John Steel

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1.) John Steel was an American vocalist who found his biggest success in the 1920s. Described by musicologist Allan Sutton as a “working man’s John McCormack,” Steel was signed to the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1919, the same year he starred in “The Ziegfeld Follies of 1919.” An Actors Equity strike that year brought Steel into the headlines when, although siding with strikers, he was legally forced to perform. Steel went on to star in “The Ziegfeld Follies of 1920” and released a series of hit records, including “The Girls of My Dreams,” “The Love Nest” and “A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody.” In 1922 and 1923, he headlined Broadway’s “Music Box Revue” before settling on the West Coast and playing in such venues as the “Orpheum Theater” chains. He returned to New York to play at “The Hippodrome” during the winters of 1924-1928. His career went into decline in the 1930s with Steel performing at dinner clubs and in small variety shows by decade’s end. He died in 1971, in New York City. 2. ) John Steel (born 4 February 1941, Gateshead, England) was the original drummer of the band, The Animals. Steel went to the Gateshead Grammar School. He met the future lead singer of The Animals, Eric Burdon, while they were studying together at the Newcastle College of Art and Industrial Design. Originally a trumpeter, he and Burdon formed a jazz group in January 1957 called The Pagan Jazzmen. They soon switched instruments and embraced the new rock 'n' roll explosion, when they

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John Steel Popular 1920's Ziegfeld Follies Songs (Recorded 1919-1923)

Freedom

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Distorted Reality

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Broadway

Everything or Nothing

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Ziegfeld Follies of 1919

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Nipper's Greatest Hits: 1901-1920

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Broadway: The American Musical

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Victor-18676

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Hits Of The 1920S, Vol. 1 (1920): Whispering

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Memories of Old Broadway

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San Francisco Nights

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