Birth Name: Umberto Alejandro Ballentino
Occupation: Jazz Singer
Place Of Birth: Michigan
Date Of Birth: September 24, 1913
Date Of Death: May 25, 2014
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Multiracial
Nationality: American
Herb Jeffries was born on the 24th of September, 1913. He was famous for being a Jazz Singer. American jazz singer and actor who was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame in 2004.
Herb Jeffries was born in Michigan. In his early years, he would appear in blackface and lie about his race in order to be taken more seriously as a jazz musician. He was typecast as the singing cowboy archetype in Western films.
Herb Jeffries was a Libra and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Herb Jeffries was born in 1910s. The 1910s represented the culmination of European militarism. Discover what happened on this day.
Umberto Alejandro Ballentino is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Education
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Family
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Herb Jeffries was born in the Year of the Ox.
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| REAL NAME: | Umberto Alejandro Ballentino |
| NICKNAME: | Herbert Jeffries, Herb Jeffries, Herb Jeffrey, Bronze Buckaroo, Herbert Jeffrey, the Bronze Buckaroo, The Sepia Singing Cowboy |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Libra |
| BIRTH DAY: | Wednesday |
| DEATH DAY: | Sunday |
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Zodiac Sign: Herb Jeffries was a Libra. People of this zodiac sign like harmony, gentleness, sharing with others, the outdoors, and dislike violence, injustice, loudmouths, conformity. The strengths of this sign are being cooperative, diplomatic, gracious, fair-minded, social, while weaknesses can be indecisive, holding a grudge and self-pity. The greatest overall compatibility with Libra is Aries and Sagittarius.
Chinese Zodiac: Herb Jeffries was born in the Year of the Serpent. People born under this sign are persistent and straightforward. They have a strong faith and can be seen as stubborn in their old ways.
Ruling Planet: Herb Jeffries had a ruling planet of Venus and has a ruling planet of Venus and by astrological associations Friday is ruled by Venus. Venus is the planet of love, harmony, money and possessions. Venus is graceful, charming, sensual and social. People who are born with Mars as the ruling planet have beauty, charm and sensuality.
Herb Jeffries’s birth sign is Libra and he had a ruling planet of Venus.
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