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July 28, 1933
- According to George P. Oslin, Vallée on July 28, 1933, was the recipient of the first singing telegram.
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In 1944, he was placed on the inactive list and returned to radio. [16] According to George P. Oslin, Vallée on July 28, 1933, was the recipient of the first singing telegram. A fan telegraphed birthday greetings, and Oslin had the operator sing " Happy Birthday to You ".
Western Union, the American telegraph company, began offering singing telegram services in 1933. That July 28, a fan sent Hollywood singing star Rudy Vallee a birthday greeting by telegram.
Feb 10, 1983 · On July 28, 1933, a Western Union operator named Lucille Lipps sang ''Happy Birthday'' to Rudy Vallee. Mr. Vallee later recalled the episode as ''a phony stunt by the publicity people,''...
1933-07-28 1st singing telegram delivered (to Rudy Vallée), NYC; 1961-10-14 Frank Loesser's musical "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", starring Robert Morse and Rudy Vallée, opens at 46th Street Theatre, NYC; runs for 1415 performances, winning 7 Tony Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize
Jun 13, 2016 · Singing telegrams are often given as a gift. Western Union, the American telegraph company began offering singing telegram services in 1933. On July 28, 1933, a fan sent Hollywood singing star Rudy Vallee a birthday greeting by telegram.
Apr 12, 2024 · July 3, 1986, North Hollywood, California (aged 84) Rudy Vallee (born July 28, 1901, Island Pond, Vermont, U.S.—died July 3, 1986, North Hollywood, California) was one of the most-popular American singers of the 1920s and ’30s and a film and stage star in the decades that followed. His collegiate style as a singing bandleader made him known ...
Oct 24, 2022 · The story goes that a fan sent Hollywood singing star Rudy Vallee a birthday telegram. Sensing that this could be just the thing to turn telegrams from omens to a joy, PR director George Oslin asked operator Lucille Lipps to sing the message over telephone to the star. Thus began singing telegrams!
