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American singer

Person · Open Library

Works
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Listeners
7,766
Total plays
49,339

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cabaretfemale vocalistUSAnovelty50s

Ruth Wallis (5 January 1920 – 22 December 2007) was a novelty cabaret singer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Wallis began her career singing jazz and cabaret standards, but gained fame in the 1940s and 1950s for her risqué, satirical songs, rife with double entendre that she wrote herself. She did have a mainstream hit with "Dear Mr. Godfrey," a song about his public firing of Julius La Rosa. She sang with a studio orchestra and often took on an accent for songs about characters from other countri

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Ruth
Family name
Wallis
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Brooklyn
Place of death
Killingly
Occupation
singer
Instrument
voice
Record label
King
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date of death
2007-12-22
date of birth
1920-01-05
medical condition
Alzheimer's disease
cause of death
Alzheimer's disease
manner of death
natural causes
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