Mae West: Phil Medley

MAE WEST covered the rock and roll dance hit "Twist and Shout" on her album "Way Out West" [1966].
• • Philip "Phil" Medley [9 April 1916 — 3 October 1997] • •
• • Philip "Phil" Medley was an American songwriter notable for his composition "Twist & Shout," which he wrote along with Bert Russell [Bertrand Russell Berns 1929 — 1967]. The song was made famous by both The Isley Brothers and The Beatles.
• • Born in the USA in the month of April — — on 9 April 1916 — — Medley also wrote the doo-wop classic "A Million To One" for Jimmy Charles and co-wrote the chart-topper "If I Didn't Have a Dime" for Gene Pitney with Bert Russell.
• • Philip Medley died at age 81.
• • On Sunday, 9 April 1916 in Pittsburgh • •
• • The Pittsburgh Leader announced that Mae West would be appearing at Pittsburgh's Vitctoria Theatre. Biographer Jill Watts noted: "Without Frank Bohm's careful attention, she had, in one year, gone from being a headliner in big-time vaudeville to performing in cheap, third-rate burlesque."
• • On Monday, 9 April 1928 on Broadway • •
• • "Diamond Lil" written by and starring Mae West opened at the Royale Theatre in NYC on Monday, 9 April 1928. It would be her defining role.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Diamonds is my career."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A newspaper item in April mentioned Mae West.
• • Fiona Maddocks wrote: To err is human but it feels divine, as Mae West might have explained the goings-on in Parsifal. The six flower maidens provided good aural light relief and visual colour in this spooky male-brotherhood world. . . .
• • Source: Review: "Parsifal" written by Fiona Maddocks in The Guardian [U.K.]; published on 7 April 2012
• • By the Numbers • •
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