Ethel Merman (born Ethel Zimmerman this day in 1908) was a middle class kid from Astoria Queens who grew up studying the styles of the great singing comediennes who played the local vaudeville houses, favorites being Nora Bayes, Fanny Brice, Blossom Seeley and Sophie Tucker. After graduating high school, she worked a brief while as [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:44AM on January 16, 2012