John Steel (singer)

[1] In 1918 Steel appeared on Broadway in the musical The Maid of the Mountains, which had been a hit in London, but closed in New York after just 37 performances.

In the 1919 Follies he introduced Irving Berlin's song "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody," as well as singing "My Baby's Arms" and "Tulip Time.

Additionally, he liked working in Los Angeles and the West Coast states of California, Oregon, and Washington.

[2] In 1927 he appeared in a London production of the musical Castles in the Air, playing the role of John Brown opposite soprano Helen Gilliland.

[1] Steel returned to the United States, where in the early 1930s he performed in vaudeville and in cabarets and clubs in New York, Chicago, and other cities.

The marriage foundered in 1921 amid allegations that Steel had abused his wife and abandoned her and the infant child.

[2] Shortly after his divorce from Sidonie Espero,[2] Steel married Mabel Stapleton, a professional violinist.

In 1929 he was named as co-respondent in the divorce suit of Walter P. Inman, a stepson of tobacco magnate James Buchanan Duke.