Ruth Etting (November 23 1896 – September 24 1978) was an American singing star of the 1930s, who had over sixty hit recordings.
Her signature tunes were "Shine On Harvest Moon", "Ten Cents a Dance" and "Love Me or Leave Me", and her other popular recordings included "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Mean to Me", and "Shaking the Blues Away".
Born in David City, Nebraska, she left home at age seventeen to attend art school in Chicago. Her job designing costumes at the Marigold Gardens nightclub led to employment singing and dancing in the chorus there.
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All Music Guide: Ruth Etting - Includes biography, discography, and reviews.
Great Song Stylists: Ruth Etting - Short biography and several full-length songs, available in MP3 format.
Jazz Age Sweetheart Ruth Etting - Brief biography.
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NLAQ: Chicago's Sweetheart and L.A.'s Little Lady - Biography of Ruth Etting's life from the Nebraska Library Quarterly.
Remembering Ruth Etting - Some unusual images of the Sweetheart of Columbia Records.
Ruth Etting : America's Sweetheart of Song - Rising to fame in the twenties and early thirties, torch singer Ruth Etting starred on Broadway, made movies in Hollywood, had number-one-hit-records, and was known as America's Sweetheart of Song.
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The Jazz Age: Ruth Etting - Image gallery with movie posters, sheet music, and publicity photos.
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University of Nebraska's Ruth Etting Display - Rare photos from her childhood and early career in Chicago, New York, and Hollywood.
Wikipedia: Ruth Etting - Biography with links to her major projects.
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