George Burns

George Burns

Motion Pictures Category Star

• Ceremony was on February 8, 1960

Motion Pictures Star for George Burns

George Burns

Television Category Star

• Ceremony was on February 8, 1960

Television Star for George Burns

George Burns

Live Performance Category Star

• Ceremony was on February 15, 1984

Live Performance Star for George Burns

George Burns

• George Burns show business career covered vaudeville, radio, television and film for over three quarters of a century. His best loved films included Oh, God! (1977), Going in Style (1979) and Oh, God! You Devil (1984). He was 80 when he won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for The Sunshine Boys (1975)
• Burns lived with his wife, Gracie, on 720 North Maple Drive, in Beverly Hills. The house was used as the facade for The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, from 1950 through 1958, though it was called 213 Maple Street on the TV show
• He chose his surname "Burns" from the Burns Brothers Coal Company. He used to steal coal from their trucks when he was growing up

Born Nathan Birnbaum on January 20, 1896 in New York City, NY
Died March 9, 1996 in Beverly Hills, CA

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Sings

After all the kidding about George Burns' singing, I was surprised when Neil Bogart, head of Buddah Records asked me to produce an album with George. Neil and Scott Shukat, of the William Morris office, felt an album by the multitalented Burns, would be fantastic.

Off to California to produce the album. With me, Larry Fallon, arranger extraordinaire.

POOLSIDE
George: Here is a script I worked up with my writers - let's run through it.
Me: ???????????
Larry: ???????????
George: What do you think?
Me: No! no! no!!!!
Larry: ??????????
Me: George, let's just do an album with you singing! You've got a wonderful vocal quality, warm feeling, Larry is a contemporary arranger-composer, I'll select the tunes, etc. etc.
George: ???????
Larry: ?????????
George: I have never finished singing a song in my life! and, I've never sung a ballad.
Me: You can do it!
George: How about a little comedy between the tunes?
Me: Let's do the album first!!!

As the great pro would, George breezed through the album, and sang every note of the way he finished every song, and if anyone thinks he can't sing a ballad, listen to AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'. After Mr. BO JANGLES, the musicians applauded him. The album came out so great, we decided not to fit the comedy Fallon's tasty arrangements set the many moods of this album; the lightness of WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS, 1941, YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU medley, the George Burns favorites; I'LL BUY THE RING and GRIZZLEY BEAR, and the very sad, but meaningful OLD FOLKS.

George Burns is a great talent, a wonderful man, it was an honor and a pleasure to produce this album. I am sure, as the last song in the album states: "The sun will always shine on his street."

P.S. After George heard the finished product, I asked him if he would like to do a comedy album next time.
George: ???? No! No! No!

Side I

• In The Beginning
• With a Little Help from My Friends
• Mr. Bo Jangles
• Medley: King of The Road / 59th Street Bridge Song / I Kissed Her on The Back Porch / Satisfaction
• Ain't Misbehavin'
• Your Mother Should Know / I'll Buy The Ring

Side II

• Medley: It All Depends on You / You made Me Love You
• 1941
• Grizzley Bear
• Old Folks
• The Sun Shines on My Street

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George Burns

Puzzle Piece Portrait
Doug Powell of Oviedo, Florida, loves to do jigsaw puzzles, but he doesn't build pre-designed puzzles. Shown here is one of Powell's masterpieces George Burns. The thousands of pieces used for each portrait are actually from over 90 different puzzles all bought at garage sales - Believe It or Not!

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