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7 de dic. de 2021 · Eddie Duchin's son Peter has come to represent an era that was nearly passed when he started providing dance music for debutante balls and parties. Born into privilege, he became virtually an orphan due to his mother's death when he was only a few days old, and the nature of his father's life as a band leader before succumbing to leukemia at the age of 41.
In this poignant memoir, the internationally celebrated bandleader reflects on family, illness, grief, and a bygone era of glamour, contemplating not just his career but the history of midcentury music and nightlife—and the enormously important role that the bandstand played in his life. The internationally-famous bandleader Peter Duchin's six decades of performing have taken him to the most ...
17 de may. de 2023 · While in recovery from COVID-19, Peter was inspired to write a second memoir, Face the Music. In his book, he reflects on the history of mid-century music and nightlife and explores his own history as the son of legendary bandleader Eddy Duchin and socialite Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin, who died just six days after his birth.
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Peter Duchin has been America's top society bandleader for over thirty years. He has played at the White House, at a bar mitzvah on the QE II, at Truman Capote's Black and White Ball, and at thousands of other private and public events. He has observed shifts in social customs from close up, and his account of them is fascinating. But his memoirs are not simply a riveting look at society and ...
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. Source for information on Duchin, Peter (Oelrichs) 1937 ...
28 de may. de 1996 · A strange and compelling mix of celebrity bio and social history, Ghost of a Chance is the autobiography of bandleader Peter Duchin. The son of an even more famous bandleader, Eddy Duchin, Peter Duchin was sent off to be raised by the friends of his socialite mother after her death.Those friends just happened to be the Harrimans, Averell and Marie.
