Hartford’s own, it’s very own, Sophie Tucker with a Christmas wish in 1951.

Sophie Tucker was Hartford’s gift to the world for much of the 20th century. A star on several continents, Tucker restrained her bawdy joy on this 1951 appearance on Ed Sullivan’s popular Sunday night variety show. The columnist may have been her biggest fan.

Here she offers some advice on a good life and a few bars of White Christmas.

The Last of the Red-Hot Momma’s returned to Hartford for the last time in February 1966 and is at rest in the Emanuel Synagogue Cemetery in Wethersfield.

Published December 15, 2022.