Popcorn Preview: The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
Category: ENTERTAINMENT
She was the first woman to include risqué material in her act. She wasn't "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas"... she was the first. She promoted and taught classes for young women who wanted to become Red Hot Mamas, too. Everything she did was original... she was one of the first jazz singers... certainly the first of the white jazz singers.
By Leslie Sisman, ContributorWriter/editor, PopcornDiary.com, 2015-04-11