
According to the Internet source given below,
Arthur Fields was an American singer (baritone) and songwriter born Abraham Finkelstein in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania growing up however in in Utica, New York..
Initially, he toured with the
Guy Brother's Minstrel Show and co-founded the vaudeville act
Weston, Fields and Carroll..
His first song writing success was
On the Mississippi (1912 - words:
Harry Carroll and
Ballard MacDonald). Another success was his
The Aba Daba Honeymoon (1914 - co-author: Walter Donovan). Thereafter he made almost 300 recordings with many bands and for many labels during which he used some 15
pseudonyms.
Fields retired to Florida in 1946 but also worked in radio on WKAT Miami.
He was killed tragically while recovering from a heart attack in a fire at Littlefield Nursing Home in Largo, Florida.
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