Today is the birthday of Tess Gardella (see earlier post here). Here she is in her Aunt Jemima guise singing “Can’t Stop Lovin’ Dat Man” from Showboat. The recording is from 1928: To find out more about the history of vaudeville, consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, available at Amazon, [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:53AM on December 19, 2011