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Cruising Down the River" is a 1946 popular recording song, which became the winner of a public songwriting competition held in the UK. Words and music were entered by two middle-aged women named Eily Beadell and Nell Tollerton.
Cruisin' Down the River is a 1953 American Technicolor musical film directed by Richard Quine. It stars Dick Haymes and Audrey Totter. The story is about a New York nightclub singer who inherits an old riverboat on the Chattahoochee River between Georgia and Alabama. It features comedy, some drama and several musical performances.
Preager's radio broadcasts, Write a Tune for £1000, a songwriting contest broadcast in 1945, 1947 and 1950, were very popular, and produced the hit song "Cruising Down the River". During the 1950s, Preager presented Housewives' Choice on the BBC Light Programme and, at the time was a well-known disc jockey.
"Cruising Down the River" – Lou Preager Orchestra "Don't Fence Me In" – Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters "It Might as Well Be Spring" – Dick Haymes "Frühlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring) Op. 32 No. 3" – Sinding "Bird Song at Eventide" – Ronnie Ronalde with Robert Farnon and his Orchestra "Paper Doll" – The Mills Brothers
The sailing season was described as a success, with a total of 52,000 passenger journeys, but shorter than normal as it only lasted until 19 September. [17] A highlight for passengers and crew were the dolphins that could frequently be spotted as they accompanied Waverley on her sails up and down the Clyde. [18]
Russell Morgan (April 29, 1904 – August 7, 1969) [1] was an American big band leader and arranger during the 1930s and 1940s. He was best known for being one of the composers of the song "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", with Larry Stock and James Cavanaugh, and was the first to record it in 1944.
By the time she was 16, Russell had signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [2] Her film debut came in Cruisin' Down the River (1953). [5] ( Another source says that her "first socko movie appearance was in Lady Be Good" in 1941.) [3] She played a lead role in the 1956 movie Nightmare.
He returned to Paramount for Thunder in the East (1952) and was in Just Across the Street (1952), My Wife's Best Friend (1952), Young Bess (1953), The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), Cruisin' Down the River (1953), and Paris Model (1953). In 1954, he became an American citizen (his nationality had been South African). [28]