My Sin - Music

Belle Baker 25 December 1893 New York City New York - 29 April 1957 Los Angeles California Was An American Singer And Actress. Belle Baker Was On The Sheet Music Cover Of Nick Clesi's 1916 Hit "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry" Born Bella Becker She Rose To Fame As A Vaudeville Vocalist Appearing On Broadway And In Nightclubs Films Radio And Television. In The Early 1920s When She Was Well Known As The Ragtime Singer Baker Took Part In A Baltimore Song Competition With Catherine Calvert The Hamilton Sisters Pearl And Violet And Jessie Fordyce. She Was The First Artist To Record "All Of Me " One Of The Most Recorded Songs Of Its Era And She Was Also The First Person In The United States To Do A Radio Broadcast From A Moving Train. In 1926 Baker Had The Title Role In Broadway's Betsy. She Introduced Irving Berlin's "Blues Skies" In The Florenz Ziegfeld Production Which Ran For 39 Performances From December 28 1926 To January 29 1927. With Music By Richard Rodgers And Lyrics By Lorenz Hart The Musical Comedy Had A Book By Irving Caesar And David Freedman. Victor Baravelle Was The Musical Director. On Radio She Was A Guest Performer On The Eveready Hour Broadcasting's First Major Variety Show Which Featured Broadway's Top Headliners. After Roles In The Films Song Of Love 1929 And Charing Cross Road 1935 She Appeared As Herself In Atlantic City 1944 . She Was Married To The Composer Maurice Abrahams 1883-1931 Who Wrote The Songs "I'm Walking With The Moonbeams Talking To The Stars " And "Take Everything But You" For Song Of Love. The Couple Had One Child Herbert Baker. On September 21 1937 She Married Elias E. Sugarman Editor Of The Theatrical Trade Magazine Billboard. She Died Of A Heart Attack In 1957 At Cedars Of Lebanon Hospital In Los Angeles. read less