June Carter Cash
Musical Monikers
Madonna
Justin Bieber
My Ghost Story
I Survived
Babe Ruth
Johnny Cash
Georgia O'Keefe
I Survived
1 photo
Quick Facts
- NAME: Artie Shaw
- OCCUPATION: Songwriter
- BIRTH DATE: May 23, 1910
- DEATH DATE: December 30, 2004
- PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, New York
- PLACE OF DEATH: Thousands Oaks, California
- Originally: Arthur Jacob Arshawsky
Best Known For
Artie Shaw was known for his role as a 1930's and 1940's jazz bandleader and clarinetist, known as the "King of the Clarinet".
Quiz
Think you know about Biography?
Answer questions and see how you rank against other players.
Play NowArtie Shaw. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 08:10, May 24, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/artie-shaw-9480862.
Artie Shaw. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/artie-shaw-9480862 [Accessed 24 May 2013].
"Artie Shaw." 2013. The Biography Channel website. May 24 2013, 08:10 http://www.biography.com/people/artie-shaw-9480862.
"Artie Shaw," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/artie-shaw-9480862 [accessed May 24, 2013].
"Artie Shaw," The Biography Channel website, http://www.biography.com/people/artie-shaw-9480862 (accessed May 24, 2013).
Artie Shaw [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 24] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/artie-shaw-9480862.
Artie Shaw, http://www.biography.com/people/artie-shaw-9480862 (last visited May 24, 2013).
Artie Shaw. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/artie-shaw-9480862. Accessed May 24, 2013.
By this time, Shaw felt out of step with the popular trends in music and decided to retire in 1954. He also ended his latest marriage not long after. The couple had a son, Jonathan, before divorcing in 1956.
Devoting himself to writing, Shaw spent several years living in Spain with his eighth wife, actress Evelyn Keyes, whom he married in 1957. He published a collection of novellas entitled I Love You, I Hate You, Drop Dead! in the mid-1960s. In the early 1970s,
Shaw moved to the Californian town of Newbury Park where he lived for the rest of his life. He and wife Evelyn lived separately from 1970 until their divorce in the mid-1980s.
Legacy
Around this time, Shaw appeared with a band he formed to play his most popular songs and arrangements. He did not, however, lead the group; he had clarinetist Dick Johnson serve as bandleader. In addition to writing a collection of short stories, The Best of Intentions, Shaw also lectured on music and other numerous topics.
In 2004, Shaw received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy. He died on December 30 of that year at his Newbury Park home from complications related to diabetes. Shaw once said that his epitaph in Who’s Who should read, “He did the best he could with the material at hand.” He later revised that statement, considering “Go away” more fitting for himself—a cankerous, but unarguably brilliant musician and composer.
© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
profile name: Artie Shaw profile occupation:
Your Connections
Sign in with Facebook to see how you and your friends are connected to famous icons.
Profile Connections
Included In These Groups
-
Blacklisted
View groupIn the 1940s and 1950s, the United States was in the grips of a "red scare." Many prominent individuals suspected of sympathizing with liberal or humanitarian causes were branded a communist threat, and even accused of espionage. Hollywood was a major focus of the accusations, and after 10 actors refused to testify in front of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, the blacklist was created. Hundreds of actors, actresses, directors, screenwriters and other entertainment professionals were barred from working. Here are some of the famous people who were on the Hollywood blacklist.
Blacklisted 25 people in this group
-
Numerous Nuptials
View groupLife imitates art in Hollywood, where passionate romances turn into short-lived marriages and quickie divorces. Numerous nuptials are one of the hallmarks of the celebrity lifestyle. Hollywood royalty Elizabeth Taylor married eight times—even more than real royalty King Henry VIII, who married six times. Here's a look at the famous individuals who tied the knot—and then tied it again, and again, and again.
Numerous Nuptials 37 people in this group
-
Famous Geminis 529 people in this group
