Pianist George Shearing

George Shearing

Living place: England

Birthday: 13-8-1919

Global rank: #41705

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Who is Pianist George Shearing?
Blind jazz artist exploring Latin and swing. He wrote more than 300 songs and was on the charts from the 1950s to the 1990s.
He recorded for Discovery Records, MGM Records, and Capitol Records. He also collaborated with Mel Tormé at Concord Records, which brought the pair a 1983 and 1984 Grammy Award.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He played the piano and accordion at a local pub, Mason's Arm in Lambeth, instead accepting numerous musical training scholarships.

Family life info

He married Trixie Bayes in 1941, and after their divorce in 1973, he married Ellie Geffert, with whom he had one child.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Pianist George Shearing?
He has performed for three presidents of the United States: Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan

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When was Pianist George Shearing born?
George Shearing was born in 13-8-1919, death year is , at the age of 105.
Where is Pianist George Shearing's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
George Shearing was born in England. is a Pianist, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Goat. George Shearing's global rank is 41705 and whose rank is 94 in list of famous Pianist.
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Events in 1919 and 13-8

Events in the world in the birth year of George Shearing

  • Versailles Treaty, incorporating Woodrow Wilson's draft Covenant of League of Nations, signed by Allies and Germany; rejected by U.S. Senate.
  • 18th Amendment (Prohibition) adopted. Background: Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
  • Mahatma Gandhi initiates Satyagraha campaigns, beginning his nonviolent resistance movement against British rule in India.

Birthday George Shearing (13-8) in history

  • Day 13-8 year 1521: The Aztec capital Tenochtitlán fell to the Spanish conquistadors after a three-month siege. Mark the end of a mighty Aztec empire.
  • Day 13-8 year 1906: An all-black army unit was accused of a shooting rampage that left 1 civilian dead at Fort Brown in Brownsville, Texas. In 1972 they were all exonerated.
  • Day 13-8 year 1942: Disney's Bambi opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
  • Day 13-8 year 1961: The border between East and West Berlin was closed and marked with a barbed wire fence.
  • Day 13-8 year 1995: Baseball great Mickey Mantle died of cancer.
  • Day 13-8 year 2008: U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps won his 11th career gold medal, becoming the first athlete in Olympic history to do so.
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