Herb Jeffries (3 results)
More imagesPublished by Exclusive - 31X, Hollywood, CA 1948
Seller: Blacks Bookshop: Member of CABS 2017, IOBA, SIBA, ABA, Argillite, KY, U.S.A.Blacks Bookshop: Member of CABS 2017, IOBA, SIBA, ABA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
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Condition: Good. Jacket New Generic. Matrix / Runout (A label): EXC-1198-4 / Matrix / Runout (B label): EXC-1237-4; Genre: Pop, Style: Vocal Comes in resealable clear plastic. Scratches, scuffs, and sticker on one side. Secure ship w/track # wrapped in cardboard and bubble wrap. A - Herb Jeffries- I Found A Million Dollar Baby (…In A Five And Ten Cent Store); Lyrics By - Rose*, Dixon; Music By - Warren. Vocal with Instrumetnal Arr. Paul Villepigue. B - Herb Jeffries With Buddy Baker And His Orchestra- Estrellita; Arranged By - René; Composed By - Ponce*.
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Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.Daniel Montemarano
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Fine
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No Binding. Condition: Fine. 3 "x 5" card - SIGNED and inscribed by actor-singer Herb Jeffries (The Bronze Buckaroo): "To Sandy- Thanks for your leter. God Bless you. Herb Jeffries., Comes with unsigned image of movie poster for 'Harlem Rides the Range". SIGNED CARD.
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Seller: Max Rambod Inc, Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A.Max Rambod Inc
Contact seller5-star sellerAfrican American cultural leaders of mid-century Los Angeles gathered at a nightclub event in an original silver gelatin press photograph. Los Angeles, ca. 1940s. Measuring 10" x 8". Photographer's stamp to verso: "Ted Merriman / Photo / VA 481." Contemporary pencil caption reads: "L.A. Club - Los Angeles / L to R - Unknown, Bro…wn Bomber - Joe Louis, Mrs. Louis, Leonard Feather, unknown, Herb Jeffries, Lionel Hampton." A vivid image capturing the postwar glamour and cross-cultural networks of African American entertainment in Los Angeles, this photograph brings together some of the most influential Black figures in sport and music of the era. Centered before a classic stage mic and standing beneath stylized proscenium arches, the group beams in camaraderie. Joe Louis, the legendary heavyweight boxer known as "The Brown Bomber," stands third from the left beside his wife, both immaculately dressed. Louis had become a symbol of Black excellence and American patriotism after his 1938 rematch victory over Nazi icon Max Schmeling. To their right is jazz critic and producer Leonard Feather, followed by Herb Jeffries-the pioneering Black singing cowboy and frequent Duke Ellington collaborator-and Lionel Hampton, the virtuoso vibraphonist and one of the first African Americans to perform in an integrated jazz ensemble. Other figures remain unidentified, but all are dressed in formal attire, suggesting the occasion was of professional or ceremonial significance. Minor creasing and surface wear, with light corner rounding. Overall very good condition. A powerful, scarce image documenting the vibrant Black cultural life of wartime Los Angeles and the convergence of figures who shaped American popular music and racial representation for generations.
