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Etting, Ruth (1896–1978)
American singer known as "the radio canary" during the golden age of network radio in the 1920s and 1930s. Born on November 23, 1896, in David City, Nebraska; died on September 24, 1978, in Colorado Springs, Colorado; only child of Winifred and Alfred Etting; educated in local schools and attended Chicago Academy of Fine Arts; married Martin "Moe" Snyder, in 1922 (divorced 1937); married Myrl Alderman, in 1938 (died 1966); children: none.
Began her singing career shortly after World War I as a chorus girl in a Chicago nightclub; went on the vaudeville circuit (1924); made her New York debut (1927); appeared for five consecutive years in The Ziegfeld Follies, where she established her reputation as a so-called "torch singer"; appeared in Broadway musical revues and short films and made her national network radio debut (1930); retired from show business after public scandal involving her ex-husband (1937), but briefly revived her career ten years later; her life formed the basis of the 1955 film Love Me or Leave Me.
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Roman Scandals (1 Jewish-American gangster (1893–1981) Martin "Moe" Snyder (December 6, 1893 – November 9, 1981),[a] commonly known as Moe the Gimp due to his lame left leg, was an American gangster from Chicago, active in the 1920s and 1930s.[2][3] Snyder was born and raised on Chicago's southwest side.[4] He was five years of age when he injured his leg in an accident.[5] Snyder left school after the fourth grade and sold papers as a newsboy. He later worked in newspaper circulation, and then moved to a job with the Metropolitan Sanitary District.[1][5] Snyder had both political and entertainment world connections.[5] He knew most of the nightclubs in Chicago and the people who performed there. He once served as a bodyguard for Al Jolson.[6] His second wife was the singer and entertainer Ruth Etting, whom he married in 1922 and whose career he aggressively promoted.[7][b] Snyder and Etting met when she was performing at the Marigold Gardens. He One of the most popular singers of the 1926-37 period, Ruth Etting (1897-1978) may not have technically been a jazz singer since she did not improvise much, but she brought a jazz sensibility and a highly appealing sound to her interpretations of the pop songs of the era. Her marriage to the gangster Martin “Moe the Gimp” Snyder initially helped her career although his erratic and often-violent behavior resulted in her retirement in 1937, not counting a brief return a decade later. The Retrospective label has reissued 51 of Etting’s finest recordings on the two-CD set Love Me Or Leave Me, about a fourth of her output. Programmed mostly in chronological order, the set does an excellent job of covering the singer’s career. Along with some rarities, her hits are here including “Love Me Or Leave Me,” “It All Depends On You,” “Shaking The Blues Away,” “You’re The Cream In My Coffee,” “Button Up Your Overcoat,” “Mean To Me,” and “Ten Cents A Dance,” and “Shine On, Harvest Moon.” Her backup musicians include guitarist Eddie Lang, pianist Rube Bl
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