has a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I will add a short appendix describing the Walk of Fame and the fact that Ben Bernie has a star on it. An image of the Ben Bernie star also will be displayed.
"The Hollywood Walk of Fame is Hollywood's tribute to the Hollywood Stars of yesterday and today. This is where the Stars are immortalized with a star on the sidewalk in their honor. The Hollywood Walk of Fame lines both sides of Hollywood Boulevard from Gower to La Brea, and both sides of Vine Street, from Yucca to Sunset.
History of The Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The Hollywood Walk of Fame was created in 1958 by southern Californian artist Oliver Weismuller, who was hired by the city to give Hollywood a "face lift". Many honorees received multiple stars during the initial phase of installation for contributions to separate categories; however, the practice in recent decades has been to honor individuals not yet represented, with only a handful of previous honorees being awarded additional stars. In 1978, the City of Los Angeles designated the Walk of Fame as a Cultural/Historic Landmark. The Walk of Fame began with 2,500 blank stars. A total of 1,558 stars were awarded during its first sixteen months. Since then, about two stars have been added per month. By 2005, more than 2,400 of the original stars were filled, and additional stars extended the Walk west past Sycamore to La Brea Avenue, where it now ends at the Silver Four Ladies of Hollywood Gazebo, (with stars honoring The Beatles and Elvis Presley).
Inside each star is the name of the artist and an emblem identifying in which of the five categories - Motion Pictures (MP) - Television (TV) - Radio - Recording (Rec) or Live Theatre (LT) - the recipient has been honored for."
Here is Louis Armstrong's star with the symbol used for "recordings."
Not suprpisingly, Bix does not have a star. Maybe I should nominate him, but it costs $25,000.
Here is a general view of Hollywood Blvd with the stars cleaarly visible.
In the late 1950s, when I was a student at USC, I often walked on Hollywood Blvd and saw the stars in front of the Grauman Chinese Theater.
Here are the names I picked up in the radio and recording categories with a connection (sometimes direct, sometimes tenuous) to Bix.
Armstrong, Louis Rec 7601 Hollywood Blvd.
Berlin, Irving Rec 7095 Hollywood Blvd.
Bernie, Ben Radio 6280 Hollywood Blvd.
Benny, Jack TV 6372 Hollywood Blvd.
Cantor, Eddie TV 1770 Vine Street
Cantor, Eddie Radio 6765 Hollywood Blvd.
Crosby, Bing MP 1611 Vine Street
Crosby, Bing Radio 6769 Hollywood Blvd.
Crosby, Bing Rec 6751 Hollywood Blvd
DeLeath, Vaughn Radio 6634 Hollywood Blvd.
Dorsey, Jimmy Rec 6505 Hollywood Blvd.
Dorsey, Tommy Rec 6675 Hollywood Blvd.
Carter, Benny Rec 7080 Hollywood Blvd.
Ellington, Duke Rec 6535 Hollywood Blvd.
Gershwin, Geo & Ira Rec 7083 Hollywood Blvd.
Goodman, Benny Rec 6101 Hollywood Blvd.
Gray, Glen Rec 1709 Vine Street
Husing, Ted Radio 6821 Hollywood Blvd.
Jolson, Al MP 6622 Hollywood Blvd.
Jolson, Al Radio 6750 Hollywood Blvd.
Jolson, Al Rec 1716 Vine Street
Levant, Oscar Rec 6728 Hollywood Blvd.
Livingston, Mary Radio 6705 Hollywood Blvd.
Lombardo, Guy Rec 6666 Hollywood Blvd.
Lopez, Vincent Radio 6609 Hollywood Blvd.
Miller, Glenn Rec 6915 Hollywood Blvd.
Morgan, Russ Rec 1751 Vine Street
Powell, Dick MP 6915 Hollywood Blvd.
Powell, Dick TV 6745 Hollywood Blvd.
Powell, Dick Radio 1560 Vine Street
Schifrin, Lalo Rec 7000 Hollywood Blvd.
Shaw, Artie Rec 1709 Vine Street
Spitalny, Phil Radio 6364 Hollywood Blvd
Vallee, Rudy Radio 1632 Vine Street
Waring, Fred Radio 6556 Hollywood Blvd.
Waring, Fred Rec 6300 Hollywood Blvd. .
Weems, Ted Rec 1680 Vine Street
Whiteman, Paul Rec 6157 Hollywood Blvd.
Whiteman, Paul Radio 1601 Vine Street
Maybe I should nominate him, but it costs $25,000. 