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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.

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671

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185

Albums

8

Decades active

42

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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.

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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

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