Ruth Etting

From Wikipedia Ruth Etting November 23 1896 September 24 1978 was an American singing star and actress of the 1920s and 1930s who had over 60 hit recordings and worked in stage radio and film She is known as Americas sweetheart of song Her signature tunes were Shine On Harvest Moon Ten Cents a Dance and Love Me or Leave Me Her other popular recordings included Button Up Your Overcoat Mean to Me Exactly Like You and Shaking the Blues Away In Hollywood Etting made a long series of movie shorts between 1929 and 1936 and three feature movies in 1933 and 1934 In 1936 she appeared in London in Ray Hendersons Transatlantic Rhythm Her life was the basis for the fictionalized 1955 film Love Me or Leave Me which starred Doris Day as Etting James Cagney as Snyder and Cameron Mitchell as Alderman Etting Myrl Alderman and Moe Snyder all sold their rights to the story to MGM Shortly before her death Etting said she thought the screen portrayal of her was too tough and that Jane Powell would have been a better choice for the lead For her work in films Etting has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located on the north side of the 6500 block of Hollywood Boulevard