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- Category: Recording
- Star rank: 1766
- Address:
6745 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing west
- GPS location:
34.101678, -118.337232
Rod McKuen
Biography
Rod McKuen
Source: Wikipedia
Rod McKuen is an American poet, songwriter, composer, and singer. He was one of the best-selling poets in the United States during the late 1960s. Throughout his career, McKuen produced a wide range of recordings, which included popular music, spoken word poetry, film soundtracks, and classical music. He earned two Oscar nominations and one Pulitzer nomination for his serious music compositions. McKuen’s translations and adaptations of the songs of Jacques Brel were instrumental in bringing the Belgian songwriter to prominence in the English-speaking world. His poetry dealt with themes of love, the natural world, and spirituality, and his thirty books of poetry sold millions of copies.
Fact file
- Birth name: Rodney Marvin McKuen
- Born: April 29, 1933 (age 79)
- Origin: Oakland, California
- Occupations: Singer-songwriter, Musician, Poet
- Instruments: vocals, piano
- Years active: 1959–1983
- Associated acts: Jacques Brel
- Website: http://www.mckuen.com
Read more about Rod McKuen at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
Hollywood Blvd, north side, between Las Palmas and McCadden
- Go west and cross McCadden
- Go east and cross Las Palmas
- Cross to the south side of Hollwood near McCadden
- Cross to the south side of Hollwood near Las Palmas
Nearby you will also find Shari Lewis, Dick Powell, Walt Disney, Gary Owens, and many others.