Columbo, Russ
(1908–1934)> LEADING POP SINGER
Russ Columbo Leading pop singer of the 1920s and early 1930s Eugenio Ruggerio de Rudolpho Columbo, Camden, New Jersey, January 14, 1908; Hollywood, California, September 2, 1934. Columbo, along with Rudy Vallee and Bing Crosby, was one of the first pop crooners. His parents were both musicians, and the family moved several times during Columbo’s early years, first to Philadelphia when he was five years old; then to California, settling in San Francisco; and then, when Columbo was a teenager, to…