Paul Whiteman

Paul Whiteman

male, deceased (1967)
Dixieland jazz musician, Vaudeville performer, Radio personality, Columbia Records, VictorTalkingMachineCompany, Victor Records
Paul Whiteman (March 28, 1890 - December 29, 1967) was a popular white American orchestral leader. He was born in Denver, Colorado. After a start...

Eldridge R. Johnson

male
grammy award, Eldridge Reeves Johnson, Grammy, phonograph, Zonophone, phonographs…Consolidated Talking Machine Company, VictorTalkingMachineCompany
Eldridge Reeves Johnson (February 6, 1867 in Wilmington, Delaware - November 15, 1945 in Moorestown, New Jersey) co-created the Victor Talking...
Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Rachmaninoff

male, deceased (1943)
Russian-American, Romantic music, Classical composer, Classical pianist, rachmaninov, Russian…VictorTalkingMachineCompany
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff ("Sergej Vasilevič Rakhmaninov", 1 April, 1873 (N.S.) or 20 March 1873 (O.S.) - 28 March 1943) was a Russian c...
John McCormack

John McCormack

male, deceased (1945)
buried at Deans Grange Cemetery, athlone, Irish-American, singer, naturalized citizen of the United States, Tenor…VictorTalkingMachineCompany
John McCormack (14 June, 1884 - 16 September, 1945), was a world-famous Irish tenor in the fields of opera and popular music, and renowned for his...
Eck Robertson

Eck Robertson

male, deceased (1975)
country musician, country music, Old-time musician, old-time music, fiddler, American…VictorTalkingMachineCompany, Machine Company, Victor Record and Radio, Tolzien Music Company
Alexander "Eck" Robertson (November 20, 1886-February 17, 1975) was an American fiddle player. In 1922, he became the first fiddler and first...
James Reese Europe

James Reese Europe

male, deceased (1919)
American military, World War I, arranger, Bandleader, jazz musician, Irene Castle…VictorTalkingMachineCompany
James Reese Europe was born in Mobile, Alabama, on February 22, 1881. Both of his parents were musicians, and when Europe was about ten, his...
Nora Bayes

Nora Bayes

female, deceased (1928)
From Joliet, Illinois, vaudeville, Vaudeville performer, comedian, Jewish, Jewish American…VictorTalkingMachineCompany
Nora Bayes (1880 - 19 June 1928) was a popular United States entertainer of the early 20th century. Born Leonora Goldberg to a Jewish family in...
Nathaniel Shilkret

Nathaniel Shilkret

male
The Lonesome Road, American, Cinema of the United States, winterset, rca records, CBS Radio Network…RCA Victor, VictorTalkingMachineCompany
Nathaniel Shilkret (b. 25 December, 1895 - d. 18 February, 1982) (some sources give 1889-1992) in New York, to an Austrian-Jewish immigrant family...
Freddie Keppard

Freddie Keppard

male, deceased (1933)
not yet known as "jazz", Origin of the word jazz, Dixieland jazz musician, Vaudeville performer, Chicago musician, New Orleans jazz musician…VictorTalkingMachineCompany
Freddie Keppard (sometimes rendered as Freddy Keppard) (February 27, 1890 - July 15, 1933) was an early jazz cornetist. Keppard was born in the...
Amelita Galli-Curci

Amelita Galli-Curci

female, deceased (1963)
grandmother, Trani, Accompanist, Tenor, Hollywood Walk of Fame, metropolitan opera…VictorTalkingMachineCompany, Chicago Opera Company
Amelita Galli-Curci (18 November, 1882 - 26 November, 1963) was an operatic coloratura soprano, one of the best regarded of the early 20th century....