Virginia Rea

The family moved to Des Moines, Iowa, when Rea was 12 or 13, and she began taking music lessons at Drake University's conservatory and singing solos at the University Church of Christ.

She offered, however, to sing for him over the phone; when she had finished, he told her to take the first available train to New York.

Still singing as Virginia Murphy, she performed in operas and had a national concert tour.

[1] After that show went off the air, she and Munn sang on The American Album of Familiar Music.

[9] In 1935, she was one of the featured singers on Musical Moments,[10] headed by violinist David Rubinoff.