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Merv Griffin - Wikipedia. Mervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin Jr. July 6, 1. 92. 5 – August 1. American television host and media mogul.[2] He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in film and on Broadway. From 1. 96. 5 to 1.

Griffin hosted his own talk show, The Merv Griffin Show. He also created the internationally popular game shows Jeopardy! Wheel of Fortune through his television production companies, Merv Griffin Enterprises and Merv Griffin Entertainment. During his lifetime, Griffin was considered an entertainment business magnate. Early life[edit]Griffin was born July 6, 1. San Mateo, California, to Mervyn Edward Griffin, Sr., a stockbroker, and Rita Elizabeth Griffin (née Robinson),[3] a homemaker. The family was Irish American.

Raised as a Roman Catholic, Griffin started singing in his church choir as a boy, and by his teens was earning extra money as a church organist. His abilities as a pianist played a part in his early entry into show business.

He attended San Mateo High School, graduating in 1. He attended San Mateo Junior College and then the University of San Francisco.[4] He was a member of the international fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon.[5]During World War II, Griffin was declared 4.

F after failing several military physical examinations due to having a slight heart murmur.[6] During the Korean War several years later, he was examined and deemed healthy enough to serve, but by that time was above age 2. Singing[edit]Griffin started as a singer on radio at age 1. San Francisco Sketchbook, a nationally syndicated program based at KFRC. Griffin was overweight as an adolescent and a young man, which disappointed some radio fans when they saw him in person.[6] He wrote years later in his autobiography that originally there was a deliberate effort to keep the public from finding out how he looked.

Embarrassed by the weight issue, Griffin resolved to change his appearance, losing 8. Freddy Martin heard him on the radio show and asked Griffin to tour with his orchestra,[1] which he did for four years.[8]Griffin had an uncredited role as a radio announcer in the 1.

The Beast from 2. Fathoms. By 1. 94. Griffin had earned enough money to form his own record label, Panda Records, which produced Songs by Merv Griffin, the first U. S. album ever recorded on magnetic tape.[9] In 1. Monday–Friday singing program on KFRC in San Francisco.[1. He became increasingly popular with nightclub audiences, and his fame soared among the general public with his 1.

I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts". The song reached the number one spot on the Hit Parade and sold three million copies.[1. At one of his nightclub performances, Griffin was discovered by Doris Day. Day arranged for a screen test at the Warner Bros.

Studios for a role in By the Light of the Silvery Moon. Griffin did not get the part, but the screen test led to supporting roles in other musical films such as So This Is Love in 1. The film caused a minor controversy when Griffin shared an open mouthed kiss with Kathryn Grayson. The kiss was a first in Hollywood film history since the introduction of the Production Code in 1. Griffin would go on to film more pictures (The Boy from Oklahoma and Phantom of the Rue Morgue), but soon became disillusioned with movie- making. Griffin bought his contract back from Warner Bros.

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In the summer of 1. Merv Griffin and Betty Ann Grove sang & danced for a show called "Summer Holiday" (and "Song Snapshots from a Summer Holiday"). The premise of the show was a "Live musical show with two singers simulating a trip to various places in the world." The show name had alternating titles for the same show, different nights, but were filled with the patter of songs and feet by the two hosts.

Merv and Betty were brought together by Byron Paul, producer of "The Jane Froman Show", and Irving Mansfield, the show's creator. Mansfield remembered Merv for his singing in the Grace Moore picture and for his hit song, "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts." The producer of the show (Byron Paul) had already considered Miss Grove for the summer replacement show, but "it was just a matter of finding a boy," Byron said. I'm quite excited. They're both young, fresh, work well together, work well independently. And I've never met two people who are easier to get along with." The show ran for one summer.[1.

In March 2. 00. 1, Griffin returned to singing with the release of the album It's Like a Dream. Game show host[edit]From 1. Griffin hosted a game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman called Play Your Hunch.

The show appeared on all three networks, but primarily on NBC. He also hosted a prime time game show for ABC called Keep Talking. Additionally, he substituted for a week for the vacationing Bill Cullen on The Price Is Right, and also for Bud Collyer on To Tell the Truth.

In 1. 96. 3, NBC offered him the opportunity to host a new game show, Word for Word, which Griffin produced. He also produced Let's Play Post Office for NBC in 1. Reach for the Stars for NBC in 1. One in a Million for ABC in 1. Talk show host[edit]Griffin scored a coup when Tonight Show host Jack Paar accidentally emerged onto the set of Play Your Hunch during a live broadcast, and Griffin got him to stay for a spontaneous interview.

After Paar left The Tonight Show, but before Johnny Carson took over (Carson was still hosting Who Do You Trust? ABC), Griffin was one of the many guest hosts who presided over Tonight in the interim.

Griffin was considered the most successful of the guest hosts,[1. NBC in 1. 96. 2. This live, 5. In 1. 96. 5, Griffin launched a syndicated talk show for Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting) titled The Merv Griffin Show. The show aired in a variety of time slots throughout North America; many stations ran it in the daytime, others aired it in prime- time and a few broadcast it opposite Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show. Griffin's announcer/sidekick was the veteran British character actor Arthur Treacher, who had been his mentor.

After Treacher left the show in 1. Griffin would do the announcing himself, and walk on stage with the phrase: "And now.., here I come!" According to an obituary article on August 2. Entertainment Weekly, The Merv Griffin Show was on the air for 2. Emmy Awards during its run. Griffin was not shy about tackling controversial subjects, especially the Vietnam War.

The guests on the Westinghouse show were an eclectic mix of entertainers, authors, politicians, and "personality" performers like Zsa Zsa Gabor.

R. E. M. - Wikipedia. This article is about the band. For other uses, see Rem. R. E. M. Background information. Also known as. Hornets Attack Victor Mature,[1]Bingo Hand Job,[2]It Crawled from the South[3]Origin. Athens, Georgia, U. S. Genres. Years active.

Labels. Associated acts. Websiteremhq. com. Past members. R. E. M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, that was formed in 1.

Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist/backing vocalist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe. One of the first alternative rock bands, R. E. M. was noted for Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style, Stipe's particular vocal quality and obscure lyrics, and Mills' melodic basslines and backing vocals. R. E. M. released its first single—"Radio Free Europe"—in 1.

Hib- Tone. The single was followed by the Chronic Town. EP in 1. 98. 2, the band's first release on I. R. S. Records. In 1. Murmur, and built its reputation over the next few years through subsequent releases, constant touring, and the support of college radio. Following years of underground success, R.

E. M. achieved a mainstream hit in 1. The One I Love". The group signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1. 98. By the early 1. 99. R. E. M. was viewed by subsequent acts such as Nirvana and Pavement as a pioneer of the genre. The band then released its two most commercially successful albums, Out of Time (1. Automatic for the People (1.

R. E. M.'s 1. 99. Monster, was a return to a more rock- oriented sound, but still continued its run of success. The band began its first tour in six years to support the album; the tour was marred by medical emergencies suffered by three of the band members. In 1. 99. 6, R. E. M. re- signed with Warner Bros. US$8. 0 million, at the time the most expensive recording contract in history. Its 1. 99. 6 release, New Adventures in Hi- Fi, though critically acclaimed, fared worse commercially than its predecessors.

The following year, Bill Berry left the band, while Stipe, Buck, and Mills continued the group as a trio. Through some changes in musical style, the band continued its career into the next decade with mixed critical and commercial success, despite having sold more than 8. In 2. 00. 7, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in their first year of eligibility. R. E. M. disbanded amicably in September 2. History[edit]1. 98. Formation[edit]In January 1. Michael Stipe met Peter Buck in Wuxtry Records, the Athens record store where Buck worked.

The pair discovered that they shared similar tastes in music, particularly in punk rock and protopunk artists like Patti Smith, Television, and The Velvet Underground. Stipe said, "It turns out that I was buying all the records that [Buck] was saving for himself."[7] Stipe and Buck soon met fellow University of Georgia students Mike Mills and Bill Berry,[8] who had played music together since high school[9] and lived together in Georgia.[1. The quartet agreed to collaborate on several songs; Stipe later commented that "there was never any grand plan behind any of it".[7] Their still- unnamed band spent a few months rehearsing and played its first show on April 5, 1.

Episcopal church in Athens. After considering names like "Twisted Kites", "Cans of Piss", and "Negro Wives", the band settled on "R. E. M." (which stands for the stage of sleep called rapid eye movement), which Stipe selected at random from a dictionary.[1. Record producer Mitch Easter (far left) was important in defining the band's sound, producing all of their material until 1. The band members eventually dropped out of school to focus on their developing group.[1.

They found a manager in Jefferson Holt, a record store clerk who was so impressed by an R. E. M. performance in his hometown of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, that he moved to Athens.[1. R. E. M.'s success was almost immediate in Athens and surrounding areas; the band drew progressively larger crowds for shows, which caused some resentment in the Athens music scene.[1. Over the next year and a half, R. E. M. toured throughout the Southern United States. Touring was arduous because a touring circuit for alternative rock bands did not then exist.

The group toured in an old blue van driven by Holt, and lived on a food allowance of $2 each per day.[1. During the summer of 1. R. E. M. recorded its first single, "Radio Free Europe", at producer Mitch Easter's Drive- In Studios in Winston- Salem, North Carolina. The single was released on the local independent record label.

Hib- Tone with an initial pressing of one thousand copies, which quickly sold out.[1. Despite its limited pressing, the single garnered critical acclaim, and was listed as one of the ten best singles of the year by The New York Times.[1. I. R. S. Records and cult success[edit]Originally released as the band's debut single on Hib- Tone in 1.

Radio Free Europe" was re- recorded for R. E. M.'s debut album Murmur in 1. Stipe's singing helped establish interest in his lyrics as enigmatic and obscure. Problems playing this file? See media help. R. E. M. recorded the Chronic Town EP with Mitch Easter in October 1.

Dasht Hopes.[1. 8] However, I. R. S. Records acquired a demo of the band's first recording session with Easter that had been circulating for months.[1. The band turned down the advances of major label RCA Records in favor of I. R. S., with whom it signed a contract in May 1. I. R. S. released Chronic Town that August as its first American release.[2. A positive review of the EP by NME praised the songs' auras of mystery, and concluded, "R. E. M. ring true, and it's great to hear something as unforced and cunning as this."[2.

I. R. S. first paired R. E. M. with producer Stephen Hague to record its debut album. Hague's emphasis on technical perfection left the band unsatisfied, and the band members asked the label to let them record with Easter.[2. I. R. S. agreed to a "tryout" session, allowing the band to return to North Carolina and record the song "Pilgrimage" with Easter and producing partner Don Dixon. After hearing the track, I. R. S. permitted the group to record the album with Dixon and Easter.[2.

Because of its bad experience with Hague, the band recorded the album via a process of negation, refusing to incorporate rock music clichés such as guitar solos or then- popular synthesizers, in order to give its music a timeless feel.[2. The completed album, Murmur, was greeted with critical acclaim upon its release in 1. Rolling Stone listing the album as its record of the year.[2. The album reached number 3.