American tenor singer and songwriter in the early 20th century.
Born on February 8, 1890 in Syracuse, NY. Died on January 3, 1976 in Indio, CA.
He recorded prolifically, primarily in the vaudeville style, he also recorded for a number of prominent jazz musicians (, , etc.) and many dance bands.
He had two brothers and Phillip Kaufman; who had created a vaudeville act some years earlier. When Phil died (1918) and Irving had just left the , he joined Jack to continue the family duo.
He used many alias during his audio career; among the names he adopted were: , , , or , but these pseudonyms were also used by other singers. Married to .
Name Vars
- Buzzin' Bob
- I. Kaufman
- I. Kaufmann
- Irv. Kaufman
- Irvine Kaufman
- Irving
- Irving (Moe The Schmo) Kaufman
- Irving Kaufmann
- Kaufman
- Ray Wynn
Aliases
- Noel Taylor
- Charles Dickson
- Billy Clark
- George Beaver
- Arthur Seelig
- George Kay
- Marvin Young
- Confidential Charley
- Frank Harris
- Happy Jim Parsons
- Irving Combs
- Jack Manning
- Elliot Dix
- Charles Vaughn
- Lew Irving
- Henry Beaver
- Jack Shea
- Mort Stanley
- Peter Andrews
- Dick Nelson
- Harry Topping
- Jack Wilson
- Frank Hollis
- Lou Sidney
- Carlos Perez
- Ivan Terribilsky
- Roland Lann
- Paul Johnson
- Tom Nevill
- Billy Benson