Nelson Eddy
Nelson Eddy
Nelson Ackerman Eddywas an American singer and actor who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. A classically trained baritone, he is best remembered for the eight films in which he costarred with soprano Jeanette MacDonald. He was one of the first "crossover" stars, a superstar appealing both to shrieking bobby soxers as well as opera purists, and in his heyday, he...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionOpera Singer
Date of Birth29 June 1901
CityProvidence, RI
CountryUnited States of America
I want to keep going till I drop.
In society, one doesn't tell the truth, one tells the exact opposite.
Let's have the music that will open the door to millions of people... the kind of music that will not make people think only of the song or even of the singer... not music that is confined to the merely personal.
I know, I know the world wants love. I know that the fans want love on the air. Of course they do. They want love on the air as they want love in pictures, in the theatre, in novels and poems. And I want to give them love on the air - but not cheap love, not a low - class type of love.