He appeared at Carnegie Hall when he was 14 years old. In addition he states that he provides partial support for relatives, full support for his wife, and that he suffers of “spinal trouble.” Ben Bernie, in his draft registration card with his last name spelled Anzelovitz, gives New York, New York as his place of birth. His obituary in The New York Times tells us that he was born on Attorney Street, on the lower east side of New York City. Census for New York, Benjamin (last name, Anzelovitz) was born in Pennsylvania. Census for Bayonne, NJ, reports that Benjamin (last name spelled Anzeloert) was born in New Jersey. The family lived in Bayonne, NJ from 1897 to 1904. His parents, Julius and Anna, born in Russia, had eleven children. Ben Bernie, “The Old Maestro,” bandleader, composer (“Sweet Georgia Brown”), and radio personality, was born Benjamin Anzelevitz on May 30, 1891, probably in New York City.
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