Nora Bayes

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Nora Bayes (3 October 1880 - 19 March 1928) was a popular United States entertainer of the early 20th century. Born Rachel Eleonora Goldberg to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, Bayes was performing professionally in vaudeville in Chicago by age 19. She toured from San Francisco, California to New York City and became a star both on vaudeville and Broadway. She was an accomplished singer, comedian and actor. In 1908, she married singer/songwriter Jack Norworth. The two toured together and were credited for collaborating on a number of tunes, including their huge hit Shine On, Harvest Moon, which the pair debuted in Florenz Ziegfeld's Follies of 1908. Bayes made many phonograph records, some with Norworth, for the Victor Talking Machine Company and Columbia Records. From 1924 through 1928, her accompanist was pianist Louis Alter, who later was the songwriter of such tunes as "Manhattan Serenade," "Nina Never Knew" and "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" In 1928, Nora Bayes contracted cancer and died during surgery. She was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York. On April 11, 2006, under the terms of the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, Nora Bayes was added to the National Recording Registry with the following citation: "Over There," Nora Bayes (1917) - Inextricably associated in popular imagination with World War I, Nora Bayes’ recording introduced George M. Cohan’s song and became an international hit. Cohan had specifically r

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The Music of World War I

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The age of Steam Vol 4 (Nora Bayes)

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Pop Music: The Early Years 1890-1950

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50 #1 Hits Of The '20s & '30s

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Pop Music: The Early Years 1890-1950 [Disc 1]

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The Music and Poetry of World War I

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Top Hits Of The Roaring '20s

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Ziegfeld Follies

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Songs Of World War I

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Nipper's Greatest Hits: 1901-1920

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