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If anyone is interested in family dynamics, music (Mr. Duchin is a society bandleader), following the story of his father Eddy Duchin, or life in America chiefly in New York for the period 1950-going forward. But he generally plays down the similarities between his musical aesthetic and his fathers, beyond their affinity for certain kinds of songs and his habit of crossing his hands over one another while playing, a flourish meant as a tribute to his fathers style. When we arrived, we found just one table set for two in the center of the room. "People expect you to live up to your father, and be better. Read More, Duchin, Alex Romulus, MI Mr. Duchin, 81, passed Friday, September 9, 2005 at his home. As a wedding gift, her father gave them a Thoroughbred yearling named Mr. Source for information on Duchin, Peter (Oelrichs) 1937 . The phrase "society bandleader" has a snooty ring to it. His second wife, from whom he recently separated, was the actress Brooke Hayward. She told me that it was the happiest night of their lives.. "I didn't know until I was in my 30s how she died," Duchin says. Cherished grandmother of Michael and Logan. With sincerity and humor, Face the Music offers a moving portrait of an extraordinary life, its disruptions, and revitalization. Survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Read More, Duchin, Florence "Sue" (Nee Lillge) Age 86. That crowd knows he speaks their language better than they do, and hell play against it too, which is fun., There are genuine chops beneath the charmed and charming persona, Mr. Feinstein said. Peter Duchin, whose new memoir is out now, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in New York City in 1971. In Groups: Peter Duchin, His Piano And Orchestra, Peter Duchin, His Piano And Strings. Averell Harriman and his wife, Marie. He has been married to Virginia Coleman since 2012. Loving wife of the late Raymond A. Duchin. I hang out with people I dig, people who are interesting. We called it the businessmans bounce., https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/arts/music/06duchin.html. "C.D OELRICHS WEDS MADELINE MILLIUS; New York Stock Broker, 44, Marries Daughter of Late Paris Perfumer, 23. The list itself could function as a potted history of late-era American society, as it includes everything from Truman Capotes Black and White Ball in 1966 to a joint bar and bat mitzvah reception for Ivan Boeskys children on the Queen Elizabeth 2 to the wedding of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver. A good break between heavier things. Each of them knows about 3,000 songs. Dear grandmother of Mark (Jacki) and Katie Bergner. He took his band on the road for months at a time, and Peter, a near-orphan, was taken into the household of Averill Harriman by his wife, Marie, a close childhood friend of the boys late mother. "That's one of the reasons I have absolutely no class consciousness. Freddye was a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. By and large he has been plying an increasingly endangered trade. Loving sister of several brothers and sisters. In a new memoir, Peter Duchin doesnt simply tell storieshe makes them sing. It's just a phone book"), came from "the poor side" of the Oelrich family. Duchins parents, Eddy Duchin and Marjorie Oelrichs, photographed by Cecil Beaton. I wrote about the irony of Duchin and Peter Beard, friends since they were six years old . Soundtrack: The Post. [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. 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. Join our community book club. The young boy was raised primarily by his godparents, the illustrious W. Averell. He practiced in Philadelphia at Pennsylvania and Lankenau Hospitals for 23 years. He graduated from Yale and moved to Paris, meeting the greatest jazz musicians of the 50s and frittering away what was left of his funds. 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. Duchin with vocalist and guitarist Roberta Fabiano when he received the Living Landmark Award from the New York Landmarks Conservancy. Peter Duchin has a closet full of clothes and almost all of them are tuxedos. But he wasnt raised by family. He was previously married to Brooke Hayward and Cheray Georgea Zauderer. CHURCH Read More, DUCHIN, Meyer M. Of Monroe Township. His immensely popular father had been one of the earliest pianists to lead an orchestra and was known particularly for his jazz music. Ive come to feel that part of my job is to keep alive the American songbook, he continued, speaking of the jazz and musical-theater standards that were the dominant pop form for nearly half a century, and naming Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Richard Rodgers and Harold Arlen. At weddings in particular, you need to be able to do the Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, the Beach Boys, or else wed only be hired by 90-year-olds, he said. 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. of Plattsburgh, NY, died July 9, 2007 after a long illness. Riverside Gordon Memorial Chapel, Deerfield Beach. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Survivors include Read More, Duchin, George Born March 26, 1924 in Boston, died in Los Angeles in hospital March 1, 2006. Service Private. He is an actor, known for The Post (2017), Working Girl (1988) and Jade (1995). 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. It makes everybody look like theyre a good dancer. Survived by three children Sandra (John) Moe of AL, Michael of Romulus and Deborah (Mark) Read More, died Sunday. "[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. When I opened the hatch and looked up, I saw well-polished shoes, then pinstriped suit pants: there was Averell. He wanted to make a big effort to get close to me, but it never happened. Her cheering section of friends and family were at her side along the course with her AngelsGrace colleagues. He was vice president of the Rhulen Insurance Company before retiring and served in the U Read More, Meyer M. Duchin, 91, formerly of Sarasota, died at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J. He was 96 years old. And what can he tell us of glamour, something Duchin has forgotten more about than you or I will ever know? Duchin is an honorary member and former Vice-Chairman of the New York State Council on the Arts. 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. Everyone remembers the parties where they danced all night, Mr. Duchin said. Read More, Arrangements under the direction of Olinger Hampden Mortuary & Cemetery, Denver, CO. Read More, Col. RONALD A. DUCHIN, USA (Ret.) 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. His mother was Marjorie Oelrichs, a Newport, Rhode Island and New York City. Born in New York City, Mrs. Duchin was a former resident of Liberty, NY, Sarasota, FL, and Monroe Township. Everything required for the child's health and comfort was provided carefully and thoughtfully. In the extended version of the story, recounted in his 1996 memoir Ghost of a Chance (written with Charles Michener), Mr. Duchin spends a night on the town with Ms. Novak and stumbles back to his room in the Harrimans apartment at 6 a.m., having gotten as close to Oedipal ecstasy as Ill ever know., As an adult, Mr. Duchin said, it was meaningful for him to learn about his fathers legacy before taking up the musical life himself. Of course not. Peter Duchin was born in New York City in 1937, the only child of his handsome father, Eddy, and his . The internationally-famous bandleader Peter Duchin's six decades of performing have taken him to the most exclusive dance floors and concert halls in the world. CEREMONY HELD IN LONDON Bridegroom and His First Wife, Who Was Marjorie Turnbull, Were Divorced in Paris in 1921", "MICHAEL STRANGE, AUTHOR, 60, DEAD; Poet, Actress and Playwright, Ex-Wife of John Barrymore, Was Once Society Belle A Varied Career Followed Shaw's Advice Began Series of Readings", "MARJORIE OELRICHS WEDS EDDY DUCHIN; Her Marriage to Noted Leader of Orchestras Performed by Judge Vincent Lippe. Forced to live in an oxygen tent for more than a year, baby Peter was taken to Arden, the vast New York estate of the couple who raised him in aristocratic style -- patrician statesman Averell Harriman and his wife Marie, Marjorie Duchin's best friend. Beloved wife of Michael. He served in the Navy in WWII and graduated from Emerson College, Boston in 1951. Society has changed -- it's no longer based on background or manners; it's based on money.". "The only kids to play with were the kids of the help," Duchin recalls. Peter Duchin was born in New York City in 1937, the only child of his handsome father, Eddy, and his attractive socialite wife, Marjorie Oelrichs. She was putting on makeup and was a little surprised when I came up from behind and gave her a hug and said, Hi, mom. I had never met her before., He continued, My father was in the Navy in World War II, fighting on several battlefields in the Pacific. Freddye was a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. 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. He said patrons at the Maisonette, where he had his first steady job, gave him a hard time for playing long-hair music.. He was predeceased in death by his mother Norma Read More, Duchin, Cole 1994 - 2017 Timothy Cole Duchin, age 23, of Grove City, passed away Sunday, September 10, 2017. Right. Then, fresh out of the military, Duchin returned to New York, where he exhausted every social invitation tossed his way. When I moved to Asia, he came over to visit me, and he was the first to greet me back home. He mentions Duchin relatives but provides no real picture of what his relationship with them was like or how they felt about his being raised by friends of his mother. "They didn't want me to blame myself.". Beloved husband of Betty L. (Criche) for over 60 years. "My life has been a fairy tale," says Duchin, who recounts it in his lively and affecting memoir, "Ghost of a Chance," published last week by Random House ($27.50). For Duchin's a man who goes to parties. Born May 23, 1945, in Newark, New Jersey, son of Harry and Bess (ne Goldberg) Duchin. Marjorie de Loosey Oelrichs Duchin (June 23, 1908 - August 3, 1937) was an American socialite. The couple maintained a loft in New York City and a house in Washington, Connecticut in Litchfield County, Connecticut. From the description of Brooke Hayward papers, 1911-1977. Mrs. Duchin died two years later following the birth . The controls are derived from upper-class American etiquette, an association some are put off by[but] Ill take my atmosphere where I can get it The upper crust isnt too low for me Duchins music was as integral to the 1960s as Lou Reeds Velvet Underground Duchin played at the St. Regis; Reed on St. Marks Placebut both were featured on the soundtrack of the city, when New York society was opening up.. www.davidcbrownfh.com Read More, PLATTSBURGH - Harvey Eric Duchin, M.D., of Plattsburgh, N.Y., passed away July 19, 2007, after a long illness. ", The book was co-written by Charles Michener, the music critic and New Yorker senior editor, to help Duchin "find out about the past I knew nothing about. From 1985 to 1989, Duchin had a professional partnership with Jimmy Maxwell, leader of the traditional society jazz band in New Orleans. 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. Ronald was a resident of Mc Lean, Virginia. He has played for presidents, kings, and queens, as well as for civil rights and cultural organizations. On February 9, 1951, Eddy Duchin died at age 41 at Memorial Hospital in Manhattan of acute myelogenous leukemia. I just see fewer parties where people want a traditional dance band, he said over lunch at the Century Association, his Midtown club. [4], Please expand the article to include this information. So many names dropped I skipped through whole paragraphs. The other essential part of his job, of course, is filling dance floors, and this is high season for the events for which hes most in demand. Imagine, if you were walking down the street, and you suddenly passed your mother and you didnt recognize her, and she didnt recognize you? I dont know what she had against the City of Brotherly Love, but she called a really big terrible party a Philadelphia rat-fuck. Hilarity was the dominant note. This month he is booked at the Blue and Gray Colonels Ball in Montgomery, Ala., in addition to the Metropolitan Operas annual New Years Eve gala. In 2008 Hayward and Duchin announced their separation, and they eventually divorced. Really never heard of Peter or his father, but was pulled into the period. In the final section, Duchin reveals how his career and public celebrity were made possible by his brilliant social connections. Beard interviewed Duchin for the aforementioned program that night and like the audience, her admiration for her subject was apparent. The Harrimans provided roofs over his head; a governess; a pony; lessons in riding, shooting, fishing and skiing; education at the best schools; and opportunities for travel and socializing with a brilliant array of thinkers, politicians, artists and society types. The child, the couple's third, has been named Colin Z. 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's mother died of complications from his birth, and he is raised by Averell Harriman (former governor of New York and diplomat) and his wife, Marie. Dear father of Paul Duchin, Neal (Chaya) Duchin, Steven (Paula) Duchin and the late Burt Alan Duchin. Opinion. Muschamp described the ways in which dance music can create some of the elements I was searching for. Four years later, the famous bandleader died of leukemia at age 42. David Netto. [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. He was born in Everett, Mass., and came to Sarasota from Liberty, N.Y. Really enjoyed it. 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. Cole always lived life full throttle. Last month he played the Living Landmarks fund-raiser for the New York Landmarks Conservancy and the Charity Ball for debutantes at the Union League Club in Philadelphia. Distraught by the death of his beautiful wife and the expected loss of his newborn son, Eddy Duchin abandoned the scene to lose himself in his music. There have been peaks and valleys since. Duchin was educated at Eaglebrook School (where he studied piano with Carrie Barbour Swift) and The Hotchkiss School prep schools in New England. Duchin recorded for the following recording companies: Decca Records, Bell Records and Capitol Records. 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