Singer, Entertainer. Born Benjamin Geisenfeld in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he began his career as a vaudeville minstrel performer in the early part of the 20th Century. Most noted as a ragtime singer, he recorded many popular songs of the era such as "For Me and My Gal," "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans," "I'm Nobody's Baby," and "My Melancholy Baby." In the 1920s, he paired up and married vaudeville actress-singer Blossom Seeley and started performing as a duo. Together they had success in many Broadway musicals and made the feature short reel movie "Blossom Seeley and Benny Fields" (1929). He also appeared in the films "Mr. Broadway" (1933), "The Big Broadcast of 1937" (1936), "Minstrel Man" (1944) and "Somebody Loves Me" (1952). For television, he appeared on the "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show," "The Gary Moore Show," plus on six episodes of "The Ed Sullivan Show."
Singer, Entertainer. Born Benjamin Geisenfeld in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he began his career as a vaudeville minstrel performer in the early part of the 20th Century. Most noted as a ragtime singer, he recorded many popular songs of the era such as "For Me and My Gal," "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans," "I'm Nobody's Baby," and "My Melancholy Baby." In the 1920s, he paired up and married vaudeville actress-singer Blossom Seeley and started performing as a duo. Together they had success in many Broadway musicals and made the feature short reel movie "Blossom Seeley and Benny Fields" (1929). He also appeared in the films "Mr. Broadway" (1933), "The Big Broadcast of 1937" (1936), "Minstrel Man" (1944) and "Somebody Loves Me" (1952). For television, he appeared on the "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show," "The Gary Moore Show," plus on six episodes of "The Ed Sullivan Show."
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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