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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Robert came through in show business after the war. He changed his name from Widerman to Clary, as friends in concentration camp had suggested, and started work in a rundown boite in Paris' Place Pigalle, doing a blackface turn a la Jolson. In 1949, Clary was brought to the U.S., but "I wasn't very good." It took him two years in the cellar circuit to get good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: French Belter | 11/24/1952 | See Source »

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