Rosemary Clooney was born in Maysville, Kentucky on May 23, 1928.
In her mid-teen’s she and her younger sister Betty would sing as the
“Clooney sisters” on WLW radio in Cincinnati, Ohio.

At 18 years of age Rosemary was singing with the Tony Pastor band
and recording for Columbia Records. In 1951 Rosemary Clooney
landed on the Hit Parade with her first chart topper, “Come On-a MyHouse”.
A year later her second #1 hit, “Half as Much” and in 1954
“Hey There” reached the top of the charts. That same year, 
“This Ole’ House” would also peak at #1.

Among other hits, “Sisters”, “Mambo Italiano”, “Tenderly”,
“Beautiful Brown Eyes”, “Count Your Blessings”, “Mangos”
and “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening”.

In 1954, Rosemary Clooney starred with her friend Bing Crosby and
Danny Kaye in the motion picture “White Christmas”.

In 1956, she starred in a half hour syndicated television musical
variety show "The Rosemary Clooney Show" featuring the Hi-Lo's
singing group and Nelson Riddles orchestra. The following year the
show moved to prime time at NBC, featuring the Modernaires 
and Frank Devol’s orchestra.

Rosemary Clooney’s nephew is actor George Clooney,
her son Gabriel Ferrer is married to Debby Boone, daughter of Pat Boone.

On June 29, 2002, surrounded by her family, Rosemary Clooney,
74 years of age, died at her home in Beverly Hills, California.
A few months earlier she had been awarded a lifetime               
Grammy for her career.