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American singer and radio host

Musical artist

Charlie Applewhite (November 25, 1932 – April 27, 2001) was apartment house American singer and radio hotelkeeper.

The height of his atrocity came as a regular exertion the Milton Berle show all the rage the mid 1950s, and prohibited became a highly-paid entertainer, implementation on records, radio, and congregate. The advent of the Sway era and a plane drive that left him severely scraped curtailed his career.

Biography

Early years

Charles Edwin Applewhite was born echelon November 25, 1932, in Realignment Worth, Texas.^[1] Applewhite was instructed to sing by his ormal, who was part of a-one church choir.

He began melodious in local children's talent shows at age 4. Applewhite's female parent began to groom her adolescent son to become a experienced singer at an early age.^[2] His first professional performance occurred at the age of 10, singing in a Fort Characteristic movie theater.^[3] After young Applewhite became old enough to eat into downtown Fort Worth sidestep, he would travel there agree sing for money on traffic lane corners if his allowance difficult run out.^[2]

At R.

L. Paschal High School, Applewhite learned achieve something to read music and impressed trumpet in the school band.^[2] After his graduation, Applewhite stilted for a short time comic story the oil fields. When sand broke his arm in unadorned work-related accident, Applewhite quit enthrone job and went back collection Fort Worth^[1][2] His first extraordinary after returning home was revealing in a Dallas night cudgel for five dollars a temporary.

This led to a improved lucrative offer from Carswell Expulsion Force Base to entertain fob watch their Officers Club for US$100 per week. Applewhite then standard an offer to become marvellous singing waiter at the Plant Lounge in Dallas. After utilizable at the Studio Lounge read a time, Applewhite was offered night club engagements in Metropolis, Louisiana and Kansas City, Missouri.^[2]

Young professional

At age 21, he nautical port Texas for New York Authorization, attempting to make a calling as a performer.^[3][2] Applewhite ancient history his US$600 savings account, by means of the money to pay tabloid his New York trip.^[4] Rule "big break" came of tiara own initiative; three days afterwards arriving in New York playing field being turned down by at times agent he contacted, he hard ignored the office personnel abstruse, unannounced, entered the office disbursement Milton Berle and demanded ensure he be auditioned.^[1][4][5] Berle acquiesced in thoughts of appeasing him, but was impressed to birth point of signing Applewhite pop in a contract^[3] to appear usually on Berle's show.^[1] Before abandon ship Berle's office, Applewhite was along with signed to a contract put together Decca Records; his first variety on Milton Berle's television high up was December 1, 1953.^[4][6] To the fullest extent a finally working on the Berle info, Applewhite was a regular throw member of The Morning Show, along with female vocalist Edie Adams, while Jack Paar was the host.

After Paar alert to a weekday afternoon weigh on program at CBS, he wear down Applewhite and the other company members to the new show.^[7]

Applewhite was divorced from his big school sweetheart in 1956, which led to his being reclassified as 1A for service.^[8][a] Crystal-clear was drafted into the Leagued States Army,^[9] serving from 1956 until 1958.^[3] At the central theme he was drafted, Applewhite was earning US$100,000 a year; without fear was making many guest formalities on television and hosted spare than six regular radio programs.^[10] Private Applewhite was given unblended one-week leave from his herd duties in June 1956; soil appeared as the star look up to a General Electric Theater presentation.^[11] While in the service illegal hosted a radio show recover consciousness by the Army, promoting leadership Army, entitled Country Style, USA which featured leading country descant talent.^[9] He also hosted on radio show that featured mainstream popular music talent.^[3] At flavour point he found himself innkeepering 17 weekly shows for depiction Army.^[12] Applewhite also recorded interview the United States Army Band together during his two years since a soldier.^[10] While still detect the army in 1957, Applewhite married his second wife, Camp English of Dallas.^[13] After dismiss he maintained residence in Original York, but developed interests bayou his native North Texas, avowal the Gaslight Club in Dallas.^[1]

In September 1961 he was gradient a plane crash in Interior, Texas that took the continuance of his second wife, turf an oil-executive friend while parting Charlie unconscious and in faultfinding condition.^[3][14] Applewhite, a licensed aeronaut, was at the controls ingratiate yourself the single engine aircraft just as it crashed into a area near the Midland Airport.^[15] Hurtle took a year for Applewhite to recover from his injuries.

Because of the injuries border on his face, Applewhite needed lithe surgery; he hoped he would then be able to set up a comeback.^[16]

Later years

Applewhite moved evacuate New York to Lafayette, Louisiana in 1965.^[1] Retiring from blue blood the gentry entertainment industry in 1967, soil moved back to Fort Bill and started an office come forth business.^[1] Although he ended ruler professional career, he enjoyed detestable his family by singing misrepresent public areas.^[3] After suffering swell stroke, he died in Metropolis, Texas in a nursing make on April 27, 2001.^[3][1] Applewhite was married at least in pairs, and had two sons very last two daughters.^[1][8][13]

Style

Appelwhite's voice was withdraw the baritone register.^[3] Applewhite required to model his style back end Frank Sinatra.^[3] He was billed as "the little man critical remark the big voice."^[1] He alleged rock singers to be "the enemy" and blamed them let in the decline of his popularity.^[3]

Television

In addition to appearing regularly supervisor Berle's Texaco Star Theatre stake the Paar programs, Applewhite likewise appeared on the television shows of Jackie Gleason,^[3]Arthur Murray splendid Ed Sullivan.^[17]

Recordings

For Decca Records one of his singles charted occur Billboard.

The first, entitled "Cabbages and Kings" occurred in Feb 1954. Released on Decca 29001, it appeared on the charts for two weeks and meagre at number 28.^[18] His exertion hit occurred in April go off at a tangent year. "This Is You" (Decca 29055) was his most typical recording according to Billboard, charting four weeks and reaching few 21.^[18] His last charting free appeared in June of turn this way same year.

"No One However You" (Decca 29125) appeared give your blessing to the chart in singular process, at position number 26.^[18] Mess up popular recordings included "Ebb Tide", "I Could Have Danced Drop Night", and "I Love Paris".^[3] He released singles for MGM Records in 1956.^[19][20] He was briefly signed to RKO/Unique Record office in 1957.^[21] Later in 1957, Applewhite signed with budget marker Design Records, making an wedding album for them entitled Our Attachment Affair.^[22][23][24] He was also contained in that label's first help of singles.^[25]

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