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Rudy Vallee. American vocalist Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) was among the most popular musical performers of the era between World Wars I and II. He is regarded as the first singer to cultivate the amplification-assisted vocal style known as crooning. Vallee was a pioneer in other respects as well. Quick to realize the potential of radio as it grew ...
Nov 8, 2008 · Tracklisting: 1 Sweet Music / 2 Rain / 3 Honey / 4 Vieni, Vieni / 5 Deep Night / 6 Little Kiss Each Morning, A Little Kiss Each Night / 7 S'posin' / 8 As Time Goes By / 9 If I Had a Girl Like You / 10 Sweetheart of All My Dreams / 11 Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries / 12 That's When I Learned to Love You / 13 Main Stein Song (Aka the Stein Song) / 14 Whiffenpoof Song / 15 There's a Tavern in ...
Vallée died of cancer at his home on July 3, 1986. He is interred in St. Hyacinth's Cemetery in Westbrook, Maine. Source: Wikipedia. Rudy Vallée (July 28, 1901 – July 3, 1986) was an American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer.Early life Rudy Vallée was born Hubert Prior Vallée in Island Pond, Vermont, the son of Charles...
Vallee was the first crooner on record. His revolutionary phrasing inspired the styling of Big Crosby and later Frank Sinatra. Jolson and Vallee were both headliners in the early 1930’s but are barely a footnote today. Al Jolson (1928) “Sonny Boy” Rudy Vallee and His Pennsylvanians (1929) A: “Perhaps”
An enormously popular singer and bandleader in the 1920s and 1930s, Rudy Vallee went on to have a successful acting career that continued long after his days as a crooner had passed. Vallee began his career as a clarinetist and saxophone player, instruments that would later influence his vocal style. After becoming a singing sensation and host ...