She was born November 26, 1923 daughter of the late William and Caroline (Gilbert) Criche. Duchin was born in New York City, the son of pianist and band leader Eddy Duchin. He was considered a throwback even when he first began playing professionally in the 1960s. His immensely popular father had been one of the earliest pianists to lead an orchestra and was known particularly for his jazz music. "That's about it. Actually read this book in hardback. The few he calls peers today Bob Hardwick and Mike Carney arent nearly as well known. Over the years Mr. Duchin, as both pianist and bandleader, has provided the musical entertainment at an estimated 6,000 celebrations. Hes capitalized on the social thing, but he goes a lot further than social I would certainly hope so, the actress and singer Elaine Stritch said recently during a rehearsal break at the Caf Carlyle. She was putting on makeup and was a little surprised when I came up from behind and gave her a hug and said, Hi, mom. I had never met her before., He continued, My father was in the Navy in World War II, fighting on several battlefields in the Pacific. It sounded pretty shallow to me, but I got used to it, even if Ive always thought of myself as anything but glamorous. Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. At this years Landmarks Conservancy event, which was honoring Robert Morgenthau and Tommy Tune among others, Mr. Duchin pointed out that not only was his band providing the music for the 13th time, but that he had also been selected as a living landmark back in 1996. (Age 73) On December 21, 2010 of McLean, VA. Loving husband for 45 years of Belle Brent Clay Ward Duchin; father of Elizabeth Ward Duchin White (Paul), Massachusetts and Belle Clay Duchin Deming (Bruce) of Arlington, VA. Also survived by Read More, Ronald was born on December 8, 1937 and passed away on Tuesday, December 21, 2010. Everybody will get up when they hear the opening bars, he said. Beloved wife of the late Samuel Lev and the late Martin Gates. Face the Music: A Memoir by Peter Duchin with Patricia Beard. Duchin used to be offended by the "society" label. Mr. Duchin cut his engagement schedule by half when he turned 70 two years ago, so that he now plays around 60 gigs a year, but he's still a visible presence on the fall and holiday benefit. [1] The band's style and genres have been described as "a musical approach that incorporates big bands, swing and Broadway songs (and nowadays, old-fashioned rock 'n' roll)."[2]. He is an actor, known for The Post (2017), Working Girl (1988) and Jade (1995). In 2008 Hayward and Duchin announced their separation, and they eventually divorced. He is survived by his beloved sister Leslie Heller, his brother in law Hugh Heller, and adoring nephews. I agree with Muschamp that music inspires memory and mood and, as he also wrote, evaporates into ambience. Im awfully glad he didnt use the word glamorous. He had just played Lyndon Johnson's inauguration,. She scandalized them by appearing in cigarette ads in the '20s. Mrs. Duchin died two years later following the birth . I wrote about the irony of Duchin and Peter Beard, friends since they were six years old . Ronald was a resident of Mc Lean, Virginia. Although I was also a musician (definitely not famous) and spent a lot of my younger years working in that field, it was not at all close to what he experienced. Of course not. [5], She became the wife of dance bandleader Eddy Duchin after the two met at the Waldorf, and they wed at her mother's apartment at the Hotel Pierre on June 5, 1935, officiated by Judge Vincent Lippe. Mr. Duchin was an engineer with Gloria Duchin Read More, DUCHIN Freddye Mae Duchin age 87 of San Antonio passed away Thursday, May 31, 2012. Porters lyrics were never better than when he was talking about the international glamour set. He served in the Navy in WWII and graduated from Emerson College, Boston in 1951. The legendary bandleaders first memoir, .css-gegin5{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#9a0500;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-gegin5:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}Ghost of a Chance, delivered memorable storytelling and anthropological information on a lost world, its customs, and its language: [Marie Harriman] may have coined the expression rat-fuck, which is what she called parties that were too big. Place of Burial Private. DUCHIN, Peter (Oelrichs) 1937-PERSONAL: Born July 28, 1937, in New York, NY; son of Eddy Duchin (a pianist) and Marjorie (Oelrichs) Duchin; married Cheray Zauderer, June 22, 1964 (divorced, 1982); married Brooke Hayward (an actress and writer), December 24, 1985; children: (first marriage) Jason Edwin, Courtnay Oelrichs, Colin Zauderer. He used his time in recovery to encourage fellow patients undergoing physical therapy to make themselves happy no matter what. She had a shop in New York and also posed for Lucky Strike.. Duchin's mother died in childbirth. But Duchin, the musician of choice for debutante balls and posh private parties, is a charming, down-to-earth chap whose jazzy mien suggests Woody Herman far more than Lester Lanin. Paul Duchin, 76 of Livingston, NJ passed away on January 28th after a short illness. Along the way it was not only his wife Virginia and his amazing assistant Adelle who pushed him to recover but also the power of the parents he lost at such young ages. "I wanted to explore the degree of that loneliness.". Cherished grandmother of Michael and Logan. [6][7] Marjorie was removed from the New York Social Register for marrying Duchin because Eddy was Jewish; her reaction was reportedly "Who cares? Colin is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. George Zauderer of New York and the late Eddy Duchin, the pianist and or chestra leader, and the late Mrs. Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin. Being a fan of big bands and of jazz, I really wanted to read Peter Duchin's biography. "My life has been a fairy tale," says Duchin, who recounts it in his lively and affecting memoir, "Ghost of a Chance," published last week by Random House ($27.50). Much of the time the writing is bland, but sometimes a truly amusing and not always tasteful bit emerges; theres little to match the excruciating horror of the time Duchin stepped on and crushed a dates pet Yorkie. Mr. Duchin, right, with Liz Smith and Tommy Tune at this years New York Landmarks Conservancy fund-raiser. Read More, Duchin, Florence "Sue" (Nee Lillge) Age 86. [3] He was cremated, and his ashes were scattered in the Atlantic Ocean . The son of famed swing-era bandleader Eddy Duchin and the liberated Newport blueblood Marjorie Oelrichs, Peter Duchin has led an intriguing and glamorous life: fishing with Hemingway in Idaho, quail-shooting with Jock Whitney in Georgia, fooling around with Paris showgirls on his Right Bank barge, late-night partying with Sinatra and Astaire. Marjorie de Loosey Oelrichs Duchin (June 23, 1908 August 3, 1937) was an American socialite. Great-grandmother Read More, MARY DUCHIN CALIFORNIA Mary Duchin lived most of her adult life in Bayonne, NJ, where for 50 years she was a muchloved Enlish teacher at Bayonne High School. Still, he does wear one almost every night. Get help and learn more about the design. Duchin explores what "glamour" and "society" once meant, and what they mean now. To receive obit/directions text 1842754 to 414-301-6422. Marjorie de Loosey Oelrichs Duchin (June 23, 1908 - August 3, 1937) was an American socialite. In the late 70s through the 80s, when everybody was into show tunes, was probably when I was best known, he said. Arrange-ments by BROWN FUNERAL HOME, PLATTSBURGH, NY Read More, Duchin, Esther Nov. 16, 2006, age 86 years. An avid student, Sally graduated with a PhD in Allied Read More, Joel Bruce Duchin Highland Heights, KY - Joel Bruce Duchin, age 75, of Highland Heights Kentucky died Tuesday, January 19th at his home after a courageous battle with brain cancer. I much preferred to be wearing my beat-up waders to fish in a stream. See the article in its original context from. His father, the legendary bandleader Eddy Duchin, died when Peter was twelve; his mother, Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin, died when Peter was just six days old. Start reading while you listen to a rendition of Ill Take Manhattan.. Duchin was the only child of Eddy Duchin and Marjorie Oelrichs, a socialite who died soon after Peter's birth. It is even more difficult to define, and, unlike pornography, the real thing is rare. If anyone is interested in family dynamics, music (Mr. Duchin is a society bandleader), following the story of his father Eddy Duchin, or life in America chiefly in New York for the period 1950-going forward. ", Duchin revisited the scenes of his youth, talked to old friends and visited his mother's grave for the first time. He was vice president of the Rhulen Insurance Company before retiring and served in the U Read More, Meyer M. Duchin, 91, formerly of Sarasota, died at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J. You rarely hear Peter refer to himself, unless you ask, and hes loyal to the bone to those he loves. ), I walked up to Kim Novak from behind, put my arms around her, gave her a kiss on the ear and said, Hi, Mom, Mr. Duchin recalled. With the death of his mother shortly after his birth, Peter's father, Eddie Duchin, the nation's premier band leader, was on the road 300 days a year and so he was "adopted"/raised by . Last month he played the Living Landmarks fund-raiser for the New York Landmarks Conservancy and the Charity Ball for debutantes at the Union League Club in Philadelphia. "I didn't know until I was in my 30s how she died," Duchin says. About music, about style, about survival with a smile. Read More, MONROE TOWNSHIP -- Meyer M. Duchin, 91, died Tuesday at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick. She lived for 12 years in Stamford, before moving to California, where she died peacefully on December 5, at the age of 100. Peter Duchin was born on 28 July 1937 in New York City, New York, USA. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Survivors include Read More, Duchin, George Born March 26, 1924 in Boston, died in Los Angeles in hospital March 1, 2006. Finally, Marie Harriman took him aside and told him to get his ass in gear.. Colin Duchin has posted every other day, and it looks like prayers and medicine and patience have paid off. Cherished father of Sandra (John) Moe, Michael, and Deborah (Mark) Wilutis. I graduated GeorgetownNursing and I know where the Harriman house was. [3], Duchin married Virginia Coleman over the 2012 Memorial Day weekend in East Hampton. During WWII she worked as a clerk for the U.S. Army Air Force in Waco Read More, Freddye Mae Duchin age 87 of San Antonio passed away Thursday, May 31, 2012. Read More, Beloved husband of Cecelia Duchin. PAUL DUCHIN OBITUARY. Harvey was born in Newark, N.J., on July 12, 1938, son of Harry and Bessie (Goldberg) Duchin. A son was born last Friday to Peter Duchin, the pianist and orchestra leader, and Mrs. Duchin, the former Cheray Zauderer, in the LyingIn Hospital. These days class lines are so blurred. Im more jazz. After both recoveries, I would throw balls around with the patients in wheelchairs and then when the doctors came in, we would all through the balls at them. Politics. Opinion. The controls are derived from upper-class American etiquette, an association some are put off by[but] Ill take my atmosphere where I can get it The upper crust isnt too low for me Duchins music was as integral to the 1960s as Lou Reeds Velvet Underground Duchin played at the St. Regis; Reed on St. Marks Placebut both were featured on the soundtrack of the city, when New York society was opening up.. At 59 he's no longer that dashing youth who had an affair in Spain with Ava Gardner, but he's still boyishly handsome. Hes intuitive and observant and has that natural driving curiosity. "There was a sadness and loneliness to my childhood that I'd repressed," says Duchin. [4], Please expand the article to include this information. Forced to live in an oxygen tent for more than a year, baby Peter was taken to Arden, the vast New York estate of the couple who raised him in aristocratic style -- patrician statesman Averell Harriman and his wife Marie, Marjorie Duchin's best friend. Born November 24, 1923 to the late John & Jenny (Marina). We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Everyone remembers the parties where they danced all night, Mr. Duchin said. Soundtrack: The Post. Travel & Experiences. Born in New York, NY on July 11, 1939, he was the son of the late Benjamin and Helen (Pearlman) Duchin. 2021 PETER DUCHIN, This story appears in the December 2021/January 2022 issue of Town & Country. Further details may exist on the, Last edited on 21 February 2023, at 15:46, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Discography of American Historical Recordings, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Duchin&oldid=1140747691, This page was last edited on 21 February 2023, at 15:46. Duchin is a legend twice over, doing the unimaginable, not only recovering from a 2013 stroke but from an astounding 47 days on a ventilator with COVID beginning in March of 2020. Give me a party where people are having a ball. She was born August 18, 1924 in Waco, TX to Sol and Stella Ashendorf. Duchin the elder, the son of Jewish immigrant parents, was a musical genius who began leading his own orchestra in 1931 when he was only 22. It was a little bit interesting - about his early life - his mother died at his birth and his father was a mostly a mostly absent father meaning that he was brought up by Averill Harriman and his wife. Born in Everett, MA, Mr. Duchin was a former resident of Liberty, NY and Sarasota, FL. Peter Duchin and Quincy Jones at a 1961 birthday party for singer Lesley Gore. "[8], Oelrichs died on August 3, 1937 in the Harbor Sanitarium at 667 Madison Avenue,[9] just six days after the 1937 birth of the couple's son, Peter Oelrichs Duchin (born July 28, 1937). His piano dexterity is mighty., Mark Adamo, the opera composer and a friend of Mr. Duchin, said: He not only grew up with this music, he may well be in some of those lyrics. 143 in the Cashbox survey, 1964. In the succeeding decades,. Ralph graduated from Stuyvesant High School, Brooklyn College and completed his Master's Degree in Geology from the Read More, Joan was born on March 26, 1943 and passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2019. In a new memoir, Peter Duchin doesnt simply tell storieshe makes them sing. The celebrated society bandleader has been equally at home in the privileged worlds of money and power and of jazz musicians, bohemians and barmen. He called Mr. Duchin an immensely talented musician, as evidenced by the records he made for Decca in the 60s, which even included songs Mr. Duchin had written himself. He had just spent 20 minutes rehearsing a number with Liz Smith, the gossip columnist and the events honorary chairwoman. His second wife, from whom he recently separated, was the actress Brooke Hayward. After graduating with a music degree from Yale, Duchin, helped by his famous name and his social connections, formed a dance band that was an instant hit when it opened in 1962 at Manhattan's St. Regis Hotel. When she died a few days after giving birth to Peter, his father was apparently so pained, and certain that his frail newborn son was also dying, that he decided to go on an extensive tour with his orchestra. Mr. Duchin is that rare party entertainer so at home at a deluxe gala that he holds forth with guests while performing. I don't think it was .name-dropping. Beloved wife of the late Philip. When we arrived, we found just one table set for two in the center of the room. By submitting your e-mail, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. I can move it, but somehow the message doesnt get down to my hand from my brain to play, but we found a solution. Perhaps its because he finds hes often being asked about himself that he prefers to steer the conversation away from himself and to hear other peoples stories about themselves.. There is a soundtrack to this book review. Services at Read More, (Nee Nolte) Found peace April 17, 2006 at the age of 87. Lets conclude the soundtrack with Make Someone Happy, the theme song of Peter Duchins orchestra. At weddings in particular, you need to be able to do the Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, the Beach Boys, or else wed only be hired by 90-year-olds, he said. The Harrimans became his family. This was a very interesting memoir by the son on the famous Eddy Duchin, pianist and band leader who was popular in the 40's and early 50's. Peter's mother died of complications from his birth, and he is raised by Averell Harriman (former governor of New York and diplomat) and his wife, Marie. Are you with me so far? He moved to California in the 50's and worked as an actor. Duchin's music was much heard on middle of the road radio in the late 1960s and early 1970s from albums and singles released on the Decca, Bell and Capitol labels. It's just a phone book"), came from "the poor side" of the Oelrich family. Who else besides Peter Duchin shot ducks with Averell Harriman and jammed with Lester Young? 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There were others doing what I did, musicians with full bands who played for dances, but they were all at least 20 years older: Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Meyer Davis; another was Lester Lanin, though he didnt write music or play an instrument himself. Peter Duchin, pianist and society bandleader, without one of his 15 tuxedos, rehearsing for a Port Jefferson, N.Y., concert. "[1] After the death of both of his parents he was raised by close family friends, statesman W. Averell Harriman and his wife, Marie Norton Harriman. The pressure substituted for ambition." Now, they talk business, they network. Each of them knows about 3,000 songs. It's just a phone book. [3], A well-known New York and Newport beauty, she was described by Vogue as having "waxen skin and eyebrows like butterflies. As he recovered, Duchin studied the photos of his parentshere with his father, Eddyto try to get more insight into their brief lives. Edward was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 66 years, Freddye Mae; his parents, Helen and Bert; step-father, Henry Gross; brother, George; sister, Betty Berg and her husband Sidney Read More, DUCHIN, Ralph Charles In loving memory 88, of Tucson, AZ and Houston, TX passed away on May 25, 2020. Anyone can read what you share. Averell Harriman and his wife, Marie. My father was a ghost to me. I think that was his life. A lot of adults arent very graceful when they try to dance like kids, he said. David Netto is a writer and interior designer. Everyone from Frank Sinatra and Ernest Hemingway to Jackie and Ari Onassis makes an appearance in the course of Duchins star-studded story. I think he had heard I was having too much fun in Paris, Duchin remembered. December 11, 2021. Read More, Services 1 p.m. at the Ira Kaufman Chapel, 248-569-0020. From the time I began at the Maisonette, newspapers and magazines persistently described me as the glamorous Peter Duchin, as if the adjective was part of my name. Made you see how interconnected the mover and shakers were. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Its All Relative: Filmmaker Michael Glover Smiths Winning New Movie Examines Chicago Family at Crossroads. Before his concert in Port Jefferson Mr. Duchin instructed his musicians to play something other than rock n roll, because they really look forward to this, and they will dance. The town, after all, had hired him a couple of times before to play this event, and a lot of older rug cutters turned out. Duchin's riveting new book. Skate boarding was like breathing Read More, Arrangements under the direction of Bernheim-Apter-Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Chapel, Livingston, NJ. Early life [ edit ] Marjorie was born on June 23, 1908 and was daughter of Marjorie Ramely Oelrichs (ne Turnbull; 1883-1952) and Charles de Loosey Oelrichs (1882-1973). To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. When Eddy Duchin died of leukemia in 1951, "he left me enough money to go to school, which was great," Duchin says. Had difficulties with all the name dropping, arrogance,etc. His soaring talent as a musician is well-known, and he deserves world-wide recognition for his music, but Peter is more than a music man, hes an uncommon man with theinvaluable gift of sharing life itself with a common touch.. But when he goes . concerts, tea dances and debutante parties. Sports. She was singing Its High Time from the musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Later, at the bar, Mr. Duchin was asked what he made of Ms. Smiths singing voice. In 1947, Eddy Duchin remarried and young Peter moved in with him for the first time. Contributions Tower One Foundation, Inc., 18 Tower Lane, New Haven, Ct. 06519. He was also a board member for The Center for Arts Education. didn't finish. It makes everybody look like theyre a good dancer. The Harrimans provided roofs over his head; a governess; a pony; lessons in riding, shooting, fishing and skiing; education at the best schools; and opportunities for travel and socializing with a brilliant array of thinkers, politicians, artists and society types. Peter Duchin can tell us a thing or two. Beard interviewed Duchin for the aforementioned program that night and like the audience, her admiration for her subject was apparent. "When somebody gets jobs before he's worked his way up the ladder he'd better be good," says Duchin, a decent pianist who long ago learned to scope out a crowd and hit the tempo to get folks dancing. Duchin is a legend twice over, doing the unimaginable, not only recovering from a 2013 stroke but from an astounding 47 days on a ventilator with COVID beginning in March of 2020. Ill play something with a 12/8 tempo, something like Etta Jamess At Last. From that low boil, he said, he might go straight into something up-tempo, like Oh What a Night, by Frankie Valli. "People expect you to live up to your father, and be better. Carole was a resident of Orange, Connecticut. Duchin provides touching and vivid portraits of Eddy and Marjorie Duchins glamorous, doomed lives; the penny-pinching Ave Harriman and his tough but tender wife, Marie. The story of [Peter] Duchins life has an elegiac aura of glamour and tragedy that might have come directly from the imagination of F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Philadelphia Inquirer. From 1985 to 1989, Duchin had a professional partnership with Jimmy Maxwell, leader of the traditional society jazz band in New Orleans. Who cares? she said. And what can he tell us of glamour, something Duchin has forgotten more about than you or I will ever know? It was split into several categories Big Band, Dad, Sinatra and, at the end, a handful of sets/songs to be added when we talk it over. These included Slow Big Band, Ellie Greenwich and Society if needed., Society means Cole Porter, Irving Berlin Peters thing but this isnt a society crowd, said Barry Lazarowitz, the bands drummer and musical director. Loving sister of several brothers and sisters. "They didn't want me to blame myself.". Loving mother of Dr. Sheldon & Jackie Duchin of Sharon, and Mark Duchin of Milton. Survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. World & Nation. This is one of the most compulsively readable memoirs I have ever read. Mr. Duchins father, Eddy Duchin, was also a bandleader and was famous for a string of Top 10 records in the 1930s. I guess it's difficult to live in one's father's shadow, but that's what Peter must do. The newborn Peter Duchin was fortunate in that a friend of his mother and father, Marie Harriman, the wife of Averell, took over the care and ultimately the upbringing of the baby boy. Distraught by the death of his beautiful. Yet I wanted to understand the atmosphere in which Dad and I succeeded, what people thought they saw in us, and why they imagined that dancing to our music could make them glamorous, too. Loving grandfather of Rachel, Hillel, Elana, Yitzchak, Bracha, Rena, Batya, Austin Duchin, and Adam Burt Shapiro. He mentions Duchin relatives but provides no real picture of what his relationship with them was like or how they felt about his being raised by friends of his mother. His mother, Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin, was described by newspapers at the time of her marriage as a New York and Newport socialite, though by marrying Eddy Duchin, a Jew and an entertainer, she was forced to relinquish her spot in the Social Register. Profile: He is an American pianist and band leader, born July 28, 1937 in New York City, New York. Really enjoyed it. "[4] An Edward Steichen photograph of Oelrichs was included in an advertisement for Pond's cold cream in a 1926 copy of Ladies' Home Journal. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. To wit, although his band played the inaugural balls and White House dinners of every president from Lyndon B. Johnson through Bill Clinton, he didnt perform for George W. Bush and hasnt been asked by President Obama. He could have been inspired by something that happened when he was in Eddy Duchins living room.. Mary was a resident of Delafield, Wisconsin at the time of passing Read More, Paul Duchin Dearest brother and uncle, 76 Paul Duchin, 76, of Livingston, N.J., passed away on Jan. 28, 2018, after a short illness. 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