Today is the birthday of Oscar Levant (1906-1972). An anomaly in American public life, he managed to straddle both high art and popular culture. He was a composer and an interpreter (pianist) of both classical and popular music, but also a film actor, comedian, author, game show panelist (on both radio and tv) and talk [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:02AM on December 27, 2012