Stars of Vaudeville #940: Russ Columbo
Today is the birthday of Russ Columbo (Ruggiero Eugienio di Rodolpho Colombo, 1908-1934). One of 12 children born to Italian immigrants in Camden, New Jersey, Columbo was already playing violin professionally in bands in vaudeville houses and nightclubs by the age of 13 (1921). By the late twenties, he was a member of Gus Arnheim’s […]
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