners extracted from the Republic's central creation myth."^[8]

Wayne's other roles in Westerns include a cattleman driving his herd on the Chisholm Trail in Red River (1948), a Civil War veteran whose niece is abducted by a tribe of Comanches in The Searchers (1956), a troubled rancher competing with a lawyer (James Stewart) for a woman's hand in marriage in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), and a cantankerous one-eyed marshal in True Grit (1969). He is also remembered for his roles in The Quiet Man (1952), Rio Bravo (1959) with Dean Martin, and The Longest Day (1962). In his final screen performance, he starred as an aging gunfighter battling cancer in The Shootist (1976). He appeared with many important Hollywood stars of his era, and made his last public appearance at the Academy Awards ceremony on April 9, 1979.^[9][10

Rod Taylor.

Thanks BG.  How about this one ? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers,

Sheba.