Sophie Tucker, born Sofia Kalish on January 13, 1886, in Tulchyn, Russian Empire
(now Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine), was an American singer. She began her career
singing at her parents' restaurant for tips and made her first theater
appearance in 1907. Tucker's breakthrough came with the release of "Some of
These Days" on Edison Records in 1911. Throughout the 1920s, she became a
popular singer and introduced jazz to white vaudeville audiences. In 1926, her
re-released hit song "Some of These Days", backed by Ted Lewis and his band,
stayed at Number 1 for five weeks and sold over on...