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| Eugene Delbert Greene (June 9 1881 – April 5 1930), better known as Gene Greene was an American entertainer, singer and composer, nicknamed The Ragtime King. He was a vaudeville star and made some of the earliest sound recordings of scat singing in 1911 for Columbia Records and Victor Records and was a popular Ragtime performer. Greene was born in Aurora, Illinois and moved to Chicago as a young child. He began his professional career in the late 1890's with his future wife Blanche Werner. They performed in vaudeville first as Manjonita and Eugene and then as Greene & Werner. Greene began performing as a solo act around 1909. He toured England in 1912 and 1913 and Australia in 1913 and 1914. His pianist was on these tours was Charley Straight. Greene continued to be a popular vaudeville performer in the United States and Canada until his death backstage immediately after a vaudeville performance at the Grand Opera House in New York in 1930. Greene, Gene Greene, Gene Greene, Gene Greene, Gene Greene, Gene Greene, Gene Greene, Gene [ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Gene Greene ] Some related entries: List of major opera composers | Tricia Leigh Fisher | Jeff Hughes | Jakub Krawczyk | Carmen Lombardo | Laura Smith | Sam Phillips | Taylor Hicks | Mstislav Rostropovich | Gypsy | Bartolomé de Escobedo This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Gene Greene; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL. | Searches on eBay |
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