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American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer (born July 28, 1901 in Island Pond, Vermont, USA - died July 3, 1986, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA). Vallée grew up in Westbrook, Maine, where he studied the piano and later played drums in his high-school band. Between 1921 and 1922, he attended the University of Maine, then ...
Rudy Vallée (1901-1986, born Hubert Prior Vallée) was a popular saxophonist, singer and bandleader in the first half of the 20th century. First of the genre of singers known as "crooners", Vallée attended Yale University, graduating in 1929. He named himself "Rudy" after the influential saxophonist Rudy Wiedoeft, and after graduation he ...
Jun 26, 2021 · Watch Rudy Vallee perform the classic song "Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay" on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1949. A nostalgic and entertaining musical moment.
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And within ten months the name Rudy Vallée was known in every American family that owned even a crystal set. The tremendous response to Vallée’s radio shows led to standing-room-only theatre performances and cross-country tours, and these public appearances, which often resembled the mob scene in Ben Hur , brought him to Hollywood in 1929 ...
Statement on the Death of Rudy Vallee. July 04, 1986. Rudy Vallee was an American institution. A talented and creative pioneer in music, he delighted us all with his trademark raccoon coat and megaphone. His presence on the American music scene will always be remembered, and no one who saw Rudy on stage will ever forget the special magic he ...
Jan 19, 2021 · Rudy Vallee was an American singer, composer, musician, actor and radio host. He was one of the first teen idols, the first to sing into a PA, the first to use a theremin and an electric banjo in a dance band, and one of the first to admit to using recording equipment in his daily music practice.
Rudy Vallee was born Hubert Prior Vallée, July 28, 1901, at Island Pond, Vermont. His family moved to Westport, Maine, where he grew up. His earliest ambition was to play the saxophone in a band. He was a pupil of Rudy Wiedoeft, whom he admired so much that his friends began calling him “Rudy.”
