ANDY RUSSELL - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 279910
Sale Price $252.00
Reg. $280.00
ANDY RUSSELL
B/w bust photo of singer Andy Russell in a suit and tie, signed with
"My best" in blue ink
Inscribed photograph signed "To/Frank/My best/Andy Russell" in
blue ink. Blue ink notations on verso. B/w, 8x10 overall, 7¼x9 image, one
surface.Russell (1919-1992, born Andrés Rabago Pérez in East Los
Angeles, California) was one of ten children born to Mexican immigrant parents.
He began performing as a drummer and vocalist as a teenager. After Anglicizing
his name in the 1940s, joined the bands of Johnny Richards, Gus Arnhiem, Sonny
Dunham and Alvino Rey. Russell appeared on his own show, the Old Gold
Show, in 1945 and briefly replaced Frank Sinatra on Your Hit
Parade in 1946, which greatly increased his popularity. Russell had
eight Top 10 hits between 1943 and 1948: Bésame Mucho (1944),
Amor (1944), I Dream of You (1944), I Can't
Begin to Tell You (1945), Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the
Inside) (1946), Pretending (1946), Anniversary
Song (1947) and Underneath the Arches (1948). His
popularity waned in the 1950s, but found new popularity in Argentina with a
popular TV variety show. Russell moved back to the United States to record a few
LPs but, besides the singles It's Such a Pretty World Today and I'm
Still Not Through Missing You, his heyday was largely behind him. Lightly
toned, stained, creased and bowed, otherwise in fine
condition.
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