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	NPR : Bobby Short, Still Holding Court at the Carlyle
		Bobby Short and his ensemble perform at the 40th anniversary concert honoring Atlantic Records, May 1988.
		The Tavis Smiley Show, November 4, 2004 ·; Singer and pianist Bobby Short has one of the most distinctive voices in the music world, and for 37 years he's been holding court in one of the most distinctive jazz venues around -- the Cafe Carlyle in Manhattan.
		Bobby Short: The Life and Times of a Saloon Singer
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4142795 (283 words)

	Bobby Short - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bobby Short (September 15, 1924 – March 21, 2005) was an American cabaret singer known for his interpretation of songs by early 20th century composers such as Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, and George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin.
		He was born Robert Waltrip Short in Danville, Illinois, and began performing after leaving home at the age of eleven for Chicago, with his mother's permission.
		2005: Short dies of leukemia at New York Presbyterian Hospital on March 21, 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bobby_Short (266 words)

	Ultimate cabaret singer closes his show
		Bobby Short always called himself "just a saloon singer," but the native of Downstate Danville came to represent so much more as he became the quintessential performer of cabaret music -- not only in New York but across the nation.
		Short's signature Saville Row-designed tuxedos, impeccable manners and witty repartee made him the darling of New York society, the musician was always loyal to his Illinois roots.
		Short is survived by a brother, an adopted son and several nieces and nephews.
	www.suntimes.com /output/music/cst-ftr-xshort22.html (708 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Bobby Short
		Bobby Short, the American singer and pianist who died yesterday aged 80, was for more than 35 years the voice of supper-club singing at the Café Carlyle in New York; he specialised in the songs of such composers as Cole Porter, Noël Coward, Duke Ellington and the Gershwins.
		All the family was musical, but Bobby's mother Myrtle, who to support her children worked long hours as a home help, refused to allow jazz or blues records in the house.
		Short did so a year before Coward's death, and if Bobby Short is Mad About Noël Coward is not quite the revelation of the Porter set, he none the less came closer than anybody to giving new life to songs that were very much Coward's own; again, he avoided the obviously comic material.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/03/22/db2201.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/03/22/ixportal.html (1260 words)

	OpinionJournal - Leisure & Arts
		Short's grin from seeing him 10 years before; what I noticed this time, sitting in the band, was the way he put that same smile on the faces in the audience.
		Short lived an American life that was in perfect harmony with the songs he sang, one in which any man, every man, can be an aristocrat if he just takes the trouble to gain some sophistication.
		Short's life, it is that he found fame in the late 1960s, when the music he championed was beyond decline.
	www.opinionjournal.com /la?id=110006457 (1068 words)

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		Short is survived by his adopted son Ronald Bell and brother Reginald Short, both of California, Wicks said.
		Short made headlines in 1980 when designer Gloria Vanderbilt filed a discrimination complaint against the posh River House apartments, which had rejected her bid to buy a $1.1 million duplex.
		Short had appeared with her in television ads promoting her designs, and she claimed the board was worried that the fl singer might marry her.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /entertainment/news-article.aspx?storyid=34217 (800 words)

	Bobby Short Obituary
		Bobby Short, who died on March 20, 2005, was a legend.
		Bobby Short had an exuberance and élan that rekindled an era of “moments divine” and “rapture serene,” of elegance and sophistication.
		Nominated for three Grammy Awards, Bobby Short was particularly proud of the statue to Duke Ellington he worked hard to establish on the corner of 110th Street and Fifth Avenue in Harlem.
	www.cabaretscenes.com /LBNReleases/BobbyShort.htm (653 words)

	Bobby Short & Danville
		Bobby Short's relationship to his hometown of Danville, Illinois was, by all accounts, complex.
		Below, on April 28, 2006, the collage Bobby Short at the Moving Picture Ball was unveiled at the Danville Public Library.
		Created for Short in the late 1960's by New York artist Richard Marshall Merkin, it was acquired by the Nichols family of Danville at Christie's February 2006 auction of Short property, and they have generously placed it on long-term loan to the library.
	www.danville.lib.il.us /Pathfinder/shortdan.htm (767 words)

	Bobby Short bio
		Short performed at the White House often during the Nixon, Carter, Reagan and Clinton administrations and has appeared in a television cabaret special filmed in the East Room of the Clinton White House.
		short may also be seen on the screen in the HBO film, "Blue Ice" starring Michael Caine and performing as himself in "For Love Or Money" which stars Michael J. Fox and in Woody Allen's, "Hannah and Her Sisters".
		Short was the third recipient of the James Weldon Johnson Award for outstanding achievement in the arts and in 1997 the museum of the City of New York presented him with the "$24 Award" in recognition of this contribution to the quality of life in New York CIty as performer, civic leader and cultural ambassador.
	www.epluri.com /TSA/Vocal&SpecialattractFolder/BobbyShortBio.html (898 words)

	Portsmouth Herald It: Bobby Short was Manhattan sophistication personified (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Robert Waltrip Short was raised in a large family on a tree-lined block of Danville, Ill., by a mother who had no truck with the humiliations of the South.
		Short, the tuxedoed embodiment of New York style and sophistication who was a fixture at the Carlyle Hotel for more than 35 years, died Monday, March 21, 2005.
		When Bobby Short entered the small spotlight in that Upper East Side hangout, depression large and small dissolved into the champagne; history’s headlines and your own true stories were gladly left at home.
	www.seacoastonline.com /news/03242005/it/71631.htm (745 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Arts news \| Bobby Short
		Suave and impeccably dressed, the cabaret artist Bobby Short, who has died aged 80, personified New York sophistication, his light touch at the keyboard and insouciant, husky vocal style captivating audiences young and old.
		Short retained his status and his distinctive vocal interpretations during his lengthy career; from 1968 until 2004, his twice-yearly residencies at New York's Café Carlyle were a must-see.
		Short was born in Danville, Ohio, the ninth of 10 children of an African-American coal-miner and a domestic worker.
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/news/obituary/0,12723,1449743,00.html?gusrc=rss (490 words)

	ABC News: Cabaret Singer Bobby Short Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Short, the tuxedoed embodiment of New York style and sophistication and a fixture at his piano in the Carlyle Hotel for more than 35 years, died Monday, March 21, 2005, a spokeswoman said.
		NEW YORK Mar 21, 2005 — Bobby Short, the suave, tuxedoed cabaret singer who epitomized Manhattan glamour and sophistication with renderings of the great American songbook, died of leukemia Monday at 80.
		Calling Short "an American treasure," Cafe Carlyle, the nightclub at the Carlyle Hotel where Short was an institution since 1968, said it would close Monday in homage to the musician who helped make it famous.
	abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/wireStory?id=601466 (438 words)

	Bobby Short, 80; singer-pianist delivered standards with style - The Boston Globe
		Bobby Short, the singer-pianist whose elegance and urbanity made him the uncrowned king of New York cabaret, died yesterday of leukemia in New York Presbyterian Hospital.
		Short was listed in the Social Register and over the years rubbed tuxedoed elbows with the likes of the Duke of Windsor, Ahmet Ertegun, and Gloria Vanderbilt.
		Robert Waltrip Short was born in Danville on Sept. 15, 1924, the ninth of 10 children.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/03/22/bobby_short_80_singer_pianist_delivered_standards_with_style (765 words)

	CMT.com : Bobby Short : Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The ninth of ten children born to Rodman Jacob Short, a coal miner, and Myrtle (Render) Short, a domestic, in Danville, IL, Robert Waltrip Short, nicknamed Bobby, took an early interest in the family piano and, despite a few lessons, was essentially self-taught.
		His second 12" LP for Atlantic, Bobby Short, was released in 1957, and at the same sessions in the late summer and fall of 1956, he recorded material for his third album, Speaking of Love, released in 1958.
		Short returned to the Blue Angel with top billing and a salary of 1,000 dollars a week on November 14, 1957, continuing to appear at the club off and on until 1963.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/short_bobby/bio.jhtml (1788 words)

	Bobby Fischer
		They separated when Bobby was 2 years old, and Regina had custody of Bobby and his older sister Joan who was then 7 years old.
		In 1988 Bobby patented the Fischer digital Chess clock which adds three seconds per move so as to compensate the player for the physical movement of their arm and to avoid rushing movements that knock over pieces.
		Chess master Bobby Fischer has been offered a new home in Iceland, but it's not clear if he'll be able to make the move from Japan, where he is being detained.
	www.chess-poster.com /great_players/fischer.htm (2297 words)

	BOBBY SHORT - Jazz, Blues and Pop Music Artists - Corporate Entertainment Booking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cabaret singer Bobby Short, the tuxedoed embodiment of New York style and sophistication who was a fixture at his piano in the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan for more than 35 years, died Monday, March 21, 2005.
		Bobby Short, began crooning and playing piano in bars when he was a 12-year-old in Danville, Illinois.
		Bobby Short was nominated for a Grammy in 1993 for his Telarc recording, "Late Night at the Café Carlyle" and received many other honors, among them an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Bloomfield College in New Jersey and an appointment as Laureate of the Lincoln Academy in his home state of Illinois.
	www.delafont.com /music_acts/bobby-short.htm (741 words)

	PopMatters Music Feature \| Diminutive in Name Only: Bobby Short 1924-2005
		The legacy of Bobby Short is even greater than that of an iconic performer however; he was an institution in the world of cabaret entertainment, and a fixture on the glitzy New York City social scene for three and a half decades.
		The magnitude of Short's presence is evidenced not only by his remarkably long career, but by his stature amongst the exclusive Gotham elite.
		While the magic of Bobby Short could easily be relegated to his musical talents and staying power, he was far more than a technically gifted entertainer.
	www.popmatters.com /music/features/050322-bobbyshort.shtml (730 words)

	Remembering Bobby Short: The Intimate Enthusiast
		Short occasionally recorded rock era songs ranging from “Both Sides Now” to “Send in the Clowns” to “Evergreen.” But his love affair with classic popular song, especially that of Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke, Duke Ellington, Rodgers and Hart, which he seemed to have encyclopedic knowledge of, was his chief love affair.
		Short was not a jazz singer per se, but he, like Mabel Mercer and Sylvia Syms, was a singular interpreter of songs who was most easily classified as part of the cabaret tradition but was too distinct to be narrowly confined by the term.
		Short wrote two autobiographies which provided interesting glimpses into his childhood, his life as a struggling performer, his deft handling of everything from racism to noisy audiences and his exposure to art, language, literature and fashion.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=16985 (988 words)

	Citrus: State is twice as nice for 'Canes
		Bobby and Christine learned the sport from their father, Bob, who sawed off adult clubs for both kids when they were about 8.
		But Bobby and Christine were each other's biggest fans three weeks ago, when both Citrus squads were fighting for a state berth.
		Bobby hopes to start shooting regularly in the low 70s to attract interest from college coaches.
	www.sptimes.com /2005/11/08/Citrus/State_is_twice_as_nic.shtml (488 words)

	Bobby Short, 80, King of Cabaret - March 22, 2005 - The New York Sun
		Bobby Short, who died yesterday morning at age 80, was a pianist and singer universally recognized as the king of the cabaret world, and one of the all-time great interpreters of the American songbook.
		For nearly 40 years, Bobby Short was a New York institution; he began playing the Cafe Carlyle in 1968, and since then served as a perennial icon of Gotham at its smartest and most sophisticated.
		Short's image was employed by filmakers, like Woody Allen in "Hannah and her Sisters," and Barry Sonnenfeld in "For Love Or Money," who wanted to portray an image of cultured, intelligent New Yorkers.
	www.nysun.com /article/10943 (324 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Celebrated cabaret singer Bobby Short dies of leukemia at 80, publicist ...
		NEW YORK – Cabaret singer Bobby Short, the tuxedoed embodiment of New York style and sophistication who was a fixture at his piano in the Carlyle Hotel for more than 35 years, died Monday.
		In 1980, after Short appeared with Vanderbilt in television ads promoting her designs, Vanderbilt filed a discrimination complaint against the posh River House apartments, which had rejected her bid to buy a $1.1 million duplex.
		Short, who never married, lived on Sutton Place in Manhattan, sharing an apartment overlooking the East River with his pets.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20050321-0712-obit-short.html (1043 words)

	The New York Times > Arts > Music > Bobby Short, Icon of Manhattan Song and Style, Dies at 80
		Short liked to call himself a saloon singer, and his "saloon" since 1968 was one of the most elegant in the country, the intimate Cafe Carlyle tucked in the Carlyle hotel on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
		Short transcended the role of cabaret entertainer to become a New York institution and a symbol of civilized Manhattan culture.
		Short, who was always a natty dresser and whose name often appeared on best-dressed lists, he had custom-made white tails and an almost ankle-length wraparound camel's hair coat.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/03/21/arts/music/21cnd-short.html?ex=1269061200&en=75c377654325602a&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland (885 words)

	The New Yorker: From the Archives: Content (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On March 21st, the cabaret singer Bobby Short died of leukemia at the age of 80.
		Café singing, or at any rate Bobby Short’s way of singing, is unencumbered by the theatrics of opera or rock, by the quaintness of folk singing, by the confinements of jazz singing, and by the mealiness of old-style pop singing.
		Short took a book from the bookcase and handed it to me. The poem, “Boîtes,” is in a Mailer miscellany, “Cannibals and Christians,” and it is a Vachel Lindsay blank-verse eulogy in which Short is called “divine,” a “Prince of the Congo,” “darkest delight,” “flbird,” and a “King of the Congo.”
	www.newyorker.com /archive/content/articles/050328fr_archive02 (7533 words)

	Gothamist: Bobby Short Dies
		Bobby Short, the irrepressible entertainer who sang and played the standards at the Cafe Carlyle, Arts > Music > Bobby Short, Icon of Manhattan Song and Style, Dies at 80" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/21/arts/music/21cnd-short.html?hp&ex=1111467600&en=49eab08251a9d060&ei=5094&partner=homepage">died at age 80 yesterday from leukemia.
		And Short's two books, Bobby Short, The Life and Times of a Saloon Singer and Black and White Baby, and some of his CDs - Celebrating 30 Years at Cafe Carlyle, Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter, Bobby Short Celebrates Rodgers & Hart and the Songs of Bobby Short.
		Short's passing was indisputably the biggest NYC story on Monday yet it's warmed-over hash on this blog -- telling.
	www.gothamist.com /archives/2005/03/22/bobby_short_dies.php (534 words)

	New York Daily News - Entertainment - David Hinckley's Critic at Large: Bobby Short hit many notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The image of Bobby Short in his Savile Row suit at the Cafe Carlyle piano is so elegant that it's easy to forget he wasn't a snapshot.
		Ertegun helped change that by recording Short for Atlantic, a label that otherwise was living almost exclusively on honking saxophones and raw rhythm and blues.
		Still, Short never left his foundation, Duke Ellington, whose statue in Central Park is a mark of Bobby Short's persistence.
	www.nydailynews.com /entertainment/story/292845p-250697c.html (548 words)

	Townhall.com :: Columns :: Bobby Short was much more than a saloon singer by Diana West (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On the contrary, Bobby Short sought out tunes no one had heard before (and there are hundreds) -- or at least hadn't heard since the 1930s when they were cut from the overlong scores of pre-Broadway shows playing out of town.
		Indeed, along with the unsurpassable zest and grace that made him a dazzling performer, Bobby Short approached the pop oeuvre with the care and diligence of the archivist.
		Heading uptown to see Bobby Short may well have been a bow to Western civ, but a pilgrimage to the Carlyle was nothing but fun.
	www.townhall.com /columnists/dianawest/dw20050328.shtml (788 words)

	JON CARROLL
		Bobby Short suggested that he had heard a lot of bells, too many to be impressed by another one, too alive not to be intrigued anyway.
		For me, Bobby Short represented the New York that I grew up believing in, the New York where a cat said "Toujours gai" and martinis were wielded like rapiers and no situation was so grim that it did not merit a wisecrack.
		I did not know that Bobby Short was a self-invented man (even as his favorite composers -- Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington were self- invented men) and that the gossamer wings were a product of will and imagination, an effect and not a cause of all that talent and all that imagination.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/03/24/DDG6LBT9H01.DTL (1006 words)

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