Klarinet Archive - Posting 000657.txt from 1999/09

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Hal Linden
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 15:35:15 -0400

From: Pat Flannery <pjfnefro@-----.edu>
> As regards to Hal Linden, Walter Grabner wrote:
>
> >No....but I knew his brother Bernard (Bernie) Linden for years.
>
> To which I query:
>
> This would be odd indeed since Hal Linden is a stage name taken from a gig
> in Linden, New Jersey (the town next to where I grew up). While I can't
> remember the name he was born with, Hal Linden tells the story of how he
> chose his name to anyone who will listen. It would be quite a coincidence
> if Hal's brother Bernie chose the same stage name, but I suppose it's
> possible.

>From http://nyalumni.com/bio.html:
"The East Bronx; Bryant Avenue; P.S. 66 and Herman Ritter JHS. That's where
I'm from and proud of it. In fact my dad, Charles Lipshitz and my mom,
Frances Rosen, first met at a dance at the Bronx Zoo. So, you can see that
my roots are very deep in the Bronx," emphasized Hal.
...
While doing a television special with The Captain and Tenille in New
Orleans, it was suggested that he dust off his clarinet to do a Dixieland
tune. It worked so well that Hal's love affair with the clarinet returned.
He now includes this in his musical tours.
...
Oh, and how did Hal change his name? "Between high school and college I
decided to change my name. As I was driving home from a date in Lakewood,
New Jersey, I saw a huge gas storage tank with the letters Linden (for
Linden, New Jersey) and the letter L-I-N-D-E-N were so large; large enough
for a big star. So, there it was; right in front of my eyes."
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Mark Charette@-----.org (can you tell I'm working from home today :^)

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