“Uptown Girl" is a song written and performed by American musician Billy Joel.
A light breeze blew as a nearby busker played Uptown Girl and New York State of Mind on his saxophone. Enthusiastic couples young and old walked past me with charming purpose. I silently pinched myself half a hundred times, took a cleansing breath, turned decisively and found a phantom merge lane (the only kind I’m convinced. Actor and dancer Jay Webb plays Wayne Sleep on The Crown in the series' recreation of the 'Uptown Girl' performance.
He owns a $23,000 Rolls-Royce.' That Rolls-Royce is this Rolls-Royce and was the product of the archetypal American Dream tale of a Youngstown, OH boy who worked his way up from the bottom and began chauffeuring in his early thirties. He is a patron of the arts, a gentleman of impeccable taste and. He earns nearly $90,000 a year. Zanders is a chauffeur who has a chauffeur. By way of introduction to the legend that was Roosevelt Zanders, there's no better summary than that made by Gay Talese writing in the New York Times in April 1959 'Roosevelt S. Billy Joel explained the songs origin in an interview with Howard Stern 1.
Finished in Shell Grey over Tudor Grey with green upholstery, notable features included: summer and winter thermostats (the latter to be supplied not fitted), pressurized radiator, cold weather shields to door locks, sealed beam headlamps, no button to gearlever, under seat rear heater, interior clock and air-conditioning (which was to be fitted on arrival in the U.S.). James Young was the coachbuilder, supplying coachwork with six 'lights'/windows, suggesting that in those days the likely clientele was very happy to be seen being driven in the chauffeur driven Rolls-Royce. Not surprisingly for a self made man crystallizing his dream it was a highly detailed order. At that point he realized that he could fulfill his childhood dream and ordered a custom Rolls-Royce Limousine, which naturally would enhance his business.For this reason, and the Rolls-Royce records note this, he personally ordered this car directly from the company.
Priding himself on offering the highest client service to all, standard jobs offered by his company Zanders Auto Rental Service included anything from dry cleaning pick up to completing banking for clients while some of the more bizarre stories include sending 100 pounds of shrimp to John Wayne when he was in Paris and delivering $200,000 for Onassis. Kennedy, Red Skelton, Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Danny Kaye and Aristotle Onassis. As his business swelled, Zanders' client list became a roster of high profile individuals of the day ranging from Fidel Castro to Richard Nixon and including Eleanor Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Nat King Cole, Ethel Merman, Harry S. From then onwards it was the star of his growing fleet of limousines, the only Rolls Royce for hire in Manhattan.
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When Zanders retired shortly after this in 1985 he sold his business to Elliot Cooper of Cooper's Classics. It is a list of people taught in schools as a lesson in diversity.In 1983 the car again gained a starring role this time as a prominent feature in the music video for Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl," in which Joel's soon to be wife Christie Brinkley plays the 'Uptown Girl' stepping out of the Zanders Rolls. Roosevelt Zanders is listed in the "Who's Who in America Multicultural Achievers," as a pioneer African-American businessman. In a book by Gay Talese about intriguing people of that period, it is written that Mr Zanders' "Rolls stopped traffic." Diplomats patronized him, doorman all knew him, and taxis honked at him. By 1963, Zanders had become a celebrity himself, he was written up in Ebony magazine and featured in a full page advertisement for New York Life Insurance proclaiming their insurance to be as good an investment as his Rolls-Royce.
Given the number of stars that this car carried, if it could speak it would certainly have some tales to tell. As a result today the car presents very well.The car was rebuilt with the intention of its being sold to benefit charities close to the sellers hearts, and they have generously agreed that one half of their proceeds will be distributed to charities delivering food to those in need, food banks, soup kitchens, and literacy programs, quite literally 'feeding the body and fueling the mind' to quite their mottos.Roosevelt Zanders was a unique character and a true American Dream legend ahead of his time. All invoices of the work are available. The automobile was repainted, woodwork refinished, full new leather/cloth interior and trim to the original livery scheme. The mechanics and electrics were attended to with the intention to make the car a solid dependable driver. Everything was inspected and serviced, not as needed, but in entirety.
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