Born to Elias and Rachel (Miller) Goldberg in 1880, as "Dora", using a variety of stage names before choosing Nora Bayes.
By 1898 she made her first appearance on stage at an amateur night at Hopkins’ Theater in Chicago. She was well recieved for “Down Where the Wurzburger Flows,” penned by Harry von Tilzer in 1902, opening at the Palace Theatre in London by 1905. Back in the U.S. By 1907, she was signed for the Ziegfeld Follies and after meeting Jack Norworth, by 1908 was performing with him in the Follies of 1908, where they introduced their own composition 'Shine On Harvest Moon' which became a great sucess. By 1914, she had parted with Jack Norworth and toured on the Keith vaudeville circuit until 1917, when following a parting with Keith, she presented a two-hour, one-woman show, and starred in the musical 'Ladies First' in 1918, and then continued to perform in vaudeville in the England and the United States through 1927.
WHEN YANKEE DOODLE SAILS UPON THE GOOD SHIP "HOME SWEET HOME COL A2687 12/14/18 78202 FRED FISHER
WITHOUT YOU COL A2921 12/14/18 78203 IRVIN-FISHER
HOW'YA GONNA KEEP 'EM DOWN ON THE FARM COL A2687 12/21/18 78218 DONALDSON
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TAXATION BLUES COL A2823 07/18/19 78576 HESS-ROSEY-SANTLY
EVERYBODY CALLS ME HONEY COL A2816 07/18/19 78578 STRAIGHT
FRECKLES COL A2816 09/11/19 78640 AGER-HESS-JOHNSON
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PATCHES COL A2921 10/14/19 78734 ROBERTS
SALLY GREEN COL A2980 01/01/20 79335 JEROME-WHITE
YOU'RE JUST AS BEAUTIFUL AT 60 AS YOU WERE AT SWEET 16 COL A2997 08/25/20 79383 EDWARDS
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I COULD HAVE HAD YOU BUT I LET YOU GET AWAY COL A3347 09/18/20 79423 GUMBLE
LOVE NIGHTS COL A3347 11/26/20 79536 MEYER
WHY WORRY? COL A3360 12/14/20 79570 SIMMONS
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CHERIE COL A3443 04/21/21 79804 BIBO
WHEN YOU'RE IN YOU'RE IN IN INDIANA COL A3443 06/14/21 79887 SCHWARTZ
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DADDY'S GOIN' HUNTIN' TONIGHT COL A3757 11/11/22 80663 MYERS
KEEP OFF MY SHOES COL A3826 01/11/23 80781 TOBIAS-BENNETT
RUNNIN' WILD COL A3826 01/11/23 80782 GREY-WOOD-GIBBS
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