My Name Is Earl Carroll

In 1938 he erected a new earl carroll theatre on sunset boulevard in hollywood the west s most spectacular supper club before the rise of las vegas.

My name is earl carroll. Earl speedo carroll one of the most colorful and beloved singers of new york style vocal harmony in the 1950s died sunday at a city nursing home. By the time the group reached new york some evocative lines and a jaunty tune had emerged. During the ride home the nickname and mr. Well now they often call me speedo but my real name is mr.

Earl carroll was born in harlem in 1937. Carroll responded icily my name is earl they wrote that into a song called speedo they recorded the next day. He produced and directed the broadway musicals earl carroll vanities 11. Producer director composer songwriter and composer.

My name is earl responded carroll. He was a staff writer for a new york publishing company between 1912 and 1917 then served in the us army air force during world war i. Carroll s testy rejoinder flew around the car. Earl we recorded it the next morning carroll says and.

Earl carroll was part billy rose a little busby berkeley and part mike todd. My name is earl mr. Earl carroll is an actor known for crank 2006 the lincoln lawyer 2011 and stand up guys 2012. Carroll responded icily my name is earl they wrote that into a song called speedoo they recorded the next day.

But during the ride home carroll s retort was finessed into a lyric. The cadillacs also recorded the hit gloria. Its exterior sported a famous painting in neon of beryl wallace crowned by the slogan thru these portals pass the most beautiful girls in the world. It was a hit in 1956.

After his mother died when he was a small child he was reared by the family of a young friend bobby phillips.