<p>The tremendous response to his radio shows led to standing-room-only theatre performances and cross-country tours, but Rudy Vallée claimed it was just good luck and timing.</p>
<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> Americans don’t hesitate to say anything they please about a public performance. But the right to do so wasn’t established until the Cherry Sisters sued a critic who didn’t like their appalling vaudeville act.</span> </span></p>
<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> The ceaseless clatter of cheap pianos from a mid-Manhattan side street was once music to all America</span> </span></p>
