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Nora Bayes ( 1880 - 19 June 1928 ) was a popular United States Entertainer of the early 20th Century . Bayes was born as Leonora Goldberg to a Jewish family in Joliet, Illinois . She was performing professionally in Vaudeville in Chicago by age 18. She toured from San Francisco, California to New York City , and soon became a star both on Vaudeville and Broadway . She was an accomplished Singer , Comedienne and Actress . In 1908 she married singer/ Songwriter Jack Norworth . The two toured together, and were credited as co-writing a number of tunes, including their huge hit ''Shine On, Harvest Moon'', which the pair debuted in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1908. Bayes made many Phonograph Records , some with Norworth and many more on her own, for the Victor Talking Machine Company and Columbia Records . From 1924 through 1928, her accompaniest was pianist Louis Alter , later to become better known as a songwriter. Nora Bayes contracted Cancer and died during Surgery . She was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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