NUDIE THE RODEO TAILOR
(1902–1984)
NUDIE THE RODEO TAILOR (aka Nudie Cohn/Cohen, b.Nutya Kotlyrenko, Kiev, Ukraine, December 15, 1902–May 9, 1984) Although not a performer, Nudie suited up Nashville stars in clothes that came to symbolize Nashville's 1950s and 1960s success and excess. Nudie got his nickname from an immigration official on New York's Ellis Island when his family emigrated from the Ukraine around 1914. After a career as a boxer and a Hollywood extra, Nudie settled in New York City around 1932 to begin a new life…