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De Leath, Vaughn

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Personal name headingDe Leath, Vaughn
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Variant(s)Leath, Vaughn de
DeLeath, Vaughn
De Leath, Vaughan
Leath, Vaughan de
Lieth, Vaughn de
De Lieth, Vaughn
Vonderleith, Leonore
Vonderlieth, Leonore
Von der Lieth, Leonore Elizabeth
Geer, Gloria (Pseudonym)
Geer, Georgia
Lieth, Leonore von der
Lieth, Leonore
See alsoMarco, Angelina
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Birth date1894-09-26
Death date1943-05-28
Place of birthMount Pulaski (Ill.)
Place of deathBuffalo (N.Y.)
Field of activityMusic
Profession or occupationWomen composers Radio personalities
Singers Composers
Found inBridgeport by the sea [SR] 1936: label (name not given)
M/B/RS Recorded Sound Section Subjects files: A.F.R. Lawrence Collection special pressings data sheet (Vaughn De Leath)
ASCAP index, 1963: p. I-76 (De Leath, Vaughn, composer)
Sies, L. Ency. of American radio 1920-1960, 2000: p. 159 (Vaughn deLeath, vocalist on a 1916 De Forest broadcast, known thereafter as the "original radio girl"); p. 160 (born: Leonore Vonderleith)
Rust, B. Complete entertainment discography, 1989: p. 232 (Vaughn De Leath, b. 9/26/1896, d. 5/28/1943)
Musical setting for Choice confections, 1918: t.p. (Vaughan De Leath)
Papa, 1918: t.p. (Vaughn de Lieth) caption (Vaughn de Leath)
Friend, C. (I wanna go where you go, do what you do) Then I'll be happy [SR] 1926: label (Gloria Geer, vocal)
Sutton, A. Pseudonyms on American records, 1892-1942, 2nd rev. & exp. ed.: p. 113 (Geer, Georgia; Geer, Gloria = Vaughn De Leath)
Brennan, J.K. There's a new star in heaven tonight [SR] 1926: label (Angelina Marco, vocal)
Rust, B. The Columbia master book discography. Vol. III, 1999: p. 105 (Vaughn de Leath (as Angelina Marco), vocal)
ASCAP bio. dict., 1966 (DeLeath, Vaughn; composer, author, pianist, singer, actress; b. Mt. Pulaski, Ill., Sept. 26, 1896; d. Buffalo, NY, May 28, 1943)
My pledge, ©1919: caption (Leonore Lieth)
Old glory, ©1919: t.p. (Leonore Von der Lieth)
Arcadia, between 1923 and 1950?: cover (Leonore Lieth)
De Leath, Vaughn. Dancing the devil away, 2006: accompanying material (Vaughn De Leath; born Leonore Vonderlieth, September 26, 1894, Mt. Pulaski, Ill.; died May 27, 1943, Buffalo, N.Y.)
Cumberland evening times, May 9, 1930, viewed in Newspapers.com, January 18, 2023: page 10 (Vaughn de Leath; real name Leonore Elizabeth von der Lieth; singer; composer of 300-400 songs; composer of song Old glory)
Allmusic.com, January 18, 2023 (Vaughn De Leath; "born in Mt. Pulaski, IL, in 1894 (according to her birth certificate--most sources say 1896"; billed herself as "First Lady of Radio")
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