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December 4, 2010

Nelson Eddy’s “The Desert Song” Released Commercially on DVD

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The Desert Song

November 17, 2010

Nelson Eddy called the “Josh Groban of the 1940s”

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Nelson and Eddy….more online discussion of Celine Dion’s name choices for her twin sons. And, in particular, a comparison of a 20th century singing superstar (Nelson Eddy) to a 21st century singing superstar (Josh Groban).

Comparison of “our” Nelson Eddy to Josh Groban is not a terrible thing. I have been to a Josh Groban concert and it is very reminiscent of what a Nelson Eddy concert was like back then – a gorgeous male singer wowing the audience with “long hair” music….an almost-all female audience with women old and young swooning over every note…and screaming their applause.

Security these days is tighter than it was back in Nelson’s day, so Josh doesn’t have women rushing on stage mid-performance. But who knows…maybe Josh returns occasionally to his hotel room to find an eager fan hiding under his bed! That too happened to Nelson Eddy in his heydey.

For those of us who are younger and never had the joy of seeing movie star Nelson Eddy in person, we can at least get some idea of how wonderful/unique it is to have a gorgeous operatic singer to squeal over. I wrote once that Nelson Eddy was like a rock star of his day…and that was no exaggeration!

Thank goodness the 21st century bobby-soxers have a classical singer to adore!

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October 29, 2010

Celine Dion names her twin sons “Nelson” and “Eddy”!

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Nelson Eddy, the 1930s movie star and singer

What fun! Our own Nelson Eddy is back in the news headlines right now with today’s news announcement:

Celine Dion and Rene Angelil have announced the names of their newborn sons – Eddy and Nelson.

The singer gave birth to the fraternal twins on Saturday via C-section at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. She and the babies left the hospital on Wednesday night.

The babies were named, not for the  American opera singer who appeared in 1930s movies, but for a musical colleague and a Nobel Prize winner.

The name Eddy comes from Eddy Marnay, who produced Dion’s first five albums.

“He was like a father to her,” Dion’s rep told People magazine. “Eddy is a major influence in both Celine and Rene’s lives.”

Nelson is named after former South African President Nelson Mandela, whom Dion met two years ago while kicking off her would tour in South Africa.

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Today in J/N History

1936 A day after the official announcement of the Jeanette MacDonald - Gene Raymond engagement, there is a blurb suggesting that they supposedly planned to secretly marry in Yuma.

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