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Duchin Entertainment: For more than three decades, Peter Duchin
and Duchin Entertainment have extended the music legend which
his famous society band leader father, Eddy Duchin, began in the thirties.
Peter
is the premier band leader having formed one of the most versatile, prestigious,
and sought after bands of the modern era. Clients the world over have delighted
to his music, his style and his persona.
Duchin Entertainment: Traveling the globe from London to Paris, from Venice to Vancouver,
from South Africa to Hong Kong, Peter and his orchestra have performed at some
of the most exclusive celebrations ever held: presidential inaugural balls,
weddings, private parties, charity benefits, political conventions, corporate
functions to college concerts and proms.
Duchin Entertainment: Peter and his various bands and
orchestras play more than 400 engagements per year.
A call to Peter Duchin Entertainment ensures that your event will be handled
with the professionalism, personal commitment, expertise, and style the name
"Duchin" represents.
Duchin's background is a remarkable mixture of show-business and high
society. His mother, Marjorie Oelrichs, was the daughter of a socially prominent
Newport and New York family and a celebrated style-setter in the 1920's and
1930's. Tragically, Marjorie died of complications in childbirth shortly after
Peter was born in 1937.
Heartbroken, Eddy Duchin asked his good friends, Averell and Marie Harriman,
to care for his son Peter. Peter was raised by the wealthy statesman and his
wife while Eddy toured with his band. He later served with distinction as a
Naval combat officer in World War II. The beautiful and tragic story of Peter's
parents is wonderfully told in the 1956 movie, The Eddy Duchin Story, starring
Tyrone Power and Kim Novak.
As a youngster, Peter began playing music with his father. Later, he played
in bands at Eaglebrook and Hotchkiss schools in New England. He continued to
develop his love for music at Yale, where he received his BA in music and French
Literature. He also attended the Sorbonne in Paris where he studied composition
with the widow of the distinguished French composer, Arthur Honegger.
During a two-year tour with the US Army in Panama, he played in the US Army
Band and helped form a jazz orchestra that performed to great acclaim in Panama
City, throughout Latin America and on The Ed Sullivan Show.
When Duchin returned to New York, he embarked on a highly successful studio
career of over 26 recordings. In 1962 he opened with his band in The Maisonette,
at the St. Regis Hotel, which quickly became the most successful supper club in
town. In 1964 he took on the job as musical coordinator for President Lyndon
Johnson's inauguration.
After this prestigious event, he and his band went on the road for their
first national tour. On his return he organized Peter Duchin Orchestras and Duchin Entertainment,
which has provided top quality music and entertainment ever since Peter recently released his first book, "Ghost Of A Chance: A
Memoir" through Random House publishers which is now available in
paperback.
Read some of the wonderful comments on this work...
"I was captivated by "Ghost Of A Chance" - it's a great read.
And I'm delighted Peter is sharing his terrific reminiscences. He's at the top
of his profession and has led a fascinating life. Peter is as good with words as
he is with the ivories. His father, Eddy; myself; and Jackie Gleason were great
pals. This book brings back memories of very special times."
~~FRANK SINATRA~~
"A wonderful life, but Peter did not have it all. His book will surprise
you. A must."
~~LAUREN BACALL~~
"Peter Duchin's glamorous story is about absent fathers, surrogate
mothers, and dwelling on the edges of money and power in a tuxedoed world."
~~GAY TALESE~~
"Off the scales! A lively memoir that amuses and instructs about a
society of privilege."
~~GEORGE PLIMPTON~~
"Peter Duchin's "Ghost Of A Chance" is engaging and
entertaining, a jeroboam of vintage champagne that never loses its fizz."
~~JOHN GREGORY DUNNE~~
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Duchin Entertainment feels that
each client is unique and deserves unique personal service.
If you have a club, restaurant, hotel
or other venue in need of entertainment on a regular basis, Duchin Entertainment can
provide whatever you need. We provide the talent, music, services, supervision, and
follow-up; you just sit back and enjoy.
Duchin Entertainment's orchestras have also
helped raise hundreds of millions of dollars for various charities and non-profit
organizations; from specific diseases, to hospitals, to universities, to arts
organizations, to civic groups etc...
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Film:
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The World
of Henry Orient, 1964
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Working
Girl, 1988
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Jade, 1995 |
Interest
Film:
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The Eddy
Duchin Story, Columbia Pictures, 1956 |
Publications:
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A Musical
Christmas with Peter Duchin, Published by Holt, Reinhart & Winston, 1976
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Ghost of a
Chance, A Memoir by Peter Duchin with Charles Michener, Published by Random House, 1996 |
Recordings:
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Presenting
Peter Duchin, Decca 1962 |
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In The
Duchin Manner, Decca |
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Peter
Duchin At The St. Regis, Decca |
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We Could
Have Danced All Night, Decca |
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Invitation,
Decca |
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The Peter
Duchin Discotheque Dance Party, Decca |
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That
Duchin Touch, Decca |
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Dance Till
Dawn, Decca |
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Like
Someone in Love, Decca |
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The
Party's On, Decca |
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Quiet
Nights, Decca |
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Summer
Wind, Decca |
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Transitions,
Decca |
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Windmills
Of Your Mind, Decca |
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The Life
And Soul Of The Party, Decca |
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Peter
Duchin At The Movies, Bell Records |
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Peter
Duchin, Capitol 1972 |
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Child of
Mine, Capitol 1973 |
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Peter
Duchin Presents a Musical Christmas, Columbia House 1976 |
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Dance With
Peter Duchin, Fortune 1984 |
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Dance With
Peter Duchin, Pedro Records 1994 (CD & Cassette Available Through Duchin
Entertainment) |
Clients:
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Duchin Entertainment
has a most remarkable list of clients. We have delt with all kinds of people,
corporations, institutions and charities all over the world. Here are a few of them:
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Carlyle
Hotel, New York City |
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American
Express |
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The
Oppenheimer Family in South Africa |
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Atlanta's
Piedmont Ball |
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Paramount
Pictures |
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Breaker's
Hotel in Palm Beach |
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Every
Presidential Inaugural Ball since 1961 |
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Carnegie
Hall Centennial with Frank Sinatra |
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QE
II |
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Cincinnati
Pops with Eric Kunzel |
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Radio City
Music Hall |
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Democratic
National Convention |
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Republican
Senate & House Dinners |
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Disney |
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Ritz-Carltons
Hotels |
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Fairmont
Hotel, San Francisco |
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Russian
Tea Room Cabarets |
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General
Electric |
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San
Francisco's Black & White Ball |
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Giorgio
Armani |
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Save
Venice Ball, Venice Italy |
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Houston
Symphony |
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Truman
Capote's Black & White Ball |
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Lincoln
Center for the Performing Arts |
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Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel, New York City |
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Mar-a-lago
Club, Palm Beach for Donald Trump |
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Metropolitan
Opera |
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Museum of
Natural History |
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The Opera
House in Paris |
...and many more
Weddings - We have played thousands, and just to
mention a few:
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Kennedy
Weddings
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Arnold
Schwarzenegger/Maria Shriver Wedding
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Sarah
Jessica Parker/Mathew Broderick Wedding |
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Revised:
March 18, 2014.
Copyright© 2001 Duchin Entertainment. All rights reserved. |
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