[78-L] Freed, also Gloria Grafton^

[Julian Vein]

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> 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
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Perhaps he thought he was Orville WRIGHT?!

      Julian Vein