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In fact, during his long career, Jeffries was often assumed to be Italian, Latin African-American, Caucasian, and even Jewish (Jeffries speaks Yiddish, among other languages). But more important than how his vast audiences identified his race was Jeffries' own decision on who to be - a choice he made as the star of a series of all-black Westerns in 1937 and 1938.
22 de abr. de 2024 · In 1935, Herb Jeffries was a jazz vocalist touring with Earl “Fatha” Hines and his band through the American South. As Jeffries recalled in a documentary on his life, on a break between sets ...
26 de may. de 2014 · Herb Jeffries, the first black singing cowboy of the movies who starred in such 1930s films as Harlem on the Prairie and The Bronze Buckaroo, has died, the Los Angeles Times reported. He was 100.
Herbert "Herb" Jeffries "The Bronze Cowboy". Born September 24, 1913 in Detroit, Michigan - died May 25, 2014 in Woodland Hills, California) was an American jazz and popular singer and actor. He was the first black man to star in an American western. He starred as a singing cowboy in several all-black Western films.
28 de may. de 2014 · It is not known for certain when Herb Jeffries was born or who his father was – but as he celebrated his 100th birthday on 24 September last year, it would be churlish not to go along with that.
27 de may. de 2014 · Herb Jeffries, the jazz singer and actor who performed with Duke Ellington and was known as the "Bronze Buckaroo" in a series of all-black 1930s Westerns, died of heart failure Sunday morning at a ...
23 de sept. de 2011 · A jazz and popular singer, Jeffries is noted for being the first black man to star in an American western. He starred as a singing cowboy in several all-blac...
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