The Rosemary Clooney House

PLAN YOUR VISIT

HOURS OF OPERATION:
Winter Hours by appointment only, please call 502-383-9911

ADMISSION: $10.00

DIRECTIONS: Rosemary's house is located on the Ohio River in Augusta, Kentucky. The ferry from Higginsport, OH is located just a short distance from Rosemary's front steps.

From the West (Kentucky side of the Ohio River): I 275 East: Exit AA (9) Hwy South. Turn Left on KY 19 then Left on KY 8 and Right onto Main Street and Right onto Riverside Drive.

From the West (Ohio side of the Ohio River):. Go East on US 52 to Ferry Landing at Higginsport and cross the Ohio River via the Ferry ($5.00 per passenger car) and continue on Riverside Drive to 106.

From the North (Columbus area): I 71 South to I 471 West to I 275 West to Exit AA (9) Hwy. Turn Left on KY 19 then Left on KY 8 and Right onto Main Street and Right onto Riverside Drive or take US 52 directions above.

From the South (Lexington area): East on US 68 to the AA (9) Hwy to North on KY 19 then Left on KY 8 and Right onto Main Street and Right onto Riverside Drive.

From the East (Portsmouth area): US 52 West to Ripley. Go 10 miles West of Ripley and cross the Ohio River via the Ferry ($5.00 per passenger car) and continue on Riverside Drive to 106

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It takes a visit to this quaint Ohio River town to fully appreciate the charm, hospitality and peace that caused Rosemary to call it home.

ROSEMARY CLOONEY TIMELINE

5.23.1928 Born in Maysville, Kentucky
4.12.1931 Sister Betty was born
1.13.1934 Brother Nick was born
1941 Moves from Maysville to Cincinnati
2.9.1945 Little Sister Gail Stone is born
1945 Begins singing with Sister Betty at Cincinnati’s radio station WLW
1946 Clooney Sisters sing with Barney Rapp’s band at Castle Farms & Netherland Plaza
1946 Clooney Sisters go on the road with Tony Pastor’s band, Uncle George chaperones
6.5.1947 Records I’m Sorry I Didn’t Say I’m Sorry When I Made You Cry last Night
Summers of 1947 and 1948 Nick goes on the road with his sisters and the band
2.1948 Appears on Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts, also on show is Tony Bennett
3.1949 Records last time with The Clooney Sisters and Tony Pastor’s Band
5.1949 Betty returns to Cincinnati
5.24.1949 Signs contract with Columbia Records
1949 Appears on Ed Sullivan’s show
4.1950 Records Peachtree Street with Frank Sinatra
1950 Appears on Songs for Sale with Tony Bennett

1950 Appears on the radio program The Bob Hope Show
7.1950 Appears on radio’s Steppin Out with Tony Bennett
1.1951 Records Beautiful Brown Eyes
1951 Come On-A My House is released
1952 Films The Stars Are Singing, Here Come the Girls and Red Garters
1952 -1954 Records numerous radio shows with Bing Crosby
1952 Appears on Bob Hope’s television show
1952 Falls in love with dancer and co-star Dante DiPaolo
1.1953 First movie The Stars Are Singing premiere’s at Maysville’s Russell Theatre
2.23.1953 Appears on the cover of Time magazine

7.13.1953 Marries Jose Ferrer
8-12.1953 Films White Christmas which is top grossing film of 1954
1953 Little Sister Gail comes to live with Jose and Rosemary
1954 Appears in Deep In My Heart with husband Jose Ferrer
2.7.1955 Son Miguel Jose is born
1955 Mother comes to help take care of the household and children
1956 -1958 Stars in two seasons of her own variety show
1956 Daughter Maria Providencia is born
1957 Son Gabriel Vicente is born
10.13.1957 Tapes The Edsel Show with Bing, Frank, and Louis Armstrong
2.5.1958 Bing Crosby is named as Gabriel’s God-father
7-8.1958 Records Fancy Meeting You Here with Bing Crosby and Billy May
1958 Billy Strayhorn shepherds the recording of Blue Rose with Duke Ellington
10.1958 Daughter Monsita Theresa is born

3.23.1960 Son Rafael Francisco is born
1960-1962 Co-hosts a radio show with Bing Crosby that is taped in her living room
1961 Nephew George Clooney is born
1962 Files for divorce
1962 Performs for President Kennedy
1963 Reconciles with Jose
1964 Records That Travelin Two Beat with Bing Crosby
1966 Guests on an episode of the Hollywood Palace
1967 Divorces Jose Ferrer
6.1968 Witnesses the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
1968 Suffers a nervous breakdown and spends time in psychiatric ward
1973 Reconnects with Dante DiPaolo at a redlight on Little Santa Monica Boulevard
8.1976 Sister Betty dies from a brain aneurysm
1976 Invited to join Bing Crosby on his 50th anniversary tour
1977 Signs with Concord Records - releases first of 25 records for the label
1977 Pens her first autobiography This for Remembrance

10.14.1977 Her dear friend Bing Crosby dies of a heart attack on a golf course in Spain
1977-1989 Performs in variations of the show “4 Girls 4”
1980 Purchases the Riverside Drive home in Augusta (it was built circa 1830)
1980 First grandchild Jordan Ferrer is born
80s Serves as spokesperson for Coronet paper products “extra value is what you get...”
1982 CBS Movie based on her book airs starring Sandra Locke and Tony Orlando
1984 the first of her annual appearances at Rockefeller Center’s Rainbow & Stars
1984 First Singers Salute to Songwriters to benefit the Betty Clooney Foundation
1987 Rosemary acts in tv movie Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies

11.23.1987 Performs for 2nd time in Royal Variety Performance for Queen Elizabeth
5.1988 Celebrates her 60th birthday at Nick’s party house in Augusta
1991 Appears at Carnegie Hall for the first time
1.26.1992 Jose Ferrer dies
1993 performs for President and Mrs. Clinton at the Whitehouse
11.1994 Rides Macy’s Day Parade on AMC’s “White Christmas” float w/ brother Nick
1996 is nominated for an Emmy for guest appearance with nephew George on ER

11.7.1997 Marries long-time love Dante DiPaolo at St. Patrick’s in Maysville
1999 Publishes second autobiography entitled Girl Singer
9.1999 Performs at the First Annual Rosemary Clooney Music Festival in Maysville
10.1999 Opens Michael Feinstein’s new cabaret in NYC
12.1.1999 Sings at lighting of tree in NYC shares stage w/ Miss America Heather French
9.15.2001 4 days after 9/11 does concert in Evansville, sings God Bless America

11.16.2001 Performs with Honolulu Symphony, concert will be her last recording
12.15.2001 Performs last concert at Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ
1.11.2002 Has lung cancer surgery at Mayo Clinic
2.27.2002 Awarded Grammy’s Lifetime Achievement Award
5.2002 Released from the hospital and returns to 1019 Roxbury Drive
6.2002 Is told cancer has returned
6.29.2002 Is called home to heaven
7.5.2002 Is laid to rest near her family in St. Patrick’s cemetery in Maysville, KY
10.1.2005 The Rosemary Clooney House holds its Grand Opening

For more information about Rosemary, please visit The Rosemary Clooney Palladium website where you'll find a complete discography, numerous articles, photos, concert recaps, tributes and much more