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Vallée, Rudy, 1901-1986

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Personal name headingVallée, Rudy, 1901-1986
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Variant(s)Vallée, Hubert Prior, 1901-1986
See alsoCorporate body: Rudy Vallée Orchestra
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Corporate body: Yale Collegians
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Corporate body: Connecticut Yankees
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1901-07-28
Death date1986-07-03
Place of birthIsland Pond (Brighton, Vt.)
Place of deathHollywood Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Field of activityPopular music Motion pictures Radio programs Television programs
Profession or occupationSingers Saxophonists Actors Entertainers Musicians
Found inHis Vagabond dreams come true, c1930.
His Rudy Vallée and his Connecticut Yankees [SR] p1986: label (Rudy Vallée) container (b. Vt., 1901, christened Hubert Prior Vallée; d. July 4, 1986)
New Grove dict. of American music (Vallee, Rudy (Vallée, Hubert Prior); b. Island Pond, VT, 28 July 1901; bandleader, singer, saxophonist, actor, publisher, learned to play saxophone by imitating recordings of his idol Rudy Wiedoeft (hence the nickname "Rudy"))
Notes, June 1987: p. 774 (Vallee, Rudy; d. 7-3-86 at 84 in Hollywood Hills, CA)