CANCELLED! First Coast Opera Tribute to Jeanette & Nelson 1/7/2021
We just received word that this event has been cancelled or postponed due to Covid. Will update here if/when rescheduled.
Original press release at this link.
Nelson Eddy & Jeanette MacDonald Christmas songs
It’s that time of year again…what better holiday songs to listen to than Nelson Eddy’s. Listen… and enjoy!
Nelson: Oh, Come All Ye Faithful
Sadly, Jeanette MacDonald never recorded a Christmas album but we have one song she sang on a Christmas radio show.
And below, a reader comment sent to us:
Thank you for sending the links to the MacDonald/Eddy Holiday music. I NEVER get tired of listening to them.
They were my very first album I bought with earned money from doing ironing back in 1978. I would play their album on my stereo and do housework for my mother.
I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year.
And again, I loved reading your book. I never had a clue they were lovers until then, but I kind of suspected it.
Sincerely, Karen Ritter
Happy 4th of July: Listen to Jeanette & Nelson!
Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald were proud Americans and each worked tirelessly and bravely in their own way to help support the country they loved.
Listen to Nelson singing America and Jeanette singing The Star Spangled Banner. Enjoy your day!
The artwork above was done by Vonnie Krotts…we remember her fondly today during this day of celebration.
Happy birthday, Nelson Eddy!
Happy birthday, Nelson Eddy! Movie star, opera and concert star, WWII spy and off-screen lover of Jeanette MacDonald. “Our marriage, to me, is a thing of such dignity and beauty that its lovely nights of sweet passion are a glorious string of pearls sent by the angels to bless us and I shall love you through all eternity.” From his diary entry dated March 26, 1946. Excerpted from Chapter 23 of “Sweethearts,” free to download today with Kindle Unlimited at this link. (Note: for those of you living outside the U.S., go to your own Amazon website, search for “sweethearts sharon rich” and you will find your Kindle link.)
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