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The son of clothing merchant Sol Frankel, young Harry grew up in Danville, Kentucky, singing in various quartets, moving with his parents to Richmond, Indiana, when he was nine years old. He joined Coburn’s Minstrels in 1908 and later toured with Al G. Field's Minstrels. Frankel and his pal Joe Dunlevy were known as the Two Blackbirds when they performed in vaudeville theaters during the late 1920s.

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  • Singin' Sam
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  • The son of clothing merchant Sol Frankel, young Harry grew up in Danville, Kentucky, singing in various quartets, moving with his parents to Richmond, Indiana, when he was nine years old. He joined Coburn’s Minstrels in 1908 and later toured with Al G. Field's Minstrels. Frankel and his pal Joe Dunlevy were known as the Two Blackbirds when they performed in vaudeville theaters during the late 1920s.
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  • Harry Frankel
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  • The son of clothing merchant Sol Frankel, young Harry grew up in Danville, Kentucky, singing in various quartets, moving with his parents to Richmond, Indiana, when he was nine years old. He joined Coburn’s Minstrels in 1908 and later toured with Al G. Field's Minstrels. Frankel and his pal Joe Dunlevy were known as the Two Blackbirds when they performed in vaudeville theaters during the late 1920s. When Frankel began in radio in 1930 on WLW (Cincinnati, Ohio), sponsored by the Great States Lawn Mower Company, he started using Singin' Sam as his professional name, and he was also known at that time as "The Lawnmower Man." In New York he began as “Singin’ Sam the Barbasol Man” on WABC on July 20, 1931. He disliked New York, and three years later, he returned to Richmond with vocalist Helene “Smiles” Davis, so named because of her identification with the (then new) song "Smiles" while singing to the troop during World War I.. The couple married May 2, 1934 in Richmond and lived first on their farm, known as Just-a-Mere Farm, ll miles west of town on the National Road (now U.S. Route 40). They later lived on small farm on the southeast side of Richmond with a large colonial revival house with a pool and several outbuildings. In late 1934, Singin' Sam returned to broadcasting after Barbasol arranged to do his show live from Cincinnati, an easy commute. He continued with Barbasol until 1941, and during that time, he also did shows for Coca-Cola, flying to New York on alternate weeks to make transcriptions for his weekly 15-minute Refreshment Time with Singin’ Sam, which aired from 1937 to 1942. He died in Richmond of a heart attack in 1948.
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