Previous posts for February 1st are here: Renata Tebaldi; Victor Herbert; George Beverly Shea (2020), James P. Johnson; Clara Butt (2021), James P. Johnson (2022), and Harry Styles (2023)
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Hildegarde (1 February 1906 – 29 July 2005) was an American cabaret and nightclub singer.
NOT von Bingen!
She was also nicknamed the "First Lady of the Supper Clubs" by Eleanor Rossevelt. – Wikipedia
She wore elegant gowns and long gloves: “Miss Piggy stole the gloves idea from me," she once said. – Wikipedia
Hildegarde was mononymic,
She went by just one name,
A quirk that others stars would mimic
By doing just the same.
She was the queen of supper clubs,
She had her own mystique,
She was not seen in bars or pubs,
For she was always chic.
She always sported long white gloves,
Refined as she could be,
She said, “It is a thing, my loves,
Miss Piggy stole from me!”
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