Mel Klee: The Prince of Wails
Mel Klee was born Moses Lefkowitz in New York City in 1892. Klee illustrates a peculiar phenomenon of late era vaudeville, something almost Medieval in a way. Klee started out as a song-plugger for Al Herman. When Herman moved to Hollywood, Klee inherited his act. Some might say “appropriated” but it appears to have fully […]