But it was too late to establish warm ties. From the time I began at the Maisonette, newspapers and magazines persistently described me as the glamorous Peter Duchin, as if the adjective was part of my name. I hang out with people I dig, people who are interesting. She scandalized them by appearing in cigarette ads in the '20s. With sincerity and humor, Face the Music offers a moving portrait of an extraordinary life, its disruptions, and revitalization. In a new memoir, Peter Duchin doesnt simply tell storieshe makes them sing. Had difficulties with all the name dropping, arrogance,etc. He spent time in Paris, France and studied at the Sorbonne before returning home and graduating from Yale University. Cherished grandmother of Nerissa, Caroline and Katey. Being a fan of big bands and of jazz, I really wanted to read Peter Duchin's biography. He was 96 years old. Duchin used to be offended by the "society" label. He had just played Lyndon Johnson's inauguration,. 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Scott Fitzgerald might have put it: Thats because their friends have excuses to write gossipy books like this. Everyone remembers the parties where they danced all night, Mr. Duchin said. He was born in New York City to the late Minnie and Jacob Duchin. Paul Duchin Obituary. Commander Frank Turnbull, a retired naval officer, and his wife, the former Marion Louise Bates, descendant of William Bradford, a governor of Plymouth Colony in the 17th century. Mr. Duchin cut his engagement schedule by half when he turned 70 two years ago, so that he now plays around 60 gigs a year, but he's still a visible presence on the fall and holiday benefit. I much preferred to be wearing my beat-up waders to fish in a stream. She was born in New York City to the late Frances Stelman Weisbard and Oscar Pomeranz. "[4] An Edward Steichen photograph of Oelrichs was included in an advertisement for Pond's cold cream in a 1926 copy of Ladies' Home Journal. We called it the businessmans bounce., https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/arts/music/06duchin.html. Brother of Edward (Freddye) Duchin Read More, 10 a.m. at St. Anthony Catholic Church, Belleville. The odd thing about Peter Duchins book is that he provides little, if any, information about his fathers family. Duchin was the only child of Eddy Duchin and Marjorie Oelrichs, a socialite who died soon after Peter's birth. By and large he has been plying an increasingly endangered trade. Are you with me so far? He was the husband of Gloria Duchin. Lets conclude the soundtrack with Make Someone Happy, the theme song of Peter Duchins orchestra. In his own recovery, Duchin spent many months fitting pennies into a piano-shaped bank to strengthen his left hand, which was affected by the stoke. Read More, Duchin , Betty L. Belleville, MI Age 84, died Sunday at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor. He Read More, DUCHIN HARVEY ERIC, M.D. In the 1996 memoir Ghost of a Chance, his son Peter wrote of the factual discrepancies in the film The Eddy Duchin Story . [4], Please expand the article to include this information. It was time to earn a living, she said. Local Obituaries Geraldine Orosco, 76 of Charlotte, North Carolina passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 17, 2023. CHURCH Read More, DUCHIN, Meyer M. Of Monroe Township. Still, he does wear one almost every night. And people don't have as much fun as before, he believes. [5], She became the wife of dance bandleader Eddy Duchin after the two met at the Waldorf, and they wed at her mother's apartment at the Hotel Pierre on June 5, 1935, officiated by Judge Vincent Lippe. Get help and learn more about the design. At 59 he's no longer that dashing youth who had an affair in Spain with Ava Gardner, but he's still boyishly handsome. I play with my right hand and our bass player duplicates the sound the left hand would make. Beloved wife of the late Philip. 143 in the Cashbox survey, 1964. But when Duchin awoke after the procedure, I was caught in a nest of tubes and plastic bags, with wires attached to my fingers, my arms, my legs and my chest, he writes in his new book, Face the Music (co-authored by Patricia Beard), a follow-up of sorts to his 1996 memoir, Ghost of a Chance. During his recovery period, his bed was moved into his downstairs study, his wife placing beloved Cecil Beaton photos of his parents right onto the bookcase for him to look at daily. Gloria Duchin passed away peacefully, Sunday morning July 31, at her home in Vero Beach, Florida surrounded by her loving family. Dear father of Paul Duchin, Neal (Chaya) Duchin, Steven (Paula) Duchin and the late Burt Alan Duchin. Read More, Passed on Friday, September 9, 2005 at his home. It means youre so old a pigeon can land on you, he said while seated at the piano during cocktail hour. When I opened the hatch and looked up, I saw well-polished shoes, then pinstriped suit pants: there was Averell. Riverside Gordon Memorial Chapel, Deerfield Beach. Glamour and style usually go together, but anyone with taste and money can buy a snappy wardrobe, so what makes a person, an object, or a place seem glamorous? As he recovered, Duchin studied the photos of his parentshere with his father, Eddyto try to get more insight into their brief lives. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Arrange-ments by BROWN FUNERAL HOME, PLATTSBURGH, NY Read More, Duchin, Esther Nov. 16, 2006, age 86 years. With the death of his mother shortly after his birth, Peter's father, Eddie Duchin, the nation's premier band leader, was on the road 300 days a year and so he was "adopted"/raised by . [1], Duchin formed his first professional band, which played the St. Regis Hotel in New York City, in 1962 thanks in part to his family name and the networking it had made possible. It was in this period that I finally got to know them in a way. Four years later, the famous bandleader died of leukemia at age 42. I found it interesting, especially since I did not grow up in the kind of environment that he did. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. He was a little 19th century, a little aloof, and not the type you want arriving at a time like that. Peter Oelrichs Duchin (born July 28, 1937) is an American pianist and band leader. Dad was shorthand for a series of Eddy Duchin standards that began with Embraceable You and ended with Stormy Weather. He also played his fathers theme song, Chopins Nocturne in E flat. Our mission is to get Southern California reading and talking. While in the Navy, Eddy Duchin visited Peter and Marie Harriman, who helped raise Peter. Peter Duchin. Theres lots of searing reality here, but no fewer laughs. From 1985 to 1989, Duchin had a professional partnership with Jimmy Maxwell, leader of the traditional society jazz band in New Orleans. Place of Burial Private. [10] After Eddy's death in 1951, Peter was raised by close family friends, statesman W. Averell Harriman and his wife, Marie Norton Harriman.[8]. Anyone can read what you share. During WWII she worked as a clerk for the U.S. Army Air Force in Waco where Read More, Carole passed away in April 2012. Mr. Duchin cut his engagement schedule by half when he turned 70 two years ago, so that he now plays around 60 gigs a year, but hes still a visible presence on the fall and holiday benefit circuits. Harvey completed high school at West Orange High School, West Orange, N.J. Depending on the scale of a gig, the band can consist of as few as five (not including Mr. Duchin) and as many as 45. Though Duchin is treated in public as a celebrity, he is far more complex than just that one identity. Along the way it was not only his wife Virginia and his amazing assistant Adelle who pushed him to recover but also the power of the parents he lost at such young ages. Hart Preston/Time Life Pictures, via Getty Images. As he grows up, Peter becomes well acquainted with the rich and famous in America and Europe and eventually achieves musical success on his own. During WWII she worked as a clerk for the U.S. Army Air Force in Waco Read More, Freddye Mae Duchin age 87 of San Antonio passed away Thursday, May 31, 2012. About music, about style, about survival with a smile. Really never heard of Peter or his father, but was pulled into the period. It was a little bit interesting - about his early life - his mother died at his birth and his father was a mostly a mostly absent father meaning that he was brought up by Averill Harriman and his wife. She Read More, MARY DUCHIN was for 50 years a much-loved English teacher at Bayonne High School in Bayonne, NJ. At this years Landmarks Conservancy event, which was honoring Robert Morgenthau and Tommy Tune among others, Mr. Duchin pointed out that not only was his band providing the music for the 13th time, but that he had also been selected as a living landmark back in 1996. Distraught by the death of his beautiful. The late U.S. Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart famously said that pornography is hard to define, but I know it when I see it. Id say the same about glamour. "There was a sadness and loneliness to my childhood that I'd repressed," says Duchin. Mr. Duchin likes to chalk up his success to a combination of birthright and social profile, invoking not only his background but also that he bolstered his fame by playing small roles, mostly as bandleaders, in a number of movies (including Six Degrees of Separation and Working Girl) and writing mystery novels with a co-author, John Morgan Wilson. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. I owed it to myself and to her to try to find out more), but victories over a stroke and a near-death brush with Covid have made Duchin a sunnier and more philosophical writer than ever. He moved to California in the 50's and worked as an actor. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Its All Relative: Filmmaker Michael Glover Smiths Winning New Movie Examines Chicago Family at Crossroads. Duchin was educated at Eaglebrook School (where he studied piano with Carrie Barbour Swift) and The Hotchkiss School prep schools in New England. Averell Harriman and his wife, Marie. She was born August 18, 1924 in Waco, TX to Sol and Stella Ashendorf. Weve been together often as brothers might, many meals, travels, and talks over the last eighty years and even if theres a lapse of time, I always feel Peter and I are starting where we left off before, whether its been hours, weeks, or years. Services at Read More, (Nee Nolte) Found peace April 17, 2006 at the age of 87. She was the second wife of former New York Governor and diplomat Averell Harriman.Harriman operated a prominent New York City art gallery for more than a decade. In later life he suffered the unwelcome neglect of his famous stepmother, Pamela . TRAGIC BIRTH It's an irresistible story. Her cheering section of friends and family were at her side along the course with her AngelsGrace colleagues. He is survived by his beloved sister, Leslie Heller; his brother-in-law, Hugh Heller, and adoring nephews, Peter Heller (Jaime) and Roger Heller (Wendy). Movie buffs and older baby boomers will recognize Eddy Duchin as the popular pianist and orchestra leader of the 1930s and 40s who was portrayed by Tyrone Power in a maudlin tear-jerker, The Eddy Duchin Story. Peter was the young son Tyrone Power so awkwardly tried to warm up to. "I was supposed to die. This was a very interesting memoir by the son on the famous Eddy Duchin, pianist and band leader who was popular in the 40's and early 50's. Peter Duchin was born in New York City in 1937, the only child of his handsome father, Eddy, and his . Freddye was a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. Although I dont remember anything of the time I was on the ventilator, I think I did sense their presence., Duchin lived with Averell Harriman and his second wife, Marie, until he was nine years old. "People expect you to live up to your father, and be better. Start reading while you listen to a rendition of Ill Take Manhattan.. Made you see how interconnected the mover and shakers were. There were others doing what I did, musicians with full bands who played for dances, but they were all at least 20 years older: Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Meyer Davis; another was Lester Lanin, though he didnt write music or play an instrument himself. Mr. Duchin laments about how much the landscape has changed since his heyday, in part because hes lonely. Behind the stage he addressed the members of his band, a core group of seven younger musicians. To receive obit/directions text 1842754 to 414-301-6422. David Netto is a writer and interior designer. It's just a phone book. (Age 73) On December 21, 2010 of McLean, VA. Loving husband for 45 years of Belle Brent Clay Ward Duchin; father of Elizabeth Ward Duchin White (Paul), Massachusetts and Belle Clay Duchin Deming (Bruce) of Arlington, VA. Also survived by Read More, Ronald was born on December 8, 1937 and passed away on Tuesday, December 21, 2010. Give me a party where people are having a ball. Mr. Duchin's mother was the late Marjorie Oelrichs of New York and Newport, R. I., who was married to the pianist and orchestra leader in 1935. Read More, Duchin, Daniel, 78, of Boca Raton, FL, passed away on January 21, 2009. I took some of my Yale friends over to Central Park where they were filming to see Kim Novak who was playing Marjorie, Duchin said. It sounded pretty shallow to me, but I got used to it, even if Ive always thought of myself as anything but glamorous. Born in Yonkers Read More, Duchin, Sally Pomeranz In loving memory of Sally Pomeranz Duchin, 88, of Tucson, AZ and Houston, TX, passed away on February 1, 2022. Of course not. Read More, Services 1 p.m. at the Ira Kaufman Chapel, 248-569-0020. Obituaries. It's just a phone book"), came from "the poor side" of the Oelrich family. Before his concert in Port Jefferson Mr. Duchin instructed his musicians to play something other than rock n roll, because they really look forward to this, and they will dance. The town, after all, had hired him a couple of times before to play this event, and a lot of older rug cutters turned out. I guess it's difficult to live in one's father's shadow, but that's what Peter must do. Mary is survived by her husband of 38 years, Michael, Read More, Mary was born on March 24, 1940 and passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2019. Pretty soon we were all smiling because they had hope.. Anyway, who cares?. She was singing Its High Time from the musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Later, at the bar, Mr. Duchin was asked what he made of Ms. Smiths singing voice. I always visualized her and always missed her, he shared. She was born in New York City to the late Frances Stelman Weisbard and Oscar Pomeranz. The pressure substituted for ambition." Whether headlining Truman Capotes Black and White Ball or sharing the stage with the Supremes for a deb party at a Lake Forest country club, in the six decades that he has played the most exclusive dance floors in the world Peter Duchin has always lived up to his theme song, Make Someone Happy., Bandleader and epitome of elegance, Duchin did it again last Friday, an evening that began with a call from one of his favorite friends, Abra Prentice Wilkin (who regretted not being there but wished him good luck). When Eddy Duchin died of leukemia in 1951, "he left me enough money to go to school, which was great," Duchin says. Cherished father of Sandra (John) Moe, Michael, and Deborah (Mark) Wilutis. After his divorce from Zauderer, in 1985 Duchin married Brooke Hayward, with whom he had been living since 1981. Burial: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Iselin. By submitting your e-mail, you agree to our. On February 9, 1951, Eddy Duchin died at age 41 at Memorial Hospital in Manhattan of acute myelogenous leukemia. He was born in Everett, Mass., and came to Sarasota from Liberty, N.Y. Duchin recorded for the following recording companies: Decca Records, Bell Records and Capitol Records. They get up, they stay up.. We asked Chicagoan Jay Tunney, whose book about his own famous father, boxer Gene Tunney, and his fathers close friend, the author George Bernard Shaw, is being adapted into a play by Theater Wit called Shaw vs. Tunney, to share a little about Duchin: Peter is my oldest friend, dating from childhood when we played on the beach in Hobe Sound, Florida, during World War II, and hes never changed. ), I walked up to Kim Novak from behind, put my arms around her, gave her a kiss on the ear and said, Hi, Mom, Mr. Duchin recalled. Who else besides Peter Duchin shot ducks with Averell Harriman and jammed with Lester Young? Face the Music: A Memoir by Peter Duchin with Patricia Beard. That is how I felt. Great-grandmother Read More, MARY DUCHIN CALIFORNIA Mary Duchin lived most of her adult life in Bayonne, NJ, where for 50 years she was a muchloved Enlish teacher at Bayonne High School. Ralph graduated from Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn College and completed his Master's Degree in Geology from the Read More, Joan was born on March 26, 1943 and passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2019. We are playing gigs almost every week, he explained. THERE are certain people for whom a party doesnt rate if the Peter Duchin Orchestra isnt playing. Visitation Tue., Nov. 21, 2006 at CHURCH AND CHAPEL FUNERAL HOME (1 block south of I-94, corner of Hwy J and JJ) from 4:30PM until time of Services at 5PM. If you are a fan of the 40s thru the 60s, you'll enjoy the personal stories. Peter Duchin, the pianist and society bandleader, was headed home from a post-theater dinner in the fall of 2013 when the chest pains began. The young boy was raised primarily by his godparents, the illustrious W. Averell. It was a capacity crowd of a few hundred, and perhaps two dozen couples got out of their chairs to dance the fox trot or a slow Lindy. Riverside Gordon Memorial Chapel, Deerfield Beach. Cole was a 2012 graduate of the Southwest Career Academy. Beloved husband of Betty L. (Criche) for over 60 years. In 2005 he wrote a story in the New York Times Magazine titled Playing for Keeps. He focused on me, which I appreciated, but I was really the stand-in for a bigger idea. Opinion. Maybe the finest autobiography that have read. Anyone can read what you share. I don't think it was .name-dropping. Colin is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. George Zauderer of New York and the late Eddy Duchin, the pianist and or chestra leader, and the late Mrs. Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin. In 1947, Eddy Duchin remarried and young Peter moved in with him for the first time. In town to publicize his second book, Face the Music, the legendary Duchin told Classic Chicago how he made use of his signature song to make another group of people happy: those who could not get up and dance. Carole was a resident of Orange, Connecticut. Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. He has played for presidents, kings, and queens, as well as for civil rights and cultural organizations. Duchin with vocalist and guitarist Roberta Fabiano when he received the Living Landmark Award from the New York Landmarks Conservancy. He wanted to make a big effort to get close to me, but it never happened. Born May 23, 1945, in Newark, New Jersey, son of Harry and Bess (ne Goldberg) Duchin. I asked a friend who had a career as an editor of fashion magazines what she thought about glamour. 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