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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 · Herb Jeffries was born Herbert Jeffrey in Detroit, Michigan in 1913. His father, Umberto Balentino, was a pianist of African-American and Sicilian descent. Jeffries’s mother was of Irish descent. And somewhere in his heritage, there are said to be links to Ethiopian and French Canadian forebears.
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movies. Remembering “Bronze Buckaroo” Herb Jeffries, the First Star of Black Western Musicals. 4 minute read. By Richard Corliss. May 26, 2014 7:17 PM EDT. A mong Western stars of the late...
A Brief History of Herb Jeffries (The Bronze Buckaroo) by Herb Jeffries released in 1995. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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.
Playing a singing cowboy in low-budget films, Jeffries became known as the "Bronze Buckaroo" by his fans. In a time of American racial segregation, such "race movies" played mostly in theaters catering to African-American audiences. The films include Harlem on the Prairie, The Bronze Buckaroo, Harlem Rides the Range and Two-Gun Man from Harlem.
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.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1995 CD release of "A Brief History Of Herb Jeffries (The Bronze Buckaroo)" on Discogs.
