Bobby Short was born on September 15, 1924 (to March 21, 2005).  He was a Grammy Award-nominated cabaret star, pianist, and scholar best known for his interpretations of songs by popular composers of the first half of the 20th century, such as Duke Ellington, Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Fats Waller, Vernon Duke, Noël Coward, George and Ira Gershwin, and Billy Strayhorn. Robert Waltrip “Bobby” Short was born in Danville, Illinois, the ninth of ten children. […]

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