[78-L] Harry James - Jewish?

[David Lennick]

Yup, Ruth was one of the unsung stars of "The Dolly Sisters", along with her sister Highonthe.

 

dl


 
> From: banjobud at cfl.rr.com
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> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:29:38 -0400
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Harry James - Jewish?
> 
> 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
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] Harry James - Jewish?
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> >
> > 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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