She wasn't a great singer but she was intelligent enough to know what she could do and what she couldn't do. She compensated for her voice by her persona, wardrobe, comedy, and pure star power. In the middle of her career to the end, she spoke through her songs...but nobody cared.
I thought Sophie was an earthy and handsome woman. She was the greatest. I remember her on Ed Sullivan with Maurice Chevalier singing each others songs together. She was a treasure.
I think I saw one of Sophie Tucker's last appearances. She must have been in her 80s. She appeared on the Mike Douglas Show with George Jessel and Ted Lewis so years ago they probably performed together. Maybe someone can fins the video and put it on You Tube. I also heard one of her records on a telephone juke box in the 1970s.
What a wonderful tribute to an amazing performer. Long live Sophie!
Had heard the name but not the voice. I love her. She knew how to sell a song.
I remember seeing Sophie Tucker on Sunday Night at the London Palladium.
She is a legend for her persona and singing style-I have been a fan of hers for a while.
She wasn't a great singer but she was intelligent enough to know what she could do and what she couldn't do. She compensated for her voice by her persona, wardrobe, comedy, and pure star power. In the middle of her career to the end, she spoke through her songs...but nobody cared.
fabulous women! no one can do sophie tucker jokes like bett Midler!
I thought Sophie was an earthy and handsome woman. She was the greatest. I remember her on Ed Sullivan with Maurice Chevalier singing each others songs together. She was a treasure.
My own mother resembled Sophie Tucker and you know what? I do miss her terribly.
Sophie is a dazzling star even now (2022) after all these years. Elaine (uk).
00:25 She was born in 1886, the same year as Al Jolson.
I think I saw one of Sophie Tucker's last appearances. She must have been in her 80s. She appeared on the Mike Douglas Show with George Jessel and Ted Lewis so years ago they probably performed together. Maybe someone can fins the video and put it on You Tube. I also heard one of her records on a telephone juke box in the 1970s.
Im from CT and I didnt know she was a Hartford resident.
This is style
All well and good, but what happened to her son?
A real red hot mammas... sadly missed.
I heard Ethel Waters was an influence on her style
I just loved Ethel Waters!!