Morton Downey

This article is about the singer. For his son and talk show host, see Morton Downey Jr.
Morton Downey
Downey in 1943
Background information
Also known asMorton James
Born
John Morton Downey

November 14, 1901
Wallingford, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedOctober 25, 1985(1985-10-25) (aged 83)
Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
GenresPopular song
InstrumentsVocals, piano
Children: 5, including Morton Jr.

John Morton Downey (November 14, 1901 – October 25, 1985), also known as Morton Downey, was an American singer and entertainer popular in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, enjoying his greatest success in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Downey was nicknamed "The Irish Nightingale".

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