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词条 Claudine Longet
释义

  1. Career

  2. Marriage to Andy Williams

  3. Friendship with Robert F. and Ethel Kennedy

  4. Arrest and trial

  5. Marriages

  6. Popular culture references

     In music  In television  In art 

  7. Discography

     U.S. albums  Notable foreign albums  Charting U.S. singles 

  8. References

  9. External links

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| caption = Claudine Longet in 1969
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|1|29|df=yes}}
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| origin = Paris, France
| instrument = {{hlist| Vocals | guitar }}
| genre = {{hlist|Pop|Bossa nova|French pop|standards | Soft rock }}
| occupation = {{hlist| Singer | actress }}
| years_active = 1963–1975
| label = {{hlist|A&M | Barnaby Records }}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|Andy Williams|Nick De Caro}}
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Claudine Georgette Longet (born 29 January 1942) is a French-American singer, actress, dancer, and recording artist who was popular during the 1960s and 1970s.

Born in Paris, France, Longet was married to American singer and television entertainer Andy Williams from 1961 until 1975. She has maintained a private profile since 1977, following her conviction for negligent homicide in connection with the death of her boyfriend, former Olympic skier Spider Sabich.

Career

Her first appearances as an actress on television were in two 1963 episodes of the comedy series McHale's Navy. She also acted in the 1964 theatrical feature film of the same title. Many of her acting roles during the 1960s were in episodes of television adventure series that included Twelve O'Clock High, Combat!, The Name of the Game, The Rat Patrol and Hogan's Heroes Episode #20: It Takes a Thief ... Sometimes. Longet was cast as Sharhri Javid in the 1965 episode"The Silent Dissuaders" of the NBC education drama series, Mr. Novak, starring James Franciscus.

She appeared many times on The Andy Williams Show series and specials. She also occasionally appeared as a singer on other variety and music programs, including those of singers Bobby Darin and Tom Jones. Williams described Longet as "a beautiful, athletic, slender, petite brunette with large doe eyes--my favorite French singer."

Her career breakthrough occurred in 1966. She had a guest-starring role in the season-one finale of the NBC television adventure series Run for Your Life, which starred Ben Gazzara. In the episode "The Sadness of A Happy Time" she performed her English-French bilingual rendition of Antônio Carlos Jobim's bossa nova song "Meditation" ("Meditação"). The episode was first broadcast on 16 May 1966.

A&M Records cofounder Herb Alpert was among the viewers whom Longet charmed with her performance of "Meditation". When Alpert met Longet by happenstance at a club in New Orleans later in 1966, he offered her a recording contract with his company.[1] Longet recorded singles, and five albums, for A&M Records between 1966 and 1970.

"Meditation" was Longet's first single release for A&M. Other Jobim compositions that she has recorded include "A Felicidade," "How Insensitive" ("Insensatez"), and "Dindi".

In 1968, Longet costarred with Peter Sellers in the MGM motion picture The Party, a box office hit that Blake Edwards wrote, produced, and directed. Longet sang "Nothing to Lose" (music by Henry Mancini and lyrics by Don Black) in the film.

In 1971, she joined Williams's Barnaby Records label. She released singles and two albums for Barnaby, We've Only Just Begun in 1971 and Let's Spend the Night Together in 1972. She also recorded songs for a projected third album for Barnaby that went unreleased. Many of the songs for the planned third album finally appeared on the 1993 compact disc release titled Sugar Me, after the Lynsey de Paul song that Longet covered in the early 70's, but the masters for some of the other songs are missing and presumed lost.

In 1975, she appeared as "The Flower" (a nonsinging role) with Richard Burton, Jonathan Winters, and others, on the children's album The Little Prince, based on the Antoine de Saint Exupéry novel. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Album for Children in 1976.

She has enjoyed success on the music popularity charts. Her 1967 debut album, Claudine, peaked at #11 on the Billboard pop albums chart in the United States. Claudine became a RIAA-certified gold album, selling more than 500,000 copies. Subsequent albums The Look of Love peaked at #33 in 1967 and Love is Blue peaked at #29 in 1968 on the Billboard pop albums chart in the U.S.

Longet's musical cohort on her charting albums was arranger Nick De Caro. He also arranged her other two albums on A&M, Colours (1968) and Run Wild, Run Free (1970), and We've Only Just Begun on Barnaby.

She also has had hit singles in America on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Her charting singles include her cover version of "Here, There and Everywhere" (music and lyrics by John Lennon and Paul McCartney), "Hello, Hello" (composed by Terry MacNeil and Peter Kraemer), "Good Day Sunshine" (composed by Lennon and McCartney), "Small Talk" (music and lyrics by Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon), and "Love is Blue", a 1967 Eurovision Song Contest entry that gained fourth place (music by André Popp and French lyrics by Pierre Cour [Pierre Lemaire]). Another song, "Wanderlove" (music and lyrics by Mason Williams), went to #7 on the singles charts in Singapore and still occasionally gets airplay on Asian radio. She remains popular in Japan, where all of her original albums were reissued on compact disc.

Marriage to Andy Williams

Longet and Williams met in Las Vegas in 1960 while she was dancing lead in the Folies Bergère revue at the Tropicana Resort & Casino. Longet was having trouble with her car and had pulled over to the side of the road. Driving by, Williams stopped to offer assistance. She was 18 and he was 32. They married on 15 December 1961 in Los Angeles,[2] and had three children: Noëlle (born on 24 September 1963), Christian (born on 15 April 1965), and Robert ("Bobby") (born on 1 August 1969). They legally separated in 1970[3] and divorced in January 1975.[4] According to Williams, they remained "very good friends."[5][6]

Friendship with Robert F. and Ethel Kennedy

{{See also|Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy}}

Longet and Andy Williams were close friends of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and his wife, Ethel Kennedy. During the mid-1960s, the couple hosted the Kennedys at their residences in Bel Air and Palm Springs and spent time at the Kennedy residences at Hickory Hill and New York City.[7] They also took summer cruises together on the Salmon River in central Idaho and on the Colorado River.[8]

On or before 4 June 1968, the day of the 1968 Democratic Party presidential primary in California, Kennedy — a contending Democratic presidential candidate — and his wife made tentative arrangements with Williams and Longet to visit Los Angeles's The Factory nightclub. According to Williams, Robert Kennedy told them that he would make a hand signal at the conclusion of his televised speech at the Ambassador Hotel to confirm their get-together.[7]

Shortly after midnight on 5 June, Longet and Williams were watching Senator Kennedy's televised primary victory speech in Kennedy's suite at The Ambassador and saw Kennedy make the "little hand gesture." When Williams rushed down to the hotel ballroom, he heard loud noises in the hallway and learned that Kennedy had been shot. Longet and Williams eventually joined Kennedy's family and friends at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, where doctors labored to save the senator's life. They stayed at the hospital 24 hours. After Kennedy died during the early morning hours of 6 June, Longet and Williams went into his hospital room and saw Ethel Kennedy asleep near the body of her late husband.

Longet and Williams attended Kennedy's funeral at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City on 8 June. A television camera captured Williams consoling a sobbing Longet during the Mass. After Kennedy's brother, Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy, delivered a brief and emotional eulogy, Williams and a choir sang "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" in what a Washington Post reporter described as a "hauntingly slow tempo."[9] Outside the cathedral on the streets of New York, thousands of people were listening to the Mass over loudspeakers. When they heard Williams singing, they began singing with him.[7]

After the funeral mass, Longet and Williams accompanied Ethel Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, and other Kennedy family members on the 21-car funeral train that took Senator Kennedy's body to Washington, D.C., and Arlington National Cemetery for burial. The front page of the 9 June 1968 edition of the Washington Post featured a large photograph of Ted Kennedy and Longet standing together on the rear platform as the train passed through North Philadelphia.[10]

Longet and Williams named their son Robert (born in August 1969) after Robert F. Kennedy.[11]

Arrest and trial

Longet was arrested and charged with fatally shooting her boyfriend, Olympic skier Vladimir "Spider" Sabich, at his Aspen, Colorado, home on 21 March 1976. At her trial, Longet said the gun discharged accidentally as Sabich was showing her how it worked.[12] Williams publicly supported Longet throughout the trial, paid for her legal defense team, and even escorted her to and from the courthouse. Asked later about his unwavering support of his ex-wife, Williams said, "She is the mother of my children and we never stopped being friends. We just didn't want to be married any more."[13]

The Aspen police made two procedural errors that aided Longet's defense: without warrants, they took a blood sample from her and confiscated her diary. According to prosecutors, the sample showed the presence of cocaine in her blood, and her diary reportedly contradicted her claim that her relationship with Sabich had not soured. To further muddle the prosecution's case, the gun was mishandled by non-weapons-experts.[14] As they were unable to cite any of the disallowed material, prosecutors used the autopsy report to suggest that when Sabich was shot he was bent over, facing away, and at least 1.80 m (6 ft) from Longet, which would be inconsistent with the position and relative distance of someone demonstrating the operation of a firearm.[15][14]

The jury convicted her of negligent homicide[16] and sentenced her to pay a small fine and spend thirty days in jail.[17] The judge allowed Longet to choose the days to be served, believing this arrangement would allow her to spend time with her children. She chose to serve most of her sentence on weekends. Critical reaction to the verdict and sentencing was exacerbated when she subsequently vacationed with her defense attorney, Ronald D. Austin, who was married at the time; Longet and Austin later married and still live in Aspen.[18]

After the criminal trial, the Sabich family initiated civil proceedings in order to sue Longet. The case was eventually resolved out of court, with the provision that Longet never discuss or write about the killing or the settlement.[19]

Marriages

  • Ron Austin (1 June 1985 – present)
  • Andy Williams (1961–1975) (divorced), three children — daughter Noëlle Williams and sons Christian Williams and Bobby Williams.

Popular culture references

In music

  • In 1980, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote a song about Spider Sabich's death that was intended to be on the Rolling Stones album Emotional Rescue. The song, titled "Claudine," carried lyrics that painted a graphic picture of some of the more salacious aspects of the affair and killing. However, it was deemed too controversial and was removed, although it was included on several bootleg Rolling Stones albums. In November 2011, the track "Claudine" was released on the deluxe reissue of their album Some Girls.[20]

In television

  • 1976: Season 1, Episode 18 of Saturday Night Live featured a Weekend Update segment about "The Claudine Longet Invitational Ski Championship." It parodied the shooting incident, showing skiers making runs down the slopes until they are "accidentally" shot by Claudine Longet, resulting in abrupt wipeouts.[21] Longet's attorneys wrote a cease-and-desist letter to Lorne Michaels and an apology was given in the next week's show.
  • 2003: City Confidential episode 4.13, "Aspen: Murder on the Slopes" (29 July 2003), featured the city of Aspen and the case.[22]
  • Gilmore Girls:
    • Season 1, Episode 12 (18 January 2001) of the show features a song by Longet, her version of "God Only Knows" (composed by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher).
    • Season 5, Episode 22 (15 May 2005 season finale) of the show features Longet's recording of "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (composed by Randy Newman, who played piano at the session).{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}}

In art

  • 2012: Artist Josh Agle created a piece titled "Love, Spider" for the Denver Modernism Show depicting a Colorado scene with a brunette in the foreground wearing a cast signed with a heart by someone named "Spider."[23]

Discography

U.S. albums

YearTitleLabel & No.Billboard Top LPs chart peak positionCash Box Top Pop Albums chart peak positionNotes
1964The Wonderful World of Andy WilliamsColumbia CL 2137/ CS 8937#9#8Andy Williams' album; Claudine appears only on "Let It Be Me" ("Je t'Appartiens") (duet with Andy Williams); RIAA-certified gold album
1967ClaudineA&M SP 4121#11#9RIAA-certified gold album
1967The Look of LoveA&M SP 4129#33#23
1968Love is Blue | L'amour est bleuA&M SP 4142#29#31
1968ColoursA&M SP 4163#155#80
1970Run Wild, Run FreeA&M SP 4232
1971We've Only Just BegunBarnaby/ CBS Z 30377
1972Let's Spend the Night TogetherBarnaby/ MGM BR-15001
1975The Little PrinceWarner BrothersSpoken word children's album with music score
2000The Very Best of Claudine LongetVarèse Vintage 302 066 118 2Compilation

Notable foreign albums

YearTitleLabel & No.Notes
1993Sugar MeVivid M131538Japanese issue (includes singles and previously unreleased Barnaby recordings)
1998A&M Digitally Remastered BestA&M/ Polydor POCM-1573Japanese issue (compilation of key A&M recordings and a few hard-to-find singles)
2003Cuddle Up with Claudine LongetMunster 002Spanish issue (2-disc compilation of Barnaby recordings)
2003The Party (Original Soundtrack)BMG France RCA Victor Gold Series 82876524862French reissue of 1968 motion picture soundtrack (RCA Victor LSP-3997) (includes Longet's 45 rpm single version of "Nothing to Lose" as a bonus track)
2005The Best of Claudine LongetRev-Ola CR REV 119British issue (compilation of key recordings for A&M Records)

Charting U.S. singles

YearSingleBillboard Chart PositionsLabel & No.
U.S. Hot 100 U.S. AC Christmas
1966 "Meditation (Meditação)" / "Sunrise, Sunset"98/--/--/-A&M 817
1967 "A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme)" / "Here, There and Everywhere"-/126-/19-/-A&M 832
1967 "Hello, Hello" / "Wanderlove"91/-8/--/-A&M 846
1967 "Good Day Sunshine" / "The Look of Love"100/-36/--/-A&M 864
1967 "Small Talk" / "Man in a Raincoat"-/-12/--/-A&M 877
1967 "I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You" / "Snow"-/--/--/30A&M 895
1968 "Love is Blue" / "Think of Rain"71/-28/--/-A&M 909
1968 "Nothing to Lose" / "White Horses"-/--/30-/-A&M 936
1968 "Who Needs You" / "Walk in the Park" (with Tommy LiPuma)-/--/23-/-A&M 967
1968 "Am I Blue?" / "A Flea in Her Ear"-/--/28-/-A&M 1002
1969 "Hurry on Down" / "I Think It's Gonna Rain Today"-/-30/--/-A&M 1024
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References

1. ^{{cite web | author=The Lounge-O-Leers | year= | title= Music to Live by ... Notes from the Lounge | url=http://www.loungeoleers.com/soundsfol/sounds.html | accessdate=4 June 2008}}
2. ^Andy Williams Weds Dancer, Los Angeles Times, 16 December 1961, B1.
3. ^Andy Williams to Separate, Washington Post, 9 June 1970, B6.
4. ^Newsmakers --, Los Angeles Times, 20 April 1975, A2.
5. ^{{cite news | author=Larry King Live | year= 2000 | title= Transcript of Interview with Andy Williams, 22 August 2000 | url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/22/lkl.00.html | accessdate=5 June 2008 |publisher=CNN}}
6. ^Williams, Andy, Moon River and Me, New York: Penguin Books, 2009.
7. ^{{cite news | year= 2002 | title= Bobby Kennedy Was Buried in My Tie | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4727977/Bobby-Kennedy-was-buried-in-my-tie.html | accessdate=9 June 2008 | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph}}
8. ^Andy Williams to Cruise with Bob Kennedys, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 1967, D10.
9. ^Roberts, Chalmers M. Kennedy's Body Returned to Capital As Vast Throngs View Funeral Train; Suspect in Dr. King's Slaying Is Arrested, Washington Post, 9 June 1968, A1, A17.
10. ^{{cite news|title=Funeral train: Senator Edward M. Kennedy and Claudine Longet aboard the Robert F. Kennedy funeral train|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-kennedy-train_kp1vounc-photo.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=9 June 1968|page=A1|format=Photo}}
11. ^Williams, Moon River and Me, op. cit.
12. ^Chermak, Stephen, and Bailey, Frankie Y., Crimes of the Centuries: Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and Criminal Trials in American History, 3 vols., ABC-CLIO, 2016, 487.
13. ^Williams, Moon River and Me, op. cit.
14. ^{{cite journal|last1=Chalmers|first1=Robert|title=Claudine Longet: Aspen's Femme Fatale|journal=GQ|date=May 7, 2013|url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/claudine-longet-aspens-femme-fatale|accessdate=29 February 2016}}
15. ^Chermak and Bailey, Crimes of the Centuries, op. cit.
16. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3rhaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kF0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5231,4826220&dq=claudine+longet+guilty&hl=en|title=Longet Guilty|author=AP|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|location=Aspen, CO|date=15 January 1977}}
17. ^{{cite web| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19770201&id=feVdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C18NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3895,25017|title=May Choose Time, Miss Longet Given 30-Day Jail Sentence|author=AP|newspaper=Washington Observer-Reporter|date= 1 February 1977|location=Aspen, CO}}
18. ^Chermak and Bailey, Crimes of the Centuries, op. cit.
19. ^Chermak and Bailey, Crimes of the Centuries, Ibid.
20. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.metrolyrics.com/claudine-lyrics-rolling-stones.html|title=Rolling Stones - Claudine Lyrics - |work=MetroLyrics}}
21. ^{{cite web | author=| year= | title= Saturday Night Live transcript of Claudine Longet parody skit | url=http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75rski.phtml | accessdate=25 August 2006}}
22. ^{{cite web|publisher=IMDB|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1067960/|title=City Confidential: Aspen: Murder on the Slopes |date=28 July 2003|accessdate=26 September 2012}}
23. ^{{cite web|title=Josh Agle "Love, Spider" (Denver Modernism)|publisher=David B. Smith Gallery|url=http://davidbsmithgallery.com/store/cart.php?target=product&product_id=297&category_id=60|accessdate=15 November 2017}}

External links

  • {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p25277|label=Claudine Longet}}
  • {{IMDb name|id=0519296 |name=Claudine Longet}}
  • Cuddle Up with Claudine fansite
  • Blog featuring Longet ephemera
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