A report on Ruth Etting
American singer and actress of the 1920s and 1930s, who had over 60 hit recordings and worked in stage, radio, and film.
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Love Me or Leave Me (film)
4 linksLove Me or Leave Me is a 1955 American biographical romantic musical drama film recounting the life story of Ruth Etting, a singer who rose from dancer to movie star.
Ten Cents a Dance
3 linksPopular song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart.
Popular song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart.
She was replaced by Ruth Etting in the show, and Etting popularized the song as well in a Columbia recording made in 1930.
Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson and Kahn song)
2 linksPopular song written in 1928 by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn.
Popular song written in 1928 by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn.
Ruth Etting's performance of the song was so popular that she was also given the song to sing in the play Simple Simon, which opened in February 1930.
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
1 linksAmerican Broadway impresario, notable for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies (1907–1931), inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris.
American Broadway impresario, notable for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies (1907–1931), inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris.
Included among these are Nora Bayes, Fanny Brice, Ruth Etting, W. C. Fields, Eddie Cantor, Marilyn Miller, Will Rogers, Bert Williams and Ann Pennington.
Martin Snyder
1 linksAmerican gangster from Chicago, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
American gangster from Chicago, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
His second wife was the singer and entertainer Ruth Etting, whom he married in 1922 and whose career he aggressively promoted.
Irving Berlin
1 linksAmerican composer, songwriter and lyricist.
American composer, songwriter and lyricist.
Berlin's songs have reached the top of the charts 25 times and have been extensively re-recorded by numerous singers including The Andrews Sisters, Perry Como, Eddie Fisher, Al Jolson, Fred Astaire, Ethel Merman, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Elvis Presley, Judy Garland, Tiny Tim, Barbra Streisand, Linda Ronstadt, Rosemary Clooney, Cher, Diana Ross, Bing Crosby, Sarah Vaughan, Ruth Etting, Fanny Brice, Marilyn Miller, Rudy Vallée, Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, Doris Day, Jerry Garcia, Taco, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Ella Fitzgerald, Michael Buble, Lady Gaga, and Christina Aguilera.
Whoopee!
1 links1928 musical comedy with a book based on Owen Davis's play, The Nervous Wreck. The musical libretto was written by William Anthony McGuire, with music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Gus Kahn.
1928 musical comedy with a book based on Owen Davis's play, The Nervous Wreck. The musical libretto was written by William Anthony McGuire, with music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Gus Kahn.
The musical premiered on Broadway in 1928, starring Eddie Cantor, and introduced the hit song "Love Me or Leave Me", sung by Ruth Etting.
Simple Simon (musical)
1 linksBroadway musical with book by Guy Bolton, and Ed Wynn, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, music by Richard Rodgers, produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., and starring Ed Wynn.
Broadway musical with book by Guy Bolton, and Ed Wynn, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, music by Richard Rodgers, produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., and starring Ed Wynn.
The song "Ten Cents a Dance" was introduced by Ruth Etting in this show.
Doris Day
1 linksAmerican actress, singer, and animal welfare activist.
American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist.
Her dramatic star turn as singer Ruth Etting in Love Me or Leave Me (1955), with top billing above James Cagney, received critical and commercial success, becoming Day's biggest hit thus far.
Shine On, Harvest Moon
0 linksPopular early-1900s song credited to the married vaudeville team Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.
Popular early-1900s song credited to the married vaudeville team Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.
1931 – Ruth Etting revived the song in the Ziegfeld Follies