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Nora Bayes
real name Rachel Eleonora Goldberg
Nora Bayes is credited on 671 releases across 185 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
671
Credits
185
Albums
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Decades active
42
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Biography
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Popular American singer, comedienne and actress of the early 20th century.
(October 3, 1880 – March 19, 1928)
Born Rachel Eleonora Goldberg, with Dora being a pet or nickname, to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, Bayes was performing professionally in vaudeville in Chicago by age 19. She toured from San Francisco, California to New York City and became a star both on the vaudeville circuit and the Broadway stage.
In 1908, she married singer-songwriter Jack Norworth. The two toured together and were credited for collaborating on a number of compositions, including the immensely popular "Shine On, Harvest Moon," which the pair debuted in Florenz Ziegfeld's Follies of 1908.
Bayes made many phonograph records (some with Norworth) for the Victor and Columbia labels. From 1924 through 1928, her accompanist was pianist Louis Alter, who later composed the popular songs "Manhattan Serenade," "Nina Never Knew" and "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?".
Bayes established her own theater, The Nora Bayes Theater, on West 44th Street in New York. She was portrayed by Ann Sheridan in the 1944 musical biopic Shine On, Harvest Moon, which focused on her relationship with Norworth, played by Dennis Morgan, and ignored her other husbands.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
671 releases · 185 albums · active 1950–2024
- Performance · 658
- Other credits · 22
Studios: Regent Sound Studios, New York City · The Village Recorder · Pottsville Studios · Abbey Road Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster
1959

Double Time
1977

Tiny Tim's 2nd Album
1969

Girl Watchers (Featuring Music To Watch Girls By)
1967

Classic Jazz Piano (1927-1957)
1988

If I Didn't Care
1964

Songs For Clem

EastEnders Sing-Along
1985

The Uncollected Artie Shaw, Vol. 1, 1938
1979

Live At The Winter Garden
1974

Singalongamemory Volume 6
1973

Unforgettable
1968

Finchley Central
1967

The Roaring Sound Of Percussive Banjos
1965

Deep Purple
1963

Naughty, Naughty, Naughty
1960

The Eddy Duchin Story
1956

16 Biggest Hits
2000

The Beau Hunks Play The Original Laurel & Hardy Music
1992

Once When I Was Very Young
1992

For Swingin' Livers Only!
1964

Autumn Nocturne
1954
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Count Basie
- The Platters
- Leon Redbone
- The Ink Spots
- "Joe ""Fingers"" Carr"
- Judy Garland
- Tiny Tim
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