[78-L] Harry James - Jewish?

[Banjo Bud]

I once had a red label Columbia offering by Harry James and his band which 
contained a vocal chorus by one Ruth Haag.  I once heard that this was 
actually Betty Grable.  IIRC the title was "I Can't Begin To Tell You."

Bud

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From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 9:47 AM
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Harry James - Jewish?

>
> Harry James' parents were named Everette and Maybelle. Harry's middle name 
> was Haag, which was the name of a circus show where James' parents worked; 
> Everette as a bandmaster and Maybelle as a trapeze artist. Nothing is said 
> in Peter Levinson's book about James' heritage, but as a small boy he was 
> enrolled in Catholic school in Beaumont, Texas, so that kind of rules 
> Judaism out...
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:41:47 +0100
>> From: julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Harry James - Jewish?
>>
>> David Lennick wrote:
>> > Helen Forrest was Jewish. Ziggy Elman was Jewish (no kidding!). Benny 
>> > Goodman was Jewish. I've heard it claimed that Woody Herman was Jewish. 
>> > Harry James..no way, although he absorbed the Klezmer idiom nicely.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > dl
>> ============
>> So did Charlie Shavers!
>>
>>       Julian Vein
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