{"id":19050,"date":"2018-02-04T01:02:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T09:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=19050"},"modified":"2018-02-03T18:29:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T02:29:40","slug":"happy-liberace-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2018\/02\/04\/happy-liberace-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Liberace Day!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"789\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19060\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Liberace-red-white-blue.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Liberace-red-white-blue.jpg 400w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Liberace-red-white-blue-324x640.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Born W\u0142adziu Valentino Liberace in West Allis, Wisconsin, the flamboyant pianist known simply as Liberace (&#8220;Lee&#8221; to his friends) is considered one of the greatest entertainers the world has ever known!! That must be why he&#8217;s got his very own holiday!! Every February 4th is LIBERACE DAY!<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"545\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19068\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Liberace-at-age-three.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<p><strong>At age three (pictured above), he was already considered a child prodigy for his amazing piano-playing skills. By the time he was 16, he playing solo at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. And, that was just the beginning, as you probably know. Later in his career, he had not one but two TV shows and performed regularly in Las Vegas for many, many years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Liberace&#039;s TV-Show: Liberace plays his &quot;Typewriter Song&quot; (1950&#039;s)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sNoC1b8nbY8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Want to know what a &#8220;typical&#8221; day was like for Liberace living and working in Vegas? Watch this video<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Liberace Music Video &amp; Entrance 1981\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dioRwB4RvrQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>What a commute!<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19062\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-02-at-5.58.52-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-02-at-5.58.52-PM.png 856w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-02-at-5.58.52-PM-640x400.png 640w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-02-at-5.58.52-PM-768x480.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\n<p><strong>I don&#8217;t know if you knew this but there used to be an AMAZING Liberace Museum in Las Vegas. Its doors opened in 1979 by &#8220;Mr. Showmanship&#8221; himself but sadly closed in 2010. If you want to get a taste of what it was like, there is a <a href=\"http:\/\/flavorwire.com\/393052\/a-virtual-tour-of-the-now-closed-liberace-museum-in-las-vegas\">virtual tour of it on <em>Flavorwire<\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19065\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Liberace-and-Elvis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Liberace-and-Elvis.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Liberace-and-Elvis-640x508.jpg 640w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Liberace-and-Elvis-768x609.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Liberace-and-Elvis-1024x813.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\n<p><strong>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/liberace-9381642\">learn more about Liberace<\/a> over at <em>Biography<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/CEjJcbaIGCXSg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B001NTZ3GS\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B00RJO998O\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=0810994526\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B00BENWMDA\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B00F88GRSS\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B0714DH7GX\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><!-- A 2x5 Grid Template Layout. 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