Autographs of Rudy Vallee
Hubert Prior Vallée (July 28, 1901 – July 3, 1986), known professionally as Rudy Vallée, was an American singer, saxophonist, bandleader, actor, and entertainer. He was the first male singer to rise from local radio broadcasts in New York City to national popularity as a crooner.
Vallée was born in Island Pond, Vermont on July 28, 1901, the son of Catherine Lynch and Charles Alphonse Vallée. His maternal grandparents were English and Irish, while his paternal grandparents were French Canadians from Quebec. He grew up in Westbrook, Maine. On March 29, 1917, he enlisted in the US Navy in Portland, Maine to fight in World War I, but authorities discovered he was only 15 and had given the false birth date of July 28, 1899. He was discharged at the Naval Training Station in Newport, Rhode Island on May 17, 1917, after 41 days of active service.
After playing drums in his high school band, Vallée played clarinet and saxophone in bands around New England as a teenager. The popularity of the saxophone and an unexpected reply from his idol Rudy Wiedoeft prompted Vallée to perfect his technique. He paid Columbia Records to make four "personal records", which he used for audition purposes with a number of bands. From 1924 to 1925, he played with the Savoy Havana Band at the Savoy Hotel in London, where band members discouraged his attempts to become a vocalist. He returned to the United States, briefly attending the University of Maine. He was initiated into the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity there on December 5, 1921. He transferred to Yale University in 1924, from which he earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy in 1927. As a Yale student he led the football band and was the lead saxophonist in the Yale Collegians with Peter Arno, who became a cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Rudy Vallee (Rudy Vallee Vinyl/Photographs Collection All Autographed) was sold in December 2025 for £411.77 while the cheapest item (RUDY VALLEE (1901-1986) American Bandleader & Entertainer Signed card) found a new owner for £0.97 in May 2016. The month with the most items sold (4) was December 2025 with an average selling price of £58.78 for an autographed item of Rudy Vallee. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2025 with £88.74 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.97 was May 2016. In average, an autographed item from Rudy Vallee is worth £35.74.
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