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Mickey Katz

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Also known as Meyer Myron Katz

American musician and comedian (1909-1985)

Person · Open Library

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  • Papa, play for me

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1909-06-15
Active to
1985-04-30

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Total plays
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Mickey Katz (June 15, 1909 - April 30, 1985) was an American Jewish comedian who received his first moments of fame in the 1940s as a member of Spike Jones and His City Slickers; Katz was most famous for his "glugging" vocal sound effects on tunes like "Cocktails for Two" and others. He later went on to perform his own parodic musical revue and recorded highly popular "ethnic" comedy albums on the Capitol record label, where he would perform English-Yiddish parody songs. <a href="https://www.las

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Katz
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Cleveland
Place of death
Los Angeles
Occupation
jazz musician
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Record label
RCA Victor
Image
Mickey Katz circa 1950.jpg
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date of death
1985-04-30
date of birth
1909-06-15
cause of death
kidney failure
manner of death
natural causes
Commons category
Mickey Katz
place of burial
Hillside Memorial Park
writing language
English language
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