Arthur Tracy papers 1883-1976, 1987-1993

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Arthur Tracy papers 1883-1976, 1987-1993

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This collection contains materials related to Arthur Tracy’s radio, stage, and film career as the Street Singer. Materials include correspondence, manuscript and sheet music, photographs, and posters. There is little personal material.

35.03 linear feet; 24 boxes

The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6318072

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Bergman, Andrew

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Tracy, Arthur, 1899-1997

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Arthur Tracy was born Abba Trascovutsky in Kamenetz-Podolsk in Moldavia on June 25, 1899. His family moved to the United States in 1906. Tracy studied at the Curtis Institute, and then graduated to vaudeville and Yiddish theaters. He toured in Blossom Time and The Student Prince. After the 1929 stock market crisis he worked in nightclubs, variety, even sang black face Mammy songs. He eventually considered his voice a "bari-tenor." William S. Paley offered Tracy a fifteen...