Gene Austin

Biography

Eugene Lucas, 24 June 1900, Gainseville, Texas, USA, d. 24 January 1972, Palm Springs, California, USA. A singer, pianist, songwriter, and all-round entertainer, Austin was known as a ‘soft-voiced’ performer, with an intimate, appealing style. He joined a circus while in his teens, and then served as a bugler in the US Army during World War I. Later, he worked in vaudeville with Roy Bergere, and in 1924 they collaborated on ‘How Come You Do Me Like You Do?’, which was... Read more

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Comedy Movies Drama Movies Easy Listening Pop / Rock Vocals Western Movies

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swing

jazz

30s

crooner

20s

american

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