b. Irene Marie Dunn, 20 Dec 1898, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, d. 4 Sept 1990, LA, California, USA. After their studies at the Chicago Musical University, Dunne attempted unsuccessfully to be an opera vocalist. Instead, her lengthy and hugely effective career started in musical comedies. She performed inside a touring organization …

b. Archibald Alexander Leach, 18 January 1904, Horfield, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Britain, d. 29 November 1986, Davenport, Iowa, USA. As a kid, Leach became a member of a troupe of itinerant entertainers and was still in his teenagers if they travelled to the united states where he battled in vaudeville while …

b. Kay Faulkner Swift, 19 Apr 1897, NEW YORK, NY, USA, d. 28 January 1993, Southington, Connecticut, USA. A composer, lyricist and article writer for Broadway, whose little but amazing catalogue of function is usually overshadowed by her close association using the composer George Gershwin. After their studies at Juilliard, …

b. 1 June 1879, Urbana, Ohio, USA, d. 13 Dec 1954, Miami, Florida, USA. Hubbell analyzed music in Chicago, Illinois, where he also led a dance music group. He worked like a pianist and arranger with music publisher Charles K. Harris and was energetic like a songwriter. Early successes included …

b. 26 Might 1884, Athens, Wisconsin, USA, d. 27 January 1969, Hand Springs, California, USA. After showing up in vaudeville as a kid person in his family members’s work, Winninger trained on the highway with various businesses prior to making his Broadway musical humor debut within the Yankee Female (1910). …