[78-L] Freed, also Gloria Grafton

[Taylor Bowie]

Do I recall that Arthur Freed spent a few years in Seattle and graduated 
from the old Broadway High School?

Another illustrious Broadway grad who may be known to some collectors was 
singer Gloria Grafton,  who,  sadly,  only made a few records in the 
mid-30s,  including (with Whiteman) a couple of songs she introduced in 
Billy Rose's Jumbo:  My Romance,  and Little Girl Blue.  I recently learned 
that she married bandleader Orville Knapp just a few months before he was 
killed while trying to land his small plane.

Taylor B


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Fw: Freed Bros: songwriters


> Something like that. I don't know when the family moved back to the US but 
> he
> attended Hollywood High and certainly didn't have any kind of professional
> career in Canada so none of his songs are CanCon.
>
> dl
>
> Stephen Davies wrote:
>>
>>
>>  Can anyone tell me why Ralph Freed is considered a Canadian, but his 
>> older
>>  brother Arthur isn't?  Is it a case of the family moving around, like 
>> the
>>  half-Canadian, half-American Warner Bros?
>>
>> Stephen D
>> Calgary
>>
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