Jan Peerce

Jan Peerce (June 3, 1904 – December 15, 1984) was an American operatic tenor. The Jewish American tenor, Jan Peerce (real name, Jacob Pincus Perelmuth), grew up in the New York City streets, and attended De Witt Clinton High School and Columbia University. He took violin lessons, and gave public performances; sometimes he also sang and it was soon discovered he was an exceptional lyric tenor. In 1932 he was hired as a tenor soloist with the Radio City Music Hall company.