Bee Walker
Bertha ("Bee") Walker (1898–1987) was an American composer and pianist. Bee Walker was born as Bertha Wolpa in Indianapolis, Indiana, she became a ragtime pianist, demonstrating tunes in the music section of Woolworths stores, and recorded many piano rolls for the US Music Company of Chicago and occasionally for the Rythmodik Music Corporation of New York, revealing an extremely original style. It was while working for Woolworths that a talent scout discovered her and, eventually, secured her work as accompanist to such vaudeville performers as Bob Hope and Eddie Cantor.
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Bee Walker
- Full name
- Bertha Wolpa.
- Born
- 1898 · Indianapolis.
- Died
- 1987
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- composer · jazz musician · pianist · songwriter
- Languages
- English
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Recorded at birth as Bertha Wolpa. Born at Indianapolis in 1898, died in 1987.
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