Today is the birthday of the great Belle Baker (full bio here). Here she is singing “Hard-Hearted Hannah” (1924): To find out more about the history of vaudeville, consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and wherever nutty books are sold.
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:10AM on December 25, 2011