Eddie Calvert
Albert Edward Eddie Calvert ( born March 15, 1922 in Preston, Lancashire, England; † 7 August 1978 in Johannesburg, South Africa) was a British trumpeter who was very popular in the 1950s and with his singles Oh My Papa and Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White could come up with the number-one position on the British charts. He was known as "the man with the golden trumpet " ( "the man with the golden trumpet ").
Life
Eddie Calvert's father was an amateur musician who taught him the Kornettspielen and other brass instruments. He played in various orchestras in northern England and worked in the 1940s with artists such as Jimmy McMurray, Billy Ternent and Geraldo. He also had his own musicians with whom he played in the British coffee houses. In the early 1950s he appeared in the BBC television show of Stanley Black; this led to great popularity. His singles sold well, and in January 1954 conquered Oh my dad's number-one position on the charts in the UK and number 9 in the U.S.. Oh my dad was an instrumental version of the song, the Swiss Paul Burkhard for his musical fireworks (1950 ) had composed and which had been made by Lys Assia to be a hit. Armed with an English text it was for Eddie Fisher to be a hit in the U.S. and in the UK; Calvert's version, produced by Norrie Paramor at Abbey Road Studios was instrumental, only the title was sung by the background choir.
In 1955 Calvert his version of Perez Prado's Cherry Pink U.S. hit and Apple Blossom White on; the song came from France, was only five years old and have been used as a theme in the 1955 movie Underwater with Jane Russell. Prados version was in the U.S. for ten weeks number one in the UK at least two weeks. As Prados version descended the charts again, succeeded in Calvert to bring his version also on the number-one position.
After his two number one hits he brought to 1958 more singles in the charts; also could be heard in the soundtracks of films such as John and Julie or Beyond Mombasa ( 1955). Among his recordings are also compositions such as Stranger in Paradise (1955 ), The Man with the Golden Arm (1956 ) and Jealousy ( 1960). When his pictures were no more hits, he played in the British club scene; In 1968 he emigrated to South Africa where he died in 1978 after a heart attack.