Reminiscences of Harry Ruby : oral history, 1959.

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Reminiscences of Harry Ruby : oral history, 1959.

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Childhood in New York; work for Gus Edwards Music Company as a "song plugger"; influences of the invention of the radio on song writing; working on vaudeville; songwriting with Bert Kalmar; working with Marx Brothers, Amos and Andy; feelings about rock and roll; first impressions of Hollywood.

Transcript: 39 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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