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Harry Stewart (October 21, 1908 – May 20, 1956), born Harry Skarbo, was an Norwegian-American entertainer and songwriter, who often performed as Yogi Yorgesson, a comically exaggerated Swede.〔(Harry Stewart biography ) ''digitaldeliftp.com''. Retrieved: November 14, 2013.〕 ==Biography== Harry Stewart was born in Tacoma, Washington to Hans Skarbo, an immigrant from Norway, and his wife Elise. After the death of his mother he was adopted by the Stewart family. Growing up in the Proctor District, he attended Washington Grade School and Stadium High School in Tacoma.〔 In 1927 Stewart worked as an announcer, weather reporter, newsman and banjo player on KVI, a radio station that had recently started in Tacoma.〔 Stewart developed the character of Yogi Yorgesson while appearing on the Al Pearce radio show from 1934 to 1937. He then began performing a comedy routine as Yogi in nightclubs. Yogi was originally a Hindu mystic from Stockholm, but in time his crystal ball act was abandoned in favor of more homespun humor.〔''Minneapolis Tribune'', “After Last Night” by Will Jones, April 18, 1950.〕 Stewart debuted as a singer in 1948 when he released two songs as Yogi Yorgesson. These proved to be so successful that Capitol Records purchased the rights to his recordings. He continued on that label for the rest of his career. From 1948 through 1956 Stewart recorded over forty songs as Yogi Yorgesson. Beginning in 1953 he adopted other comic personas for some of his releases: Japanese (Harry Kari), country bumpkin (Claude Hopper) and German (Klaus Hammerschmidt).〔''The Capitol Label Discography'' by Michel Ruppli; William R Daniels; Ed Novitsky, (Almere, The Netherlands: Names & Numbers, 2007).〕 Harry Stewart was killed in an automobile accident in 1956 while returning to Los Angeles from an appearance in Ely, Nevada. He was survived by his wife Gretchen, son Steven and stepdaughter Eleanor.〔''Minneapolis Star'' May 21, 1956.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harry Stewart」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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