Herb Jeffries
American singer and actor (1913-2014)
Herbert "Herb" Jeffries (Umberto Alexander Valentino; September 24, 1913 – May 25, 2014),[2][3] was an American jazz and popular singer and actor.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Umberto Alexander Valentino (some sources cite Umberto Alejandro Ballentino) |
| Born | September 24, 1913 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | May 25, 2014 (aged 100) Woodland Hills, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actor |
| Years active | 1933–1995 |
| Labels | Warner Bros. Records[1] |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". Web.archive.org. 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
- ↑ Leonard Feather. "Jeffries, Herb" profile, Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oxford UP, 1999). p. 354.
- ↑ Sarfraz Manzoor. "From Our Own Correspondent - The Black Cowboy." BBC Radio 4. First aired on 21 Mar 2013. Segment on Jeffries begins at 22:10. Accessed 22 Mar 2013.
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