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Lefty Author Peter Benchley

May 8, 2012

Famous Left-hander Birthday, May 8

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Peter Benchley, Author

Peter Bradford Benchley (May 8, 1940 – February 11, 2006) was an American author born in New York City, New York. He was a grandson of famed humorist and actor Robert Benchley and the son of highly respected children’s books author Nathaniel Benchley.

His books were deemed more dramatic in their content and style than his father’s, and usually centered on the world’s oceans as a backdrop to his vigorous plots. He is best known for the novel Jaws and its subsequent adaptation on film, co-written by Benchley with Carl Gottlieb, and directed by Steven Spielberg.

Several more of his works were also adapted for cinema, including the Deep and The Island.

 

Source:

IMdb.com

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Lefty Singer Frankie Valli

May 3, 2012

Famous Left-hander Birthday, May 3

Frankie Valli, Singer

 

Frankie Valli (born May 3, 1934, at Newark, New Jersey, U.S.),  is an American popular singer, most famous as frontman of The Four Seasons in early 1960s.  He is known for his unusually powerful falsetto voice.

Frankie Valli scored 29 Top 40 hits with The Four Seasons, one Top 40 hit under The Four Seasons’ alias ‘The Wonder Who?’, and nine Top 40 hits as a solo artist. As a member of The Four Seasons, his number one hits included “Sherry” (1962), “Big Girls Don’t Cry” (1962), “Walk Like a Man” (1963), “Rag Doll” (1964) and “December 1963 (Oh, What A Night)” (1975).

In 1967, his recording of the song “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” reached number two.  His solo recording “You’re Ready Now,” from 1966, became a surprise hit in Great Britain as part of the Northern soul scene and hit number eleven on the British pop charts in December 1970.  He scored number one hits with the songs “My Eyes Adored You” (1974) and “Grease” (1978).

Valli and the other original members of The Four Seasons were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.

 

 

Resources:

  • Biography of F. Valli  at Starpulse.com
  • Official website of Frankie Valli
  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame entry for “The Four Seasons”
  • Vocal Group Hall of Fame entry for “The Four Seasons”

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Lefty Author Eudora Welty

April 13, 2012

Famous Left-hander Birthday, April 13

Eudora Welty, Author

 

Eudora Alice Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) was an American novelist and short story writer about the American South. Her book, The Optimist’s Daughter, won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize. Her other famous and regarded as best book is Losing Battles (1970).

Welty was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous awards. She was the first living author to have her works published by the Library of America.

Her house in Jackson, Mississippi, where she was born, is a National Historic Landmark, open to the public.

 

Resource:

Eudora Welty at PBS.  Accessed April 13, 2012.

Photo Credit:

Eudora Welty by Billy Hathorn, National Portrait Gallery, public domain

 

Note:  This post is updated, April 13, 2012.

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