Vic Berton
Berton was born, Victor Cohen, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. His father was a violinist and began his son on string instruments around age five. He was hired as a percussionist at the Alhambra Theater in Milwaukee in 1903 when he was only seven years old.
Vic Berton
- Died
- 1951 · Hollywood.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- talent manager · composer · drummer · musician
- Fields
- jazz
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Berton was born, Victor Cohen, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. His father was a violinist and began his son on string instruments around age five. He was hired as a percussionist at the Alhambra Theater in Milwaukee in 1903 when he was only seven years old.
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Born at Chicago in 1896, died in Hollywood in 1951.
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- 1.Colin Larkin. The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz. Guinness Publishing. 47/8xx. 1992. 0-85112-580-8.
- 2.Vic Berton (1898-1951). Syncopatedtimes.com. 17 April 2020.
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