Sylvia Froos

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Sylvia Froos (April 19, 1914, New York City, USA - March 28, 2004, New York, USA) was an American actress and vaudeville singer. Throughout the 1920s, vaudeville child star Sylvia Froos was billed as "Baby Sylvia." In 1927 she appeared in two talking films six months before The Jazz Singer (1927) - often referred to as the "first talking picture." Froos began her professional career in Baltimore in 1920 at the age of seven, and soon became a successful Vaudeville singer. Before her, there were no other family members in show business. Her devoted mother traveled the vaudeville circuit with Baby Sylvia. In her teen years, she became known as "The Little Princess of Song," and under that billing made two all-talking short subjects for the Vitaphone Corporation that were released in April 1927 - a half year before the premiere of The Jazz Singer (1927). Her career blossomed in the 1930s when she had her own radio program on NBC. During that period, Froos began appearing as a featured vocalist on other shows with the likes of Al Jolson, Fred Allen, Paul Whiteman, Johnny Green, Harry Richman, as well as many other big name artists of the time. In about 1930, she also began making phonograph records for the Crown and Victor record companies. Among the songs she recorded were "Penthouse Serenade," "You Didn't Know the Music" and "Who's Your Little Who-Zis!" In 1933, Froos appeared -- and received higher billing than Shirley Temple -- in "Fox Follies," which was eventually released

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The First Torch Singers, Vol. 2: 1930 - 1934

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Greta Garbo - Women of the Old Hollywood Jazz Era

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Top 20 Classics - The Very Best of Sylvia Froos

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60 Songs of Shirley Temple's Films (1934-1940 Original Versions)

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HMV B 4163 Mx 40 4745

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Sylvia Froos Collection 1930-1932

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More Folk Songs By Allan Sherman And His Friends

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Manhattan Serenades

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Flappers & Cabaret Jazz

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Vintage Music: Original Classics from the 1920s and 1930s

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Flappers Cabaret Jazz

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