I know, I know the world wants love. I know that the fans want love on the air. Of course they do. They want love on the air as they want love in pictures, in the theatre, in novels and poems. And I want to give them love on the air - but not cheap love, not a low - class type of love.
In society, one doesn't tell the truth, one tells the exact opposite.
Let's have the music that will open the door to millions of people... the kind of music that will not make people think only of the song or even of the singer... not music that is confined to the merely personal.
The personal journals and letters belonging to Nelson Eddy are now in the University of Southern California Cinema/Television Library.
Nelson Eddy had the same accompanist for the entire 39 years of his musical career. Theodore (Ted) Paxson joined Eddy in 1928 on piano and stayed with him in the accompanist position until Eddy's death in 1967.
Nelson Eddy was invited to sing at the inauguration of United States President, Frankin Delano Roosevelt.
Nelson Eddy earned three gold records for his recordings over the years. He actually made 290 recordings over the span of his 39 year career in musical entertainment. These recordings ranged from opera to popular music of the day.
The singing duo of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy were lampooned in the musical,A Day In Hollywood/A Night In The Ukraine. An actress dressed as MacDonald in a period costume was seated near a mannequin dressed in a Canadian Mounted Police uniform. The actress was singing a song (in operatic lament) called, Oh, Nelson, What You Are Putting Me Through. The premise of the skit was in reference to Eddy's reputation for being so wooden in his acting.
Nelson Eddy was an accomplished sculptor. He was fond of crafting bronze statues of the directors and co-stars of his films. One such bronze statue, of the actress Susanna Foster, was used in her 1943 film, Phantom Of The Opera.
Nelson Eddy was a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a national music fraternity.
Nelson Eddy has a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. Mr. Eddy's star is located at 6311 Hollywood Blvd. Nelson Eddy is one of the few stars who has three stars on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. He was awarded one for radio, recording, and film.
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