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30 de may. de 2014 · Jeffries—a heroic figure in the films—became a hero in real life for his film work, and earned the handle “The Bronze Buckaroo.” His groundbreaking films are sought even today by collectors and movie historians.
1 de may. de 2023 · Herb Jeffries was the Bronze Buckaroo, star of five all-Black-cast singing-cowboy movies in the 1930s and ’40s. His sweet, rich baritone fronted Duke Ellington’s orchestra in the 1941 megahit “Flamingo” and countless other tunes and set women’s hearts a-fluttering.
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In 1995, at age 81, he recorded The Bronze Buckaroo (Rides Again), a Nashville album of songs on the Warner Western label. Film career. Touring the Deep South with Hines, Jeffries was struck by the realities of segregation, as the Orchestra's playing was restricted to tobacco warehouses and black-only movie theatres.
A mong Western stars of the late 1930s, white moviegoers saw their demographic reflected by Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and the young Duke, John Wayne. Black moviegoers had Herbert Jeffrey, also known...
31 de may. de 2014 · Herb Jeffries sang with Duke Ellington and starred in early black westerns as a singing cowboy known as ‘‘the Bronze Buckaroo’’ - a nickname that evoked his malleable racial identity.
Actor, Singer. 24 September 1913 to 24 May 2014. An American actor, singer and pioneer of African-American Westerns, Jeffries was known as the ‘The Bronze Buckaroo’ after starring in a 1939 film of the same name.
