found: Love me or leave me. [MP] 1955.
found: Donaldson, W. Whoopee [SR] 1978: label (Ruth Etting)
found: W was w in the theatre (Etting, Ruth; actress/vocalist; b. David City, Neb., 25 Nov. 1907)
found: Perf. arts biog. master index (Etting, Ruth; b. date listed variously as 1896, 1897, 1903?, and 1907; d. date listed consistently as 1978)
found: Electronic correspondence with R. Seymour, Feb. 18, 2010 (Irwin, Kenneth and Lloyd, Charles O. Ruth Etting: America's forgotten sweetheart, 2010, p. 2, b. Nov. 23, 1897; p. 13, the date 1897 appears on her birth certificate and marriage license)
notfound: New Grove dict. of American music.
Etting, Ruth, 1897-1978
