Why did Rudy Vallée use a megaphone?
Vallee relied on his megaphones to amplify his voice over the bands he played with and the image of Vallee singing with megaphones became iconic. Vallee’s popularity coincided with the commercialization of microphones. The technology for microphones had existed for nearly half a century before Vallee’s fame. When was Rudy Vallée popular? Rudy Vallee, original…