Walter van brunt biography of albert

American singer

Walter Van Brunt (22 April 1892 – 11 April 1971) was an American tenor known initially for his recordings on Thomas Alva Edison's Blue Amberol Records and later for his role in a scandal involving a stage name and case of adultery.

Biography

Van Brunt began his singing career at the age of 17, as an imitator of singer Billy Murray.

Walter van brunt biography of albert

Van Brunt was soon performing with Ada Jones and John Bieling, as well as the American Quartet. Van Brunt worked in vaudeville and on Broadway, including in the musical Eileen. He had a number of bestselling records, including his 1914 duet with Elizabeth Spencer.^[1]

In 1917, Van Brunt began using the name Walter J.

Scanlan (newspapers sometimes erroneously rendered the name as "Scanlon"), which was the name of a late 19th-century Irish tenor who had had an established career before dying, but never made any recordings. It has been suggested, but not proven, that the Irish-American compose