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Lemeul Eugene Lucas (June 24, 1900 – January 24, 1972), better known by his stage name Gene Austin, was an American singer and songwriter, one of the early "crooners". His recording of "My Blue Heaven" sold over 5 million copies and was for a while the largest selling record of all time. [1]
The song was also recorded by Walter Van Brunt (1915), Gene Austin (1928), Jane Froman for Decca (1934), Al Bowlly (1935), and Teddy Wilson. [8] Al Bowlly recorded the song along with "The Very Thought of You" for British Pathé in 1934 with Pianist Monia Litter.
Oct 15, 2020 · Austin, Gene (1900–1972). Gene Austin, singer and composer, was born Eugene Lucas on June 24, 1900, in Gainesville, Texas. He was the son of Nova Lucas and Serena Belle (Harrell) Lucas. His parents divorced, and his mother married Jim Austin, a blacksmith. Eugene took the surname of his stepfather.
Gene Austin. A soft-voiced American singer, pianist, and songwriter with a uniquely intimate style. Read Full Biography.
Jan 25, 1972 · PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Jan. 24—Gene Austin, one of the country's most popular crooners of the nineteen‐twenties, whose theme song, “My Bthe Heaven” sold more than 12 million records, died ...
Gene Austin originally did Maybe!–Who Knows?, My Bundle of Love, A Faded Summer Love, My Fate Is in Your Hands and other songs. Gene Austin wrote When My Sugar Walks Down the Street, The Lonesome Road and How Come You Do Me Like You Do.
Gene Austin was a singer, songwriter ("When My Sugar Walks Down the Street") and author, educated at Baltimore University. He served in the US Army in 1916 with the Mexican Punitive Expedition, then in World War I.
Emblematic ditty of the Coolidge Era and, along with the Democratic Party anthem, "Happy Days are Here Again" and "Crazy Words, Crazy Tune" on of the finest ...
Gene Austin was a singer, songwriter ("When My Sugar Walks Down the Street") and author, educated at Baltimore University. He served in the US Army in 1916 with the Mexican Punitive Expedition, then in World War I.
Mar 21, 2015 · Gene Austin (June 24, 1900 - January 24, 1972) was an American singer and songwriter who is considered to have been the first "crooner". Austin was born as Lemeul Eugene Lucas in Gainesville, Texas (north of Dallas), to Nova Lucas (died 1943) and the former Serena Belle Harrell (died 1956).
