He played with Sophie Tucker at the New York club Reisenweber's in 1919, then moved to Chicago in the early 1920s.
Best known as a composer, Bernard found success writing musical material for artists such as Al Jolson, Nora Bayes, Eddie Cantor, Marilyn Miller, and Sophie Tucker.
At The Chez Paree, you "could listen to Sophie Tucker, have the best prime rib in town and enjoy a gambling raid or two."
Her promising career, which included roles on Broadway from 1953, was cut short by the failure of her first starring vehicle, 1963's Sophie, a musical-comedy life of entertainer Sophie Tucker.
He is best known for his many compositions with Creamer, the best known of which is the standard "After You've Gone", which was written in 1918 and first popularized by Sophie Tucker.
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"My Yiddishe Momme" is a song written by Jack Yellen (words and music) and Lew Pollack (music), first recorded by Willie Howard, and was made famous in Vaudeville by Belle Baker and by Sophie Tucker, and later by the Barry Sisters.
During the 1950s, when there were numerous nightclub showroom venues throughout the nation, he was one of the top headliners, along with others, such as Sophie Tucker, Ted Lewis, Adam Lebensfeld, Jimmy Durante, and Joe E. Lewis, among others.
Dr. Cohen has also given talks and papers including "The Unkosher Comediennes: From Sophie Tucker to Joan Rivers".
Many vaudeville, musical theater, television, and nightclub performers attended services there, including Sophie Tucker, Shelley Winters, Milton Berle, Al Jolson, Jack Benny, Joe E. Lewis, Edward G. Robinson, as well as several of the Three Stooges.