Tessie O'Shea
Teresa Mary "Tessie" O'Shea (13 March 1913 – 21 April 1995) was a Welsh entertainer and actress.
Early life and career
Born in Cardiff to James Peter O'Shea, a soldier who was the son of Irish emigrants, and his wife Nellie Theresa Carr, Tessie O'Shea was reared in the British music hall tradition. She performed on stage as early as age six, billed "The Wonder of Wales". By her teens she was known for her popular BBC Radio broadcasts and appeared on stages in Britain and South Africa. She frequently finished her act by singing and playing a banjolele in the style of George Formby. While appearing in Blackpool in the 1930s, she capitalised on her size by adopting "Two Ton Tessie from Tennessee" as her theme song. In the 1940s, she was a frequent headliner at the London Palladium, and established herself as a hit recording artist in the 1950s.
Tony Award
In 1963, Noël Coward created the part of the fish and chips peddler "Ada Cockle" specifically for O'Shea in his Broadway musical, The Girl Who Came to Supper. Her performance of traditional Cockney tunes charmed the critics and helped win her a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
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Tessie O'Shea
ALBUMS
- A Time for Singing (1966 original Broadway cast) released: 2013
- Mairzy Doats: 24 Great Comic Songs released: 1995
- A Time to Remember: 1940 released:
A Time for Singing (1966 original Broadway cast)
Released 2013- Come You Men
- How Green Was My Valley
- Old Long John
- What a Good Day Is Saturday
- Someone Must Try
- Oh, How I Adore Your Name
- That’s What Young Ladies Do
- When He Looks at Me
- Far From Home
- I Wonder If
- A Time for Singing
- Medley: Let Me Love You / I’ve Nothing to Give / Let Me Love You (reprise)
- Why Would Anyone Want to Get Married?
- I'm Always Wrong
- There Is Beautiful You Are
- Three Ships
- Tell Her
- The Mountains Sing Back
- Medley: Peace Come to Every Heart / Gone in Sorrow / How Green Was My Valley (reprise)
Mairzy Doats: 24 Great Comic Songs
Released 1995- Mairzy Doats
- Cocktails for Two
- Everything Stops for Tea
- I Don't Want to Go to Bed
- Der Fuehrer's Face
- Mad Dogs and Englishmen
- La Di Da Di Da
- Walter, Walter, Lead Me to the Altar
- Ice Cream
- My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes
- Wunga Bunga Boo
- I Took My Harp to a Party
- The Sun Has Got His Hat On
- Hey Little Hen
- Teddy Bears Picnic
- Life Begins at Forty
- You Can't Blame Me for That
- Makin' Whoopee!
- Thirty Thirsty Throats
- Song of the Prune
- Minnie the Moocher
- I Wanna Banana
- Dry Bones
- Your Feets Too Big
A Time to Remember: 1940
- Calling All Workers
- Strike Up the Band
- Over the Rainbow
- Mighty Like a Rose
- Mr. Wu's a Window Cleaner Now
- I'm Nobody's Baby
- Don't Monkey With Broadway
- Lover, Come Back to Me
- You Made Me Care
- Nice People
- I'll Walk Beside You
- Get in Your Shelter
- I'll Never Smile Again
- I'm in Love for the Last Time
- Any Old Iron
- I Fell in Love With an Airman
- I've Got My Eyes on You
- Eadie Was a Lady
- I Sing to You
- Tiggerty Boo
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by Crematory
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by Hold Steady
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by From Autumn To Ashes
Die suche
by: CrematorySo wandere auch ich im tiepen tal
Auf der suche nach der erkenntnis
Was man vermag zu suchen weib man zu finden
Was gewaehrt uns zu wissen
Das zeichen des lichtes
Das symbol des friedens der macht
Die suche der neuzeit
Die suche in der nacht
Das zeichen des lichtes
Das symbol des friedens der macht
Die suche der neuzeit
Die suche in der nacht - in der nacht
Verstummende halle in der nacht
Der sand deines lebens versickert im glas
Wehe mir - oh gib mir ein zeichen
Auch ich habe dein licht gesehen
Zeige denen den weg die ihn beschreiten wollen
Jeder wisse seinen eigenen weg besser zal beschreiten
So trete ein in den zyklus des lebens