{"id":29070,"date":"2012-08-06T08:09:37","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T14:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/06\/star-crossed.html"},"modified":"2012-08-14T09:31:44","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T15:31:44","slug":"star-crossed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/06\/star-crossed.html","title":{"rendered":"Star Crossed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ella and Marilyn. An interesting story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reshared post from +<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/117904571554663937902'>Seth Meister<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Ella Fitzgerald<\/b> may not have been as well known without <b>Marilyn Monroe<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cI owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt\u2026it was because of her that I played the Mocambo, a very popular nightclub in the \u201950s. She personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him &#8211; and it was true, due to Marilyn\u2019s superstar status &#8211; that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman &#8211; a little ahead of her times. And she didn\u2019t know it.\u201d<\/i><br \/>&#8211; Ella Fitzgerald<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"ot-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23marilynmonroe\">#marilynmonroe<\/a> \u00a0 <a class=\"ot-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23mm\">#mm<\/a> \u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><a href='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-ExC__FNa-pk\/UB385RKdyeI\/AAAAAAAAIIc\/d7zn-Ixtie4\/Marilyn%2B%2526%2BElla.jpg'><img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-ExC__FNa-pk\/UB385RKdyeI\/AAAAAAAAIIc\/d7zn-Ixtie4\/Marilyn%2B%2526%2BElla.jpg' style='max-width:97.5%;clear:both;' border='0' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/BWuT67o2GWP' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ella and Marilyn. An interesting story. Reshared post from +Seth Meister Ella Fitzgerald may not have been as well known without Marilyn Monroe. \u201cI owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt\u2026it was because of her that I played the Mocambo, a very popular nightclub in the \u201950s. She personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/06\/star-crossed.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Star Crossed&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[221,222],"class_list":["post-29070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","tag-marilynmonroe","tag-mm"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28813,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/07\/bits-and-bobs-from-2012-08-06-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":29070,"position":0},"title":"Bits and Bobs from 2012-08-06","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 7-Aug-12 6:17am","format":false,"excerpt":"Olympics Our unpatriotic Olympians! - Fox Sports commentator critiques US Olympians -- especially the gymnasts, especially Gabby -- for not wearing the stars and stripes, calling it \"soft anti-Americanism.\" Fox Sports, racist? 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