| 词条 | Ranny Weeks |
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Randall W. "Ranny" Weeks (1907–1979) was an American bandleader, actor, naval commander, and university administrator. Early lifeWeeks was born in 1907 in Everett, Massachusetts. His father, William E. Weeks, was a politician who served as Mayor of Everett and was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Weeks attended Everett High School and played quarterback for the school's football team. However, his family moved to Reading, Massachusetts before he finished school. After graduating from Reading High School, Weeks attended Boston University's Business and Law schools, but left in 1929 due to a lack of funds.[1] MusicIn 1928, Weeks began spending his summers singing and playing piano at a coffee house in Hyannis, Massachusetts to help pay for school. After leaving school he joined Bert Lowe's Orchestra and later formed his own band.[1] In 1929 and 1930, Weeks recorded as a vocalist with the Colonial Club Orchestra.[3] In 1930, Ranny Weeks and his Red Cross Aristocrats were given a weekly show on WBZ radio.[1] From 1930 to 1932, Weeks led the I. J. Fox Fur Trappers Orchestra, which was heard twice a week on WEEI.[2] On March 13, 1931, Ranny Weeks & His Orchestra recorded four songs for Brunswick Records.[3] In 1934 he was hired to conduct a permanent orchestra in the RKO Boston Theatre.[4] ActingIn 1932, Weeks made his film debut in It Happened in Paris, a musical remake of The Two Orphans.[5] In 1937, Herbert Yates signed Weeks to a contract with Republic Pictures. He appeared in ten films for the company, including a starring role in Bill Cracks Down.[1][6] Return to BostonAfter his contract with Republic ended, Weeks and his family moved to Newtonville, Massachusetts. He went into the advertising business and resumed his career as a bandleader. In 1942, Weeks was appointed co-chairman of the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety's radio division, which supervised all programming on every radio station in the state. He then served four years as an administrative officer in the United States Navy during and following World War II.[1] From 1947 to 1949, Weeks and his Orchestra spent the summer playing the Sheraton Roof in Boston.[7] In 1950, Weeks was a Republican candidate for Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. He finished second in a seven candidate primary with 19% of the vote to Russell A. Wood's 26%.[8] Weeks returned to the Navy during the Korean War. From 1951 to 1954 he was in charge of recruitment in the Philadelphia district.[9] In 1954, Weeks was named Boston University's executive alumni secretary. [10] In 1965 he was named special assistant to the vice president for university affairs. He also served as executive director of the B.U. Law School Aumni Association. After retiring from B.U., Weeks moved to Falmouth, Massachusetts. He died on April 26, 1979 after a short illness.[11] References1. ^{{cite news|title=Ranny Weeks Conducts New Series Over WBZA|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=February 12, 1930}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Weeks, Ranny}}2. ^{{cite news|title=Rakov Succeeds Week on I.J. Fox Programs|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=March 17, 1932}} 3. ^1 {{cite book |author=Laird, Ross |coauthors= |title=Brunswick Records: New York sessions, 1927-1931 |year=2001 |pages= |publisher=Greenwood Press | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oipO25gvaKIC&pg=PA844&lpg=PA844&dq |isbn=}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=Ranny Weeks Will Direct New Band at RKO-Boston|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=August 31, 1934}} 5. ^{{cite book |author=Koszarski, Richard |coauthors= |title= Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff |year=2008 |pages=305 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |location=Piscataway, NJ |isbn=978-08135-4293-5}} 6. ^{{allmovie|85070|Synopsis}} 7. ^{{cite news|author=Hamilton, John A.|title=Time Out for Diners and Dancers|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=June 3, 1949}} 8. ^{{cite book |author= |coauthors= |title=Massachusetts Election Statistics 1950 |year= |pages=150 |publisher= |quote= | url=https://archive.org/stream/electionstatisti19501951mass#page/150/mode/2up }} 9. ^{{cite news|title=Alumni Aide is Named|work=The New York Times|date=March 28, 1954}} 10. ^{{cite news|title=B. U. Appoints Ranny Weeks Alumni Aid|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=March 27, 1954}} 11. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|author=Driscoll, Edgar J.|title= Old-time bandleader Randall Weeks of Falmouth|work=The Boston Globe|date=April 27, 1979}} 15 : 1907 births|1979 deaths|20th-century American male actors|20th-century American singers|American bandleaders|American naval personnel of the Korean War|American naval personnel of World War II|Big band bandleaders|Boston University faculty|Massachusetts Republicans|Military personnel from Massachusetts|People from Everett, Massachusetts|People from Falmouth, Massachusetts|People from Newton, Massachusetts|Singers from Massachusetts |
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