Complex sentence: Harold "Scrappy" Lambert (12 May 1901--30 November 1987, New Brunswick, New Jersey) was an American dance band vocalist who appeared on hundreds of recordings from the 1920s to the 1940s.
Split into simpler sentences: Harold "Scrappy" Lambert (12 May 1901--30 November 1987, New Brunswick, New Jersey) was an American dance band vocalist. He appeared on hundreds of recordings from the 1920s to the 1940s.