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| | Gene Greene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17) |
 | | The son of George S. and Francis Nash Greene, the singer was born Eugene Greene but was always known as Gene. |
 | | For Columbia on November 9, 1917, Greene recorded "Alexander's Got A Jazz Band Now" (A2472), a song that alludes to Irving Berlin's "Alexander's Ragtime Band." It includes lyrics about a trombone that "harmonizes with the saxophone." This appears to be his last recording. |
 | | Variety noted "Green's [sic] voice was pretty well gone...there was exertion written all over, but it was that same energy that brought Green [sic] out for extra bows." Shortly after the performance, Greene, at age 52, was found dead backstage of a heart attack. |
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