But when he goes . "People expect you to live up to your father, and be better. That was a stroke of good fortune. He said patrons at the Maisonette, where he had his first steady job, gave him a hard time for playing long-hair music.. It was split into several categories Big Band, Dad, Sinatra and, at the end, a handful of sets/songs to be added when we talk it over. These included Slow Big Band, Ellie Greenwich and Society if needed., Society means Cole Porter, Irving Berlin Peters thing but this isnt a society crowd, said Barry Lazarowitz, the bands drummer and musical director. She scandalized them by appearing in cigarette ads in the '20s. Sure, the rich and famous are different from you and me, as F. Scott Fitzgerald might have put it: Thats because their friends have excuses to write gossipy books like this. His fathers great innovation, he added, was to loose the piano from the confines of the percussion section and make it the belle of the band. The few he calls peers today Bob Hardwick and Mike Carney arent nearly as well known. Ron Galella // Getty Images From the time I began at the Maisonette, newspapers and magazines. Beloved wife of the late Samuel Lev and the late Martin Gates. It sometimes frustrates him to play for so many adults who will only dance to rock n roll, particularly because these are people with the fox trot in their blood. Face the Music: A Memoir by Peter Duchin with Patricia Beard. Not a great book but an enjoyable and interesting read. A son was born last Friday to Peter Duchin, the pianist and orchestra leader, and Mrs. Duchin, the former Cheray Zauderer, in the LyingIn Hospital. (His father died when Mr. Duchin was 13. 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Ronald was a resident of Mc Lean, Virginia. CEREMONY HELD IN LONDON Bridegroom and His First Wife, Who Was Marjorie Turnbull, Were Divorced in Paris in 1921", "MICHAEL STRANGE, AUTHOR, 60, DEAD; Poet, Actress and Playwright, Ex-Wife of John Barrymore, Was Once Society Belle A Varied Career Followed Shaw's Advice Began Series of Readings", "MARJORIE OELRICHS WEDS EDDY DUCHIN; Her Marriage to Noted Leader of Orchestras Performed by Judge Vincent Lippe. An avid student, Sally graduated with a PhD in Allied Health Read More, Sally Pomeranz Duchin 1933-2022 In loving memory of Sally Pomeranz Duchin, 88, of Tucson, AZ and Houston, TX, passed away on February 1, 2022. Here are 10 you cant miss. Muschamp described the ways in which dance music can create some of the elements I was searching for. Duchin wrote Face the Music with Patricia Beard, a former features editor for Town & Country and Mirabella and author of 11 non-fiction books and one novel. Everybody will get up when they hear the opening bars, he said. I actually couldn't relate to much of it. Peter Duchin was born on 28 July 1937 in New York City, New York, USA. Harvey completed high school at West Orange High School, West Orange, N.J. Proud mother of Michael (Mary) and Jeffrey (Mary Ellen). However, it's pretty clear that this man thinks way too much of himself and has traded on his father's reputation for a good part of his life. This was a very interesting memoir by the son on the famous Eddy Duchin, pianist and band leader who was popular in the 40's and early 50's. Peter's mother died of complications from his birth, and he is raised by Averell Harriman (former governor of New York and diplomat) and his wife, Marie. Then, fresh out of the military, Duchin returned to New York, where he exhausted every social invitation tossed his way. DUCHIN, Peter (Oelrichs) 1937-PERSONAL: Born July 28, 1937, in New York, NY; son of Eddy Duchin (a pianist) and Marjorie (Oelrichs) Duchin; married Cheray Zauderer, June 22, 1964 (divorced, 1982); married Brooke Hayward (an actress and writer), December 24, 1985; children: (first marriage) Jason Edwin, Courtnay Oelrichs, Colin Zauderer. Local Obituaries Geraldine Orosco, 76 of Charlotte, North Carolina passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 17, 2023. At weddings in particular, you need to be able to do the Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, the Beach Boys, or else wed only be hired by 90-year-olds, he said. There is a soundtrack to this book review. The diagnosis was a clogged lung, likely caused by a recent bout of pneumonia, and, in that laughable phrase, routine surgery was scheduled to clear the blockage. To receive obit/directions text 1842754 to 414-301-6422. Pretty soon we were all smiling because they had hope.. Hart Preston/Time Life Pictures, via Getty Images. In essence, I was introduced to the world of the rich, the famous, the influential from Peter Duchin's perspective. I guess it's difficult to live in one's father's shadow, but that's what Peter must do. Loving grandfather of Rachel, Hillel, Elana, Yitzchak, Bracha, Rena, Batya, Austin Duchin, and Adam Burt Shapiro. When I decided to write a book on my father, he was the first to encourage me, as I encouraged him when he wrote his first book, he recalled. He is an actor, known for The Post (2017), Working Girl (1988) and Jade (1995). He had just spent 20 minutes rehearsing a number with Liz Smith, the gossip columnist and the events honorary chairwoman. We asked Chicagoan Jay Tunney, whose book about his own famous father, boxer Gene Tunney, and his fathers close friend, the author George Bernard Shaw, is being adapted into a play by Theater Wit called Shaw vs. Tunney, to share a little about Duchin: Peter is my oldest friend, dating from childhood when we played on the beach in Hobe Sound, Florida, during World War II, and hes never changed. Obituaries. His mother was Marjorie Oelrichs, a Newport, Rhode Island and New York City socialite who died unexpectedly when he was just five days old. Funeral Mass 10 a.m. Friday at St. Anthony Catholic Church, Belleville. Peter's mother died of complications from his birth, and he is raised by Averell Harriman (former governor of New York and diplomat) and his wife, Marie. Visitation 5-8 p.m. today and 12-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Thursday at BROWN FUNERAL HOME, Belleville. When I had to wear designer suits for magazine shoots, I felt uncomfortable. Duchin is a legend twice over, doing the unimaginable, not only recovering from a 2013 stroke but from an astounding 47 days on a ventilator with COVID beginning in March of 2020. ", The book was co-written by Charles Michener, the music critic and New Yorker senior editor, to help Duchin "find out about the past I knew nothing about. I found it interesting, especially since I did not grow up in the kind of environment that he did. Freddye was a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. Finally, Marie Harriman took him aside and told him to get his ass in gear.. People ate it up when Mr. Duchin paused between numbers to tell stories from his past. The odd thing about Peter Duchins book is that he provides little, if any, information about his fathers family. Except No Mother. Cherished grandmother of Michael and Logan. In the late 70s through the 80s, when everybody was into show tunes, was probably when I was best known, he said. Peter Duchin can tell us a thing or two. Dear grandmother of Mark (Jacki) and Katie Bergner. Weve been together often as brothers might, many meals, travels, and talks over the last eighty years and even if theres a lapse of time, I always feel Peter and I are starting where we left off before, whether its been hours, weeks, or years. After her parents divorce, her father remarried to Madeleine Lucienne Meyer, a daughter of Millius Pierre Meyer, in 1926. It was a little bit interesting - about his early life - his mother died at his birth and his father was a mostly a mostly absent father meaning that he was brought up by Averill Harriman and his wife. Peter Duchin, pianist and society bandleader, without one of his 15 tuxedos, rehearsing for a Port Jefferson, N.Y., concert. Like I said at the beginning, it was interesting, not great. ", Duchin revisited the scenes of his youth, talked to old friends and visited his mother's grave for the first time. Peter Duchin was born in New York City in 1937, the only child of his handsome father, Eddy, and his . "It's an amazing story," says Duchin over lunch at the Huntington Hotel. Over the years Mr. Duchin, as both pianist and bandleader, has provided the musical entertainment at an estimated 6,000 celebrations. Peter Duchin. Beloved wife for 58 year to the late Edward. More than a memoir, Face the Music offers a window into the era of debutantes and white-tie balls, when such events made national headlines. In the 1996 memoir Ghost of a Chance, his son Peter wrote of the factual discrepancies in the film The Eddy Duchin Story . www.davidcbrownfh.com Read More, PLATTSBURGH - Harvey Eric Duchin, M.D., of Plattsburgh, N.Y., passed away July 19, 2007, after a long illness. Duchin the elder, the son of Jewish immigrant parents, was a musical genius who began leading his own orchestra in 1931 when he was only 22. See the article in its original context from. 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