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Clyde Barrie's Actual Name Is Cecil Burrows

..NEW YORK - Clyde Barrie. nationally known baritone of
Corona, L. I., who has become a favorite over the radio, is known in intimate circles by his real name, Cecil Burrows.

For 18 months, the young singer was artist on a sustaining radio program over one of the smaller New York stations under his real name. His popularity soared in
leaps and bounds.

Radio scouts went after Burrows One of the largest outlets, WABC secured his services but the officials demanded he change his name. Burrows agreed and over-tight he became Clyde Barrie, Today he is the featured baritone over a nation-side hookup.
The Call • Fri, Jan 24, 1936 • Page 12 • (Kansas City, Missouri)

 

I searched on Newspapers.com and got 61,734 matches on Clyde Barrie between 1930-1945. Most of them were radio schedules. Here are a couple I found searching under his real name, and a few under his stage name. I think a google search might have underestimated his importance in his time.


- Baltimore Afro-American • Sat, Dec 08, 1945 • Page 22 • (Baltimore, Maryland)



The New York Age • Sat, Dec 15, 1945 • Page Page 1 • (New York, New York)


The New York Age • Sat, Jan 04, 1941 • Page Page 4 • (New York, New York)


Clyde Barrie Sings At Republican Convention

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Delegates to the Republican National Convention, who have long known of Clyde Barrie as one of radio's greatest personalities, have met him at last and are much surprised. Barrie turned out to be none other than Cecil Burrows, a colored baritone soloist with the Columbia Broadcasting System.

The singer was presented at the opening session of the convention here on Monday in the role of narrator-soloist for a CBS program.

He sang the Earl Robinson masterpiece, "Ballad for Americans." For his background he had the Lyn Murray chorus, a white group, and an orchestra under the direction of Phil Cohan.

• New Journal and Guide • Sat, Jun 29, 1940 • Page 17 • (Norfolk, Virginia)

Saturday, May 16, 1931

REALM OF MUSIC
By LUCIEN H. WHITE

Cecil Burrows Sings
With Splendid Effect

A fair-sized audience heard good singing by Cecil Burrows, baritone, and some mediocre piano playing by Gareth Anderson, on Thursday evening, May 7, at Roerich Hall, 103rd at Riverside Drive.

[Note: search for The Master Apartments, 310 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10025. The concert hall is in that building. As is also a very small studio apartment where my Mom used to live]

Mr. Burrows, a serious young singer, displayed a voice of great possibilities, possessing attractive qualities. It has a natural timbre
that lends an intriguing element, and he showed considerable skill in the handling of it. In fact, had it not been for the excellence of his tonal offerings the singing night have been detracted from by the staid and stiff manner which characterized his stage presence.

There was an appearance of inflexible stiffness in his bearing which might have been due to a highly strung nervous temperament keyed up to a high tension.

The voice has richness, sonority, clarity, and there is a meticulous attention to dictum, enunciation and accent…

Mr. Burrows is the new baritone soloist in the choir of St. James Presbyterian Church, of which Dr.
Melville Chariton is director…

• The New York Age • Sat, May 16, 1931 • Page 7 • (New York, New York)

 

Yes. I saw that. Thank you.

I have some others of vaudeville performers. Except their names are on the photos. There's a whole world of entertainers completely lost. Because if you can't find it online, you figure there's nothing out there about them. But, there are plenty of books on vaudeville and theater whose info hasn't made it to the internet yet.

I did the AI also. In the end, it really is useless. It just describes what you're seeing. Though for Maurice, it gave a little more detailed answer.

THANK YOU! Those are EXCELLENT.

 

well it came up with the photographer before anyone........(even with a nudge)

Ai - ""

 

if you read all its uselss info (stated here), you will see it identified the studio correctly

 

The New York Times Machine web site has a couple mentions of The California Redheads aka The Three California Redheads. They played the major vaudeville circuits so must have been considered respectable talent.

Debora

 

(wolf whistle)

........kinda wishing i hadn't done .....IT.....now

 

You're going by my awful photography. The photo is actually crystal clear. It's my hand that makes it a little blurry. I always knew who the photographer was. I have quite a few of their photos. Just of famous known performers. There are a couple of NY and Chicago photographers that were used by most every traveling performer.

 

THANK YOU!

 

are you talking to me or Ai ?

 

........or am i Ai

 

Eyy Eyy or Oy Vai !!!

I've taken 2 or 3 photos in my entire life that could be called good. My brother at 6 was taking photos that could be in books. He now creates photographic art.