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Marion Harris (born Mary Ellen Harrison; April 4, 1896 – April 23, 1944) was an American popular singer who was most successful in the late 1910s and the 1920s. She was the first widely-known white singer to sing jazz and blues songs.
Feb 3, 2011 · Charted at #1 in January 1919. Recorded July 22, 1918. Also a #2 hit for Henry Burr and Albert Campbell in October 1918, #7 for Bessie Smith in 1927, and #15...
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Marion Harris. Actress: Trouble Ahead. Marion Harris was a vaudeville and revue headliner, famed for her renditions of jazz songs. She began her recording career in 1916 performing such standards as "Look for the Silver Lining", "I Ain't Got Nobody Much", "After You've Gone" and "The Man I Love".
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Marion Harris. Actress: Trouble Ahead. Marion Harris was a vaudeville and revue headliner, famed for her renditions of jazz songs. She began her recording career in 1916 performing such standards as "Look for the Silver Lining", "I Ain't Got Nobody Much", "After You've Gone" and "The Man I Love". In 1929 she turned down an offer from Universal to substitute her voice for a film player. Instead ...
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- April 23, 1944
Dec 26, 2018 · Things didn’t end well for Marion Harris. She scored three more number one singles before relocating to London where, rumour has it, the Prince of Wales became a fan of her sets at the Café de Paris. But the home she shared with her third husband was destroyed by a German V1 rocket in 1944, triggering a “neurological disorder”.
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Marion Harris. Singer, Actress. (1896 - 1944) Marion Harris was a star of vaudeville in the 1920’s and the first white female singer to record jazz and blues, featuring a lot of material by African American composers. Among her hundreds of recordings, some of her best from 1917 through the ‘20s are “ St. Louis Blues ,” “ Beale Street ...
A very popular singer in the 1920’s, Marion Harris recorded into the 1930’s with over 130 recordings to her credit. She performed with the Isham Jones Orchestra and at the Cafe de Paris in London in the early 1930’s. Marion became a very popular vaudeville performer playing numerous engagements at the Palace in New York during the 1920’s.
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