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As long as I can sing halfway decent, I'd rather sing than act. There's nothing like being in good voice, feeling good, having good numbers to do and having a fine orchestra.
Dallas was enormous. I couldn't believe it. My life changed. From being out of it, I was suddenly a star, known to more people than ever before.
I got a job as an auto mechanic, and I would have stayed in that narrow kind of life if I hadn't discovered art. Music changed me completely.
It was a fine cast and lots of fun ... (more Howard Keel quotes)
Howard was the son of a Navyman-turned-coalminer.
Howard played the lead in the movie musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
By the time he died, Howard had 10 grandchildren and a great granddaughter.
Howard once worked as a singing busboy in a cafe.
Howard's third wife was 25 years his junior.... (more Howard Keel trivia)