Dooley Wilson
Arthur "Dooley" Wilson (April 3, 1886 – May 30, 1953) was an American actor and singer, who is best remembered as the piano-player and singer Sam who sings "As Time Goes By" at the request of Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) in Casablanca (1942).
Wilson was a drummer and singer who led his own band in the 1920s, touring nightclubs in London and Paris. In the 1930s he took up acting, playing supporting roles onstage on Broadway and in a series of modest films. His role in Casablanca was by far his most prominent, but his other films included My Favorite Blonde (1942) with Bob Hope, Stormy Weather (1943) with Lena Horne and the Nicholas Brothers, and the western Passage West (1951).
Early life and career
Arthur Wilson was born in Tyler, Texas, and broke into show business at the age of 12, playing in a vaudeville minstrel show. He sang and played the drums in black clubs in the Tyler area before he moved to Chicago. He received the nickname "Dooley" while working in the Pekin Theatre in Chicago, circa 1908, because of his then-signature Irish song "Mr. Dooley", which he performed in whiteface. He worked in black theatre in Chicago and New York for most of the period from 1908 to the 1930s, although in the 1920s he toured Europe as a drummer and singer in his own band, the Red Devils.
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- Tuff Break For Hand-Job released: 2005
Born: 1886-04-03
Died: 1953-05-30
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When The Blues Are Movin' In
by: Doyle LawsonIn the quiet of the evening
I sing a mournful song
As the night wind blows a low lonesome moan
Oh she left without a warning
My world came tumbling down
Our love ended with the sad heartbreakin' sound
Now the blues are movin' in
I can't help the way I feel
What an awful price for love I've had to pay
Never thought I'd see the day
She'd just up and run away
What a cold world, when the blues are movin' in
I heard her walk across the floor
Heard the closing of the door
And the sound of silence cut me like a knife
She was all that I lived for
And I'll never love again
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