What is Liberace?
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Liberace | image = Liberace 8 Allan Warren.jpg | caption = Liberace in 1968 | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Władziu Valentino Liberace | alias = Walter Busterkeys<br />Walter Liberace<br />Lee<br />The Glitter Man<br />Mr. Showmanship<br />The King of Bling | birth_date = {{birth date|1919|5|16}} | birth_place = [[West Allis, Wisconsin]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1987|2|4|1919|5|16}} | death_place = [[Palm Springs, California]], U.S. | origin = | genre = [[Easy listening]] | instrument = [[Piano]], [[Singing|vocals]] | occupation = Pianist, entertainer, actor | years_active = 1936–1986 | label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] (US)<br />[[Dot Records|Dot]] (US) | associated_acts = [[George Liberace]], [[Ignacy Jan Paderewski]] }} '''Władziu (or Vladziu) Valentino Liberace''' (May 16, 1919 &ndash; February 4, 1987), best known as '''Liberace''', was an [[Americans|American]] [[pianist]]<ref>''88 notes pour piano solo'', [[Jean-Pierre Thiollet]], Neva Editions, 2015, p. 163. {{ISBN|978-2-3505-5192-0}}</ref> and [[vocalist]] of [[Polish American|Polish]]-[[Italian American|Italian]] origin. Liberace's career lasted four decades. It included [[concert]]s, recordings, movies, television and [[endorsement]]s. During the 1950s–1970s he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world.<ref>Barker, 2009, p. 367.</ref> He lived a life of [[flamboyant]] excess both on and off the stage. == Records == The success of Liberace's [[syndicated]] [[television program]] made him a popular recording artist. From 1947-51, he released 10 [[album]]s. By 1954, it jumped to nearly 70.<ref name=pyron157>Pyron, 2000, p. 157.</ref> He released several recordings through [[Columbia Records]], including ''Liberace by Candlelight''. He sold over 400,0