Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Bluebird of Happiness The Memoirs of Jan Peerce by Jan Peerce Jan Peerce - Bluebird of Happiness Lyrics. The beggar man and the mighty king are only different in name, For they are treated just the same by fate. Today a smile and tomorrow a tear, we never know what's in store. So learn your lesson before it is too late. So be like I, hold your head up high 'til you find the bluebird of happiness. You will find greater peace of mind, knowing there's a bluebird of happiness. And when he sings to you, though you're deep in blue You will see a ray of light creep through And so remember this, life is no abyss Somewhere there's a bluebird of happiness. The poet with his pen, the peasant with his plow, It makes no different who you are, it's all the same somehow. The king upon his throne, the jester at his feet, the artist, the actress, the man on the street. It's a life of smiles and a life of tears It's a life of hopes and a life of fears. A blinding torrent of rain and a brilliant burst of sun, A biting tearing pain and bubbling sparkling fun. And no matter what you have, don't envy those you meet. It's all the same, it's in the game, the bitter and the sweet. And if things don't look so cheerful, just show a little fight. Fore every bit of darkness, there's a little bit of light. For every bit of hatred, there's a little bit of love. Fore every cloudy morning, there's a midnight moon above. So don't you forget, you must search 'til you find the bluebird. You will find peace and contentment forever, if you will be like I. Hold your head up high, 'til you see a ray of light appear. And so remember this, life is no abyss Somewhere there's a bluebird of happiness. ISBN 13: 9780060133115. The Bluebird of Happiness: The Memoirs of Jan Peerce. Levy, Alan ; Peerce, Jan. This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. The Bluebird of Happiness: The Memoirs of Jan Peerce. 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Signed First Edition "The Bluebird of Happiness: Memoirs of Jan Peerce" by Alan Levy. A signed first edition copy of The Bluebird of Happiness: Memoirs of Jan Peerce by Alan Levy. This book is presented in a blue cloth on board cover with gilt lettering to the spine. The book includes a signature by Jan Peerce, operatic and Broadway singer and was published by Harper & Row Publishers in 1975. Everything But The House does not authenticate celebrity memorabilia. Items that are consigned with Certificates or Letters of Authenticity ( COA ) are listed as such with the item’s description. Autographs without COAs are compared to authenticated examples from online sources prior to sale upload. Condition. - scuffs and stains to cover; edgewear and corner wear; some bends to pages. Lyrics Bluebird Of Happiness. The beggar man and the mighty king are only different in name, For they are treated just the same by fate. Today a smile and tomorrow a tear, we never know what's in store. So learn your lesson before it is too late. So be like I, hold your head up high 'til you find the bluebird of happiness. You will find greater peace of mind, knowing there's a bluebird of happiness. And when he sings to you, though you're deep in blue You will see a ray of light creep through And so remember this, life is no abyss Somewhere there's a bluebird of happiness. The poet with his pen, the peasant with his plow, It makes no different who you are, it's all the same somehow. The king upon his throne, the jester at his feet, The artist, the actress, the man on the street. It's a life of smiles and a life of tears It's a life of hopes and a life of fears. A blinding torrent of rain and a brilliant burst of sun, A biting tearing pain and bubbling sparkling fun. And no matter what you have, don't envy those you meet. It's all the same, it's in the game, the bitter and the sweet. And if things don't look so cheerful, just show a little fight. Fore every bit of darkness, there's a little bit of light. For every bit of hatred, there's a little bit of love. Fore every cloudy morning, there's a midnight moon above. So don't you forget, you must search 'til you find the bluebird. You will find peace and contentment forever, if you will be like I. Hold your head up high, 'til you see a ray of light appear. And so remember this, life is no abyss Somewhere there's a bluebird of happiness. Send "Bluebird of Happine. " Ringtone to your Mobile. Jan Peerce. Jan Peerce (June 3, 1904 – December 15, 1984) was an American operatic tenor. Peerce was an accomplished performer on the operatic and Broadway concert stages, in solo recitals, and as a recording artist. He is the father of film director Larry Peerce. [1] Contents. Family life. Jan Peerce was born Joshua Pincus Perelmuth . His parents, Louis and Henya Perelmuth, came from the village of Horodetz, formerly in Poland, now Belarus. [2] Their first child, a daughter, died in an epidemic. In 1903 they emigrated to America along with their second child, a boy named Mottel. A year later, on June 3, 1904, their third child, Joshua Pincus was born in a cold water flat in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York. He was nicknamed "Pinky" by his neighborhood friends. When he was three years old, his older brother Mottel was killed in an accident as he hitched a ride on an ice wagon. [2] Jan remained on the Lower East Side until his 1930 marriage to Alice Kalmanovitz (1907-1994), a childhood friend. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School and Columbia University. At his mother's urging he took violin lessons, [2] and gave public performances, including dance band work as Jack "Pinky" Pearl. Sometimes he also sang and it was soon discovered he was an exceptional lyric tenor. Peerce was the brother-in-law of fellow Jewish-American tenor Richard Tucker. He died at his home in New Rochelle, New York on December 15, 1984 at the age of 80. [3] [4] Peerce is interred at Mount Eden Cemetery in Valhalla, Westchester County. Concert career. Peerce studied singing in New York City with Giuseppe Boghetti. In 1932 he was hired as a tenor soloist with the Radio City Music Hall company by the impresario Roxy, who renamed him John Pierce. They soon compromised on the spelling Jan Peerce, which the singer felt better reflected his ethnicity. Thanks to radio broadcasts and stage programs, Peerce soon had a nationwide following. The legendary maestro Arturo Toscanini heard him singing Wagner on the radio and was able to contact Peerce through a mutual friend to see if he would like to audition for him. Toscanini found him to be the tenor he had sought to sing operatic and choral works with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. The recordings made during, or following, the NBC broadcasts are among the outstanding musical legacies of the mid-20th century. Toscanini was reportedly pleased with Peerce's professionalism, as well as his musical talents and his unusually native-sounding Italian; many have said that Peerce was Toscanini's "favorite tenor" during the Maestro's 17 years at NBC. Peerce recalled that Toscanini never lost his temper the way he famously did with other musicians even though Peerce believed he had the right to, on a few occasions. Peerce first sang with Toscanini on February 6, 1938, in Carnegie Hall in a broadcast performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony; the soloists also included soprano Vina Bovy, mezzo soprano Kerstin Thorborg, and bass Ezio Pinza. [5] Peerce joined the roster of principal tenors at the Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company (PLSOC) in 1938. He made his professional opera debut with the company on December 10 of that year as the Duke of Mantua in Verdi's Rigoletto with Robert Weede in the title role and Fritz Mahler conducting. He also sang Alfredo in La traviata with Annunciata Garrotto as Violetta and Weede as Germont during the company's 1938- 1939 season. Peerce sang in several more performance with the PLSOC through 1941, singing Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly with Elda Ercole as Cio-Cio-San, and reprising the roles of the Duke and Alfredo a number of times.