Today is the birthday of Joe E. Lewis (Joseph Klewan, 1902-1971). He started out as an old school vaudeville singer/ comedian but rapidly evolved into a nightclub entertainer (although in the 1920s such venues were illegal and known as “speakeasies”). In 1927, Lewis’s career was nearly derailed when a gangster club owner literally had  his [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:16AM on January 12, 2013