Eddie Cantor came out of the lower East Side of New York, worked as a singing waiter, went into vaudeville and starred in the Ziegfeld Follies and movies and had his own radio show on Sunday evenings. He was an all around entertainer - song and dance man - and featured prominent eyes which earned him the nickname "Banjo Eyes." As a child I recall seeing him on the big screen singing, dancing and clapping his hands. One of his big song hits was "If You Knew Susie Like I know Susie." His radio sign off went something like this "I love to spend each Sunday with you - as friend to friend I'm sorry it's through............"
Ben Bernie was born in New Jersey but affected a Southern accent. He called himself "The old Maestro." His orchestra played at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York in the early 1930s and his band was also on radio. His sign off was also a song of the era "Au revoir, pleasant dreams - think of us when requesting your themes *........yowsa, yowsa, yowsa........ cheerio -pip pip and toodle -oo. (The latter as I remember it) (* from YouTube)
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