Ed Ames

Ames was born in Malden, Massachusetts, on July 9, 1927, to Jewish parents Sarah (Zaslavskaya) and David Urick, a.k.a. Eurich, who had emigrated from Ukraine. He was the youngest of nine children, five boys and four girls. Ames grew up in a poor household. He attended the Boston Latin School and was educated in classical and opera music, as well as literature. While still in high school, the brothers formed a quartet and often won competitions around the Boston area. Three of the brothers later formed the Amory Brothers quartet and went to New York City, where they were hired by bandleader Art Mooney. Playwright Abe Burrows helped the brothers along the way, suggesting the siblings change their group's name to the Ames Brothers. The Ames Brothers were first signed on with Decca Records in 1947, but because of the Musician Union's ban in 1948, a holdover from the 1942–1944 musicians' strike, Decca released only three singles by the brothers, and one backing Russ Morgan. As the ban was ending, they signed with Coral Records, a subsidiary of Decca. They had their first major hit in the 1950s with the double-sided "Rag Mop" and "Sentimental Me". The brothers later joined RCA Victor records and continued to have success throughout the 1950s with many hits like "It Only Hurts For a Little While", "You, You, You", and "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane". The brothers made regular appearances on network television variety programs, and in 1955 briefly had a 15-minute show of their own. ==Acting career==

television series, Daniel Boone In the early 1960s, the Ames Brothers disbanded, and Ed Ames, pursuing a career in acting, studied at the Herbert Berghof School. Talent scouts at 20th Century Fox saw Ames in the production and invited him to play the Cherokee tribesman, Mingo on the NBC television series Daniel Boone, Summer stock Later in his career, Ames became a fixture on the Kenley Players circuit, headlining in Shenandoah (1976, 1979, 1986), Fiddler on the Roof (1977), South Pacific (1980), Camelot (1981), and Man of La Mancha (1984). ==Singing career==

Ames recorded under the name "Eddie Ames" while still with the Ames Brothers, releasing the single "The Bean Song (Which Way to Boston?)" in January, 1957. Ames returned to singing as a solo artist in 1965. Ames is known for his baritone voice. He released his first RCA Victor chart single, "Try to Remember". ==Personal life and death==

Ed Ames married Sarita (Sara) Cacheiro in 1947 and they had three children, Sonya, Ronald, and Linda (known as Marcila, who died in 2007). The couple divorced on October 5, 1973 in Santa Monica, California. Ames married Jeanne Arnold Saviano in 1998; the marriage lasted until his death in 2023. While maintaining his career, Ames attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received a bachelor's degree in theater and cinema arts in 1975. At the age of 77, Ames stated: "I am a secular Jew, but I feel strongly about Israel and the Jewish communities of Europe". While appearing in Daniel Boone, Ames maintained homes in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles and Teaneck, New Jersey. From 1968 until 1987, he owned a percentage of the Phoenix Suns basketball team. Ames died of Alzheimer's disease at his Beverly Hills, California home on May 21, 2023, at the age of 95. He is buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary in Westwood, California. ==Discography==