Today is the birthday of Lew Leslie (actually Lessinsky, 1888-1963), known, despite his Russian extraction, as the “Black Ziegfeld“. Born in Orangeburg, NY, he got his start with a patter act in vaudeville (Belle Baker was his first wife), but after managing the Cafe de Paris in NYC, he started producing revues showcasing African American [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:17PM on April 15, 2012