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3 unusual facts about Rudy Vallée


Fred Sington

In 1930, Rudy Vallée wrote a song about Sington, entitled "Football Freddie", that would go on to become a nationwide hit.

Jayne Mansfield's Pink Palace

In November 1957, shortly before her marriage to Hargitay, Mansfield bought a 40-room Mediterranean-style mansion formerly owned by Rudy Vallée at 10100 Sunset Boulevard in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles.

Kitty from Kansas City

Kitty from Kansas City was a 1930 song, famously sung by Hubert Prior Vallée, a French Vermont singer, popularly called Rudy Vallée.


American pop

A number of Italian-American crooners soon found a major youth audience, including Dean Martin, Rudy Vallee, Tony Bennett, Perry Como, Frankie Laine and, most famously, the "first pop vocalist to engender hysteria among his fans" Frank Sinatra.

Gerald Marks

He also wrote the songs "That's What I Want for Christmas" for the film Stowaway starring Shirley Temple, and "Is It True What They Say About Dixie" recorded by Al Jolson and Rudy Vallee.

Hit of the Week Records

-- Eddie Cantor's lone disc was a "Special", not part of the HoW series --> Morton Downey and Rudy Vallee.

Ninety-Nine Out of a Hundred

"Ninety-Nine Out of a Hundred (Want To Be Loved)" is a song recorded by Rudy Vallee in 1930.

Quebec diaspora

Noteworthy among those whose parents settled in the United States are writer Jack Kerouac, politician Mike Gravel, singers Rudy Vallée and Robert Goulet, Emil Beaulieau, historian Will Durant and many more.


see also

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

After Howard Hughes re-edited the film, Rudy Vallee's part was almost entirely cut out, and he did not receive screen credit on the re-released film, Mad Wednesday, nor did Georgia Caine.