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James Francis Durante, better known as Jimmy Durante or Schnozzle (Snozzle) Durante, (February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American singer, pianist, comedian and actor, whose distinctive gravel delivery, comic language butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and large nose — his frequent jokes about it included a frequent self-reference that became his nickname: “Schnozzola” — helped make him one of America’s most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. He was also one of the most beloved people within the entertainment industry: an acquaintance once remarked of Durante, “You could warm your hands on this man.”
Durante was born in New York City, the third of four children born to Mitch Durante (1855 –1929) and Margaret Durante (1858–1936). A product of working-class New York, Durante dropped out of school in the eighth grade to become a full-time ragtime pianist, working the city circuit and earning the nickname “Ragtime Jimmy,” before he joined one of the first recognizable jazz bands in New York, the Original New Orleans Jazz Band. Durante was the only member of the group who didn’t hail from New Orleans. His routine of breaking into a song to deliver a joke, with band or orchestra chord pu...
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Top 10 Jimmy Durante Songs
Frosty The Snowman
As Time Goes By
Make Someone Happy
Young At Heart
Inka Dinka Doo
I'll Be Seeing You
The Glory Of Love
You Made Me Love You
I'm The Guy Who Found The Lost Chord
(I'll Never Forget) The Day I Read A Book
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Top 10 Jimmy Durante Albums
As Time Goes By: The Best of Jimmy Durante
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Sleepless In Seattle"
At the Movies
Jimmy Durante And Friends
September Song
Jimmy Durante At The Piano / Club Durant
Jimmy' Durante's Way Of Life
The Great Schnozzle
The Well Dressed Man
Jimmy Durante's Way of Life
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