Tucker, Sophie
1884 - Born on January 13th in New York, New York. American singer whose 62-year stage career included American burlesque, vaudeville, and nightclub and English music hall appearances.
1906 - She changed her name to Sophie Tucker and landed a few singing jobs.
- Her actual professional career began when, after a successful amateur appearance, she opened in a blackface routine at the old Music Hall in New York City.
1909 - She appeared with the Ziegfeld Follies.Tucker traveled the vaudeville circuits from coast to coast for more than 20 years and also made occasional appearances in England, where she gained a substantial following.
1911 - She first sang “Some of These Days,” which became her trademark.
1914 - Tucker's first appearance at the Palace Theater in New York City, which was considered the summit of success in vaudeville, came in August.
1920 - For a time she operated her own New York club, Sophie Tucker's Playground.
1928 - At the Palace, that she was first billed as “The Last of the Red-Hot Mamas”.
1930-1944 - Tucker turned to nightclubs, while many of the other old vaudevillians either attempted the movies or slid into oblivion.
- She did make several films, including Honky Tonk, Broadway Melody of 1937, and Follow the Boys; but she preferred live audiences, and she played to them with great success for more than 30 years.
1966 - Died on February 9th in New York, New York.
1906 - She changed her name to Sophie Tucker and landed a few singing jobs.
- Her actual professional career began when, after a successful amateur appearance, she opened in a blackface routine at the old Music Hall in New York City.
1909 - She appeared with the Ziegfeld Follies.Tucker traveled the vaudeville circuits from coast to coast for more than 20 years and also made occasional appearances in England, where she gained a substantial following.
1911 - She first sang “Some of These Days,” which became her trademark.
1914 - Tucker's first appearance at the Palace Theater in New York City, which was considered the summit of success in vaudeville, came in August.
1920 - For a time she operated her own New York club, Sophie Tucker's Playground.
1928 - At the Palace, that she was first billed as “The Last of the Red-Hot Mamas”.
1930-1944 - Tucker turned to nightclubs, while many of the other old vaudevillians either attempted the movies or slid into oblivion.
- She did make several films, including Honky Tonk, Broadway Melody of 1937, and Follow the Boys; but she preferred live audiences, and she played to them with great success for more than 30 years.
1966 - Died on February 9th in New York, New York.
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