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Herb Jeffries (* 24. September 1913 in Detroit als Umberto Alexander Valentino; † 25. Mai 2014 in Los Angeles [1]) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz -Musiker und Schauspieler. Mitte der 1930er Jahre ging er als erster und bislang einziger afroamerikanischer Singender Cowboy mit einer Serie musikalischer Western in die Geschichte ein.
10. Aug. 2005 · The Duke and I by Herb Jeffries released in 2005. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
28. Mai 2014 · Jeffries made a fine album of standards, Say It Isn't So, in 1957, and he recorded tribute albums to Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington and Nat "King" Cole. He often appeared in guest roles in TV series ...
26. Mai 2014 · Herb Jeffries, Pioneering Black Singing Cowboy of the Movies, Dies at 100. He starred in such films as "Harlem on the Prairie" and "The Bronze Buckaroo," then sang with the Duke Ellington ...
Herb Jeffries. Umberto Alesandro Valentino (artiestennaam Herb Jeffries) ( Detroit, 24 september 1913 – Woodland Hills (Los Angeles), 25 mei 2014) is een Amerikaanse jazz -zanger, zanger van populaire liedjes en filmacteur. Hij zong in het orkest van Duke Ellington, waar zijn vertolking van "Flamingo" een grote hit was.
23. März 2016 · It’s hard to get a handle on Jeffries's past, as it’s full of contradictions. With his passing at 100 in 2014, the full story will never be known, but it’s hard to believe that Hollywood wasn’t aware of his ethnicity. It's quite likely that all the involved parties were aware of the fraudulent claim.
Herb Jeffries. Actor, Director, Writer. Born September 24, 1913 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. This velvet-toned jazz baritone and sometime actor was (and perhaps still is) virtually unknown to white audiences. Yet, back in the late 1930s and early 1940s, Herb Jeffries was very big...in black-cast films. Today he is respected and remembered as a ...
