Nora Bayes (1880 - 19 June 1928) was a popular United States entertainer of the early 20th
century.
Bayes was born as Leonora Goldberg 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.
Nora Bayes contracted cancer and died during surgery. She was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in
the Bronx, New York.
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