Arthur Tracy papers 1883-1976, 1987-1993.

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Arthur Tracy papers 1883-1976, 1987-1993.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/213471683

This collection contains materials related to Arthur Tracy's radio, stage, and film career as the Street Singer.

35.03 linear feet (24 boxes )

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 7009586

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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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...

Bergman, Andrew.

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