Ozzie Nelson

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Oswald George Ozzie Nelson March 20 1906 June 3 1975 was an American band leader actor director and producer He originated and starred in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet a radio and longrunning television series with his wife Harriet and two sons David and Ricky Nelson Nelson started his entertainment career as a band leader He formed and led The Ozzie Nelson Band and had some initial limited success Nelsons records were consistently popular and in 1934 Nelson enjoyed success with his hit song Over Somebody Elses Shoulder which he introduced Nelson was their primary vocalist and from August of 1932 he featured in duets with his other star vocalist Harriet Hilliard Nelsons calm easy vocal style was popular on records and radio and quite similar to son Ricks voice and Harriets perky vocals added to the bands popularity Ozzie Nelson appeared with his band in feature films and short subjects of the 1940s and often played speaking parts displaying a tongueincheek sense of humor as in the 1942 musical Strictly in the Groove He shrewdly promoted the band by agreeing to appear in soundies threeminute musical movies shown in film jukeboxes of the 1940s In 1952 when he and his family were established as radio and TV favorites they starred in a feature film Here Come the Nelsons which actually doubled as a pilot for the TV series