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May 3, 2025

Liberace: Punk Rocker?

Happy 2025 everybody! Recently, I came across this funny (and perhaps apocryphal) newspaper article from the Staffordshire Evening Sentinel which details Liberace’s visit to a punk clothing shop in London on May 21st, 1983. While the article doesn’t specify which punk clothing shop Liberace may have visited, my friend and punk history blogger The Hotter Continue reading

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February 1, 2024

Liberace, George, and Chicago’s Famous Palmer House

Hi everyone and welcome to Beyond the Candelabra! For my maiden post, I wanted to share a set of 10, fan-snapped candid photos from my collection which feature Liberace and his brother George backstage at Chicago’s famous Palmer House hotel in 1957. Liberace enjoyed a long association with the Palmer House dating back to 1947 Continue reading

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This blog is dedicated to taking a retrospective look at the life, career, and legacy of Władziu Valentino Liberace.

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1950s

Liberace: Punk Rocker?

Liberace, George, and Chicago’s Famous Palmer House