Photo: Bud Fraker, for Paramount Pictures / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Rosemary Clooney is my favorite kind of star: one whose second act outshines the first. The novelty hits of the early fifties — 'Come On-a My House,' 'Mambo Italiano' — made her famous, but I would argue they almost obscured what she really was, a jazz singer of remarkable warmth and phrasing. The voice she rebuilt later in life, lower and wiser, is the one I keep returning to. Receiving the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in the very year she died feels like history scrambling to settle its debt. A small-town Kentucky girl who ended up defining an era of American song — that arc never stops moving me.
Overview
Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me", "Mambo Italiano", "Tenderly", "Half as Much", "Hey There", "This Ole House", and "Sway". She also had success as a jazz vocalist.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rosemary Clooney
- Name (Japanese)
- ローズマリー・クルーニー
- Reading
- ろーずまりー・くるーにー
- Born
- May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dragon
- Origin
- Maysville, Kentucky, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / actor / jazz musician / screenwriter / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Withrow High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2002 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
- Kentucky Women Remembered
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.