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- Herb Jeffries was the Bronze Buckaroo, star of five all-Black-cast singing-cowboy movies in the 1930s and ’40s. His sweet, rich baritone fronted Duke Ellington’s orchestra in the 1941 megahit “Flamingo” and countless other tunes and set women’s hearts a-fluttering.
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May 30, 2014 · Jeffries—a heroic figure in the films—became a hero in real life for his film work, and earned the handle “The Bronze Buckaroo.” His groundbreaking films are sought even today by collectors and movie historians.
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In 1995, at age 81, he recorded The Bronze Buckaroo (Rides Again), a Nashville album of songs on the Warner Western label. Film career. Touring the Deep South with Hines, Jeffries was struck by the realities of segregation, as the Orchestra's playing was restricted to tobacco warehouses and black-only movie theatres.
A Brief History of Herb Jeffries (The Bronze Buckaroo) by Herb Jeffries released in 1995. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more...
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- Warner Western-PRO-CD-7621
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- 1995
May 26, 2014 · A six-foot-seven cool drink of water with large, handsome features and a suave baritone, Jeffrey rode the range as the star of four B-minus Western musicals from 1937 to 1939: Harlem on the...
The Bronze Buckaroo is a 1939 American Western race film directed by Richard C. Kahn. [1] The Bronze Buckaroo stars Black cowboy singer Herb Jeffries, [2] [3] here billed as Herbert Jeffrey. [4] Plot. Cowboy Bob Blake receives a letter from his friend Joe Jackson, asking for help.
Nov 11, 2014 · Herb Jeffries, baritone jazz balladeer and first black singing cowboy in the movies, was born Umberto Alexander Valentino on September 24, 1913 in Detroit, Michigan, to a mixed-race father and an Irish-born mother. His mother operated a boarding house and raised her son alone.
