Etting, Ruth

Ruth Etting Popular singer of the 1920s, David City, Nebraska, November 23, 1903; Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 24, 1978. Etting was a singing star in Chicago in the early 1920s on radio and in nightclubs. She came to New York to appear on Broadway in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1927 became the toast of the town. In the Follies of 1931, she revived the Nora Bayes -Jack Norworth song “Shine On, Harvest Moon,” which tore the house down at each performance (Columbia 3085-D). Her hit recordings…