Bayes, Nora
(1880–1928)> VOCALIST
Nora Bayes Vocalist Dora Goldberg, Joliet, Illinois, 1880; Brooklyn, New York, March 19, 1928. Bayes was known as “The Wurzburger Girl.” In 1902, on her opening night at the Orpheum Theatre in Brooklyn, she forgot the words to “Down Where the Wurzburger Flows.” The composer, Harry Von Tilzer , stood up in the audience and sang the song for her. She picked it up on the second chorus and got a great hand. The management hired Von Tilzer to repeat the stunt for the rest of the week, generating…