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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZGOULET, Robert(b 26 November 1933, Lawrence MA; d 30 October 2007, Los Angeles, of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis while waiting for a lung transplant) Singer. First pro job as teenager in Summer Pops concert in Canada. While doing a TV variety show in Toronto he auditioned for the new Lerner and Loewe musical Camelot, landing the plum role of Lancelot in a hit show with Richard Burton and Julie Andrews '60. He did the Ed Sullivan show; he married Carol Lawrence '63, later divorced. Camelot original cast LP was no. 1 several weeks; Goulet went on to sell a lot of albums: 17 chart LPs '62-70 included Always You and Two Of Us '62; Sincerely Yours (top ten album), The Wonderful World Of Love, In Person (live at Chicago Opera House) all '63; Manhattan Tower/The Man Who Loves Manhattan '64 (written and conducted by Gordon Jenkins), Without You and My Love Forgive Me, all '64. The last included his biggest hit single in the title track (no. 16); after that sales slowly slipped. I Wish You Love '70 was a compilation album. He returned to the stage, though, appearing in Kander & Ebb's The Happy Time '68, a Camelot revival '93 and the comedy Moon Over Buffalo '96; he was scheduled to replace Daniel Davis in Jerry Herman's musical version of La Cage aux Folles 2005. |