Bessie McCoy (born Elizabeth Genevieve McEvoy; May 17, 1888 – August 16, 1931) was an American vaudeville entertainer, best known for her 1908 hit song...

the 1890s through the 1910s. Born into a performing family, McCoy and her sister, Bessie McCoy, were engaged in circus and theater performances from a young...

Yama Yama Man. Dave's clown costume was clearly inspired by one worn by Bessie McCoy, with the additions of a black ruffled collar replacing the big white...

by Karl Hoschna and lyrics by Collin Davis. It became popular after Bessie McCoy's animated performance in a satin Pierrot clown costume with floppy gloves...

Fanny Brice The Dolly Sisters Leon Errol Lillian Lorraine Vera Maxwell Bessie McCoy Bert Williams The Ziegfeld Girls (including Jeanne Eagels) 1912 Leon...

divorce, to Bessie McCoy, an actress and vaudeville performer, who is remembered for her signature "Yama Yama Man" routine. Davis and Bessie had a daughter...

version of "Oh, Daddy," recorded by Ethel Waters in 1921 and Bessie Smith in 1922. In 1917, McCoy toured with the Georgia Smart Set. In the early 1920s, she...

was born in Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland, the daughter of Elizabeth "Bessie" McCoy and David Sheehy, an ex-Fenian and an MP for the Irish Parliamentary...

The first star of The Greenwich Village Follies was Ziegfeld-veteran Bessie McCoy Davis. She made several appearances in the first edition, including one...

Jeannette Elizabeth (Meyer) (b. 1859; died 1923) Jessie B. (McCoy) (b. 1862; died 1943) Bessie (McCoy) (b. 1864; died 1936) John Benton Callis Jr. (b. 1870;...

1995, p. 998 Southern 1982, p. 342 Southern 1982, p. 343 Oliver, Paul, "Bessie Smith", in Kernfeld 2002c, p. 604 Rye, Howard, "Clara Smith", in Kernfeld...

Desert 1907: The Girl from Broadway 1908: Three Twins, which provided Bessie McCoy ("The Yama Yama Girl") with her signature song "The Yama Yama Man", and...

College in Paris, but left due to a cholera epidemic and later married Bessie McCoy ( Conor said they eloped, but they were both 25 years old and both fathers...

also included George White, Ann Pennington, Vera Maxwell Charles King, Bessie McCoy Davis, Bert Savoy, Irene Castle, Marion Davies, Lilyan Tashman and the...

this point, the preacher Bessie enters the scene. Sister Bessie Rice, like Ellie May, also has a deformity of the face. Bessie’s nose contains no bone,...

blues song written and first recorded by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy in 1929. The lyrics reflect experiences during the upheaval caused by the...

States Navy, and as a city commissioner. His mother, Bessie Galbut, was a philanthropist; the Bessie M. Galbut Daughters of Israel Mikvah Center in Miami...

9:00 "Bessie's Blues" – 3:22 Side two "Lonnie's Lament" – 11:45 "The Drum Thing" – 7:22 John Coltrane Quartet John Coltrane – tenor saxophone McCoy Tyner –...

executive. Robert N. Bellah, sociologist Walter Bernstein, screenwriter Alvah Bessie, Abraham Lincoln Brigade, writer, journalist, screenwriter, Hollywood Ten...

his bass playing he'd always been a bit coy about. — Lennon, Playboy magazine published in January 1981 During McCartney's early years with the Beatles...

(John Dankworth) "Love Comes and Goes" (Carroll Coates) "Soft Pedal Blues" (Bessie Smith) Blue and Sentimental at AllMusic. Retrieved 23:27, 2 May 2021 (UTC)...

Western film starring George Larkin and Bessie Love Bulldog Courage (1935 film), a Western film starring Tim McCoy Bulldog Courage, a hardcore band from...

Gildersleeve in the role of Gildersleeve's secretary, Bessie. Child actor Michael Winkelman, later of The Real McCoys, also made his first television appearance...

Fairbanks, Jr., Janet Gaynor, Leatrice Joy, Lillian Gish, Bessie Love, Ben Lyon, Marion Mack, Tim McCoy, Colleen Moore, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Gloria Swanson...

Daisy Martin Sara Martin Viola McCoy Hazel Meyers Josie Miles Lizzie Miles Monette Moore Ma Rainey Elzadie Robinson Bessie Smith Clara Smith Laura Smith...

Kentucky. Five Star Final (1931) – Miss Taylor The Heart of New York (1932) – Bessie, the Neighbor The Mouthpiece (1932) – Miss Hickey, Day's Secretary Week-End...

ISBN 0879306084. "Frank Stokes". Thebluestrail.com. Retrieved November 19, 2011. "Bessie Brown". Red Hot Jazz Archive. May 11, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2020. Lewis...

Tribute to John Coltrane (MCA, 1987), Pharoah Sanders/David Murray/McCoy Tyner/Cecil McBee/Roy Haynes – Winner, Best instrumental performance, individual...

his wife, Bessie Maddern London, and Xavier Martinez and his wife, Elsie Whitaker Martinez. London married Elizabeth Mae (or May) "Bessie" Maddern on...

nominated for an Oscar in 1961. Merkel was born in Covington, Kentucky, to Bessie (née Phares) and Arno Merkel. In her early childhood, she lived in many...