A Bird Under the Wing...
Jane Green
(2 January 1897 - 28 August 1931)
was a United States singer popular
in the 1920s.
Green was born in Kentucky as Martha Jane Greene. She appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies and recorded over 30 phonograph records, and appeared in some early sound films.
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~SOURCE MATERIALS including photos, texts and music are used courtesy of Brad Kay and Superbatone Records. More information can be found in the 8 page booklet/liner notes that accompany the Superbatone LP: Jane Green - Wild Romantic Blues.
Table of Contents
Biography
Early Life
Born Martha Jane Greene in 1897 in Kentucky,Jane was the youngest of four children -
the rest were brothers.
When the family moved to Los Angeles,
in 1911 Jane and her brother Fred became
known as "Those Kentucky Kids" and
entertained on Spring Street.
Jane's mother, being part Cherokee Indian,
had taught her to be proud of her Indian
heritage resulting in Jane's appearances
in rodeos as a championship trick horse rider.
The Cinderella of Broadway
In 1916 Jane met Jimmy Blyler who was already a successful songwriter. The team of Green and Blyler took off performing in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York. Ziegfeld signed the duo for the Broadway shows "9 O'clock Revue" and "Midnight Frolic". Jane and Jimmy were married in 1918. Jane's recording career started in 1920 with a recording of "Wild Romantic Blues" (Pathe 020480).The next year Jane appears in Eddie Cantor's "The Midnight Rounder's of 1921" performing the song "If I Knew". In 1923 Jane is back on Broadway in the musical revue "Nifties of 1923" shown at the Fulton Theatre. Tragically Jimmy Blyler fell ill and died in 1924. Later that year Jane teamed up with Isham Jones and his orchestra. A two-year love affair ensued resulting in Jones' composition of "My Castle In Spain" written especially for Jane.
Jane traveled to London in 1925 and performed at the Piccadilly Hotel and the Kit Kat Club. In the mid-1920's she was at her performance and popularity peek. She appears with Nat Shilkret and his orchestra. In 1927 she married pianist Ron Wilson. Also that year Jane was seriously injured in New York City when the taxi she was riding in struck a streetcar. Jane's nose had been broken and this affected her vocals.
In 1928 Jane appeared only in a couple of "Vitaphone Varieties" film shorts - "Singin' The Blues" and "The Melody Girl". Husband Ron Wilson accompanies her on piano in both shorts. This is Jane's last recording.
On August 28, 1931 Jane died at the young age of 34 in her Berkeley apartment. Later obituaries note that she died of a paralytic stroke. This was not sufficiently substantiated to some observers who note the strange behavior of her husband Ron. He signed her death certificate and listed Jane's occupation as "housewife".
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- The Jazz Age - Jane Green
- Jane Green was a popular singer and broadway actress in the 1920s.
- Jane Green: "Got No Time"
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So what do you think of Miss Jane Green??
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- Dave H. Dave H. Jul 26, 2009 @ 2:54 am
- I think Jane Green(e)'s voice is exceptionally charming. To me, she sounds like the "girl next door", and I really think she would've been a really cool person to know. Her death is mysterious, and I was thinking about that the other day...the booklet which accompanies her "Wild Romantic Blues" LP alludes to Jane having been in some sort of sanitarium, and if she was, perhaps she caught TB. My mother was in a sanitarium before she met Dad...Mom was in there for 3 years and she told me at that time, she'd been very sick. Perhaps Jane went thru some of that? No one seems to know a lot of details of what she'd been up to in 1929-31. It's tragic she died so young. My favorite Jane Green song? "My Castle in Spain"...one of the best vocals I've ever heard by ANYONE, EVER.
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- robertsellyn robertsellyn Mar 22, 2009 @ 6:36 pm
- Are you familiar with the work of Ziegfeld Photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston? He may have taken some of the pictures of Jane Green. You can see his work at http://www.squidoo.com/jazzagebeauties.
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- amandaquerque amandaquerque Feb 24, 2009 @ 7:38 pm
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- thedolphinguy thedolphinguy Nov 21, 2008 @ 12:45 pm
- An infectious voice. Sweet and fun. It's nice to see family write about her. The internet is amazing. Wow. In Jane's death?: Just a suspicion from my long life of love that her death was not an accident, or a direct health issue.
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- Sweetpea4 Sweetpea4 Sep 14, 2008 @ 3:01 am
- Ok reading MartyP post that is chilling. I am also a decendent of Jane Greene. She was my Nana, Pearl's mother's sister. I never thought I would find a site about her and am glad to have stumbled on this one. Looks like people are posting more sites about her. I know he is not a fraud b/c my Uncle Richard lives in Vegas and is a musician, a saxaphonist. He had a brother named Fred who I never had the priveledge to meet and my nana, who is Richard's sister. My family is very proud also of the talent in our family and we attributed Jane Greene's vocal talent to the reason why my sister has such an impeccable singing voice. I'd have to say we do come from a long line of talented people and I personally am so proud of that.
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