Talk:Sophie Tucker

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Needs references, but otherwise a B.
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message: When the The Beatles played on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 16, 1964, Paul (I think) said that "this next song was recorded by our favorite American band, Sophie Tucker" (paraphrased), which got a laugh from some people, including John, I think. I have a feeling that John was confused by this statement, though, because they proceeded to play I Want to Hold Your Hand. I think the laugh was a nervous-like one, as he probably knew that that was the song that they planned to play, but also knew that that line didn't go with that song. Anyone know anything about that? Was Sophie Tucker on that particular episode? Did they know that she'd been on the show before? I don't actually know more than what's in this article, if that, about the relationship between Sophie Tucker, the Beatles, and the show. —Gordon P. Hemsley→✉ 03:03, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Beatles, Ed Sullivan, and Sophie Tucker 

message: This article could be written much better, outlined better.  A number of improvements may be made.   Bastique▼parler voir 17:25, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean up 

message: The list of stage credits is incomplete. Tucker appeared in the Follies of 1909 and a show called Follow A Star in 1930 in London that was entirely built around Tucker. She was also the subject of a big Broadway musical in 1963, Sophie, which ran a week. Further, the mention of "Some of these Days" as being recorded so early on is misleading; Tucker recorded this number many times over the years, and much more prominently. Fred Lane 16:41, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broadway Credits 

message: I know a recording exists of her explaining why she should be elected President of the United States. It would be truly cool if someone who knew any details could fill us all in! The recording itself is hilarious. Among other things, she states her approach to foreign affairs as "I've had a few foreign affairs, and I think I handled them OK!"
Typofixer76 04:40, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  1952 - Sophie Tucker for President 

message: The 1st sentence in the article is "Sophie Tucker ... was a singer and comedian..." but it's hard to find any reference to the comedy aspect of her career. most of the article is about her songs and recordings. Would you think this should be fixed? Thanks Kvsh5 (talk) 19:08, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comedian 

message: I find it odd that her place of birth is not mentioned other than being Russia. It's a pretty big place. Does anyone have anymore information concerning the matter? Dr. Dan (talk) 16:52, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Place of Birth 

message: The details of her marriage to Frank Westphal, which gave the dates 1914-19, appeared to be incorrect.  According to Cook County records (which I can access via Ancestry.com here), they married on 13 October 1917.  At the time, she used the name Sophia B. Abuza (not Sophie).  Ghmyrtle (talk) 10:47, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marriage to Frank Westphal 

message: Re: "Such was Tucker's cultural influence that, as late as 1963, three years before her death, Paul McCartney jokingly introduced the song 'Till There Was You' (from The Music Man) at the Beatles' Royal Command Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London on 4 November by saying the song 'had also been recorded by our favourite American group, Sophie Tucker',[12] in reference to Tucker's notorious girth (Tucker never recorded the song). McCartney also used the same quip, this time for an American audience, to introduce the Beatles' performance of 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' as the finale of their set for The Ed Sullivan Show at The Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, on February 16, 1964. As there was a much smaller audience reaction to the line in Miami Beach, John Lennon sarcastically provided the laughs."
"Such was Tucker's cultural influence"? What could this possibly mean other than that Tucker was famous? If Tucker weren't famous, why would she be the subject of a Wikipedia article? This entire paragraph seem to me obvious irrelevant trivia disingenuously planted by an overly zealous Beatles enthusiast. TheScotch (talk) 07:03, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: There's no reference to the support the notability of the comment itself, so I removed the story.--Nowa (talk) 08:41, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gratuitous Beatles plug 

message: I have changed the year 1884 back into 1887 because of this picture on Find A Grave, but please note what Armond Fields writes on page 176 of his biography Sophie Tucker: First Lady of Show Business: "She claimed to have been born in Boston in 1884." ErikvanB (talk) 23:51, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Year of birth 

message: In his book 'The Mountbattens', Andrew Lownie suggests that she may have had an affair with Edwina Mountbatten.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.30.54.44 (talk) 16:02, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  possible bisexuality and affair with Edwina Mountbatten 

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message: If she was an Ashkenazi Jew, shouldn't we add that basic information to the article? 98.123.38.211 (talk) 15:39, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Was she an [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi Jew]]?