ARTHUR TRACY - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 31947

ARTHUR TRACY


The famous singer pens this letter to a friend referring to his stay in London, signed in black ink


Autograph Letter Signed: "Arthur Tracy" in black ink. One page.6x7¾. Written on Savoy Hotel London letterhead. Place: London, England. No date. In full: " Dear Lou: Here we are-a congregation of American - stage guys - a big hunk of Broadway transplanted to Trafalgar Square. Would you were here to write us a Script and another thing we miss is a good place to eat - the Epicureans.  Always in Song" . Arthur Tracy (1899-1997, born Abba Avram Tracovutsky in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Russian Empire) was one of the biggest recording stars in both the U.S. and Great Britain in the 1930s and 1940s. Known as "The Street Singer", Tracy, who had once sung for pennies on the streets of Philadelphia, had one of his biggest hits with "Pennies From Heaven" (other hit tunes include "Roses of Picardy" and "It's A Sin to Tell a Lie"). The Street Singer was also the title of his radio show (1931) and a feature film (1937) in which he appeared. A star of vaudeville, Tracy also co-starred on radio with such greats as Groucho Marx, Jack Benny and Bing Crosby, and he headlined at the London Palladium. Tracy also appeared in several feature films, including Limelight (1936), Follow Your Star (1938) and Crossing Delancey (1988). One horizontal mailing crease. Light paperclip crease upper left margin. Lightly creased and rippled at lower margin. Otherwise, fine condition.