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In 1927 Ruth Etting was ready to hit New York and she was an
instant success. She appeared twice in the Ziegfeld Follies
in 1927 and 1931. In between she starred with Eddie Cantor in
Whoopee! and with Ed Wynn in Simple Simon.
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 Ziegfeld Follies, 1927
The Ziegfeld Follies of 1927 opened on Forty-Second Street in the New
Amsterdam Theatre. Irving Berlin suggested Ruth Etting for the show, and Broadway impresario Florenz Ziegfeld
signed her after he checked her ankles, not her voice. She
introduced Irving Berlin's
"Shaking the Blues Away", and it became
one of the hits of the show, and one of her signature songs.
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 Whoopee, 1928
Whoopee opened on December 4, 1928 at the New Amsterdam Theater, and starred
Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Ethel Shutta, Paul
Gregory, and Frances Upton. The show was based on The Nervous Wreck by Owen
Davis, with a book by William Anthony McGuire, music by Walter Donaldson,
and lyrics by Gus Kahn. Ruth Etting introduced one of her best known
songs,
"Love Me or Leave Me."
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 Nine-Fifteen Revue, 1929
Ruth Selwyn's musical opened in New York and closed in less than a
week; however, it did introduce Ted Koehler's and Harold Arlen's great
song "Get Happy" which became one of Ruth Etting's most famous hit
records. George Gershwin called her handling of the song "the most
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 Simple Simon, 1930
Simple Simon opened on February 18,
1930 at the Ziegfeld Theatre, staring Ed
Wynn, Ruth Etting and Harriet Hoctor, and went on to run for 135 performances.
It produced the hit song, "Ten Cents A Dance",
which became one of Ruth Etting's signature tunes as well as one of the most endearing and
enduring songs of the era! more... |
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