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Victoria Hazan

Victoria Hazan was a singer and musician (April 15th, 1896, Salihli, Turkey – November 21st, 1995, New York, United States). Hazan's family moved to New York City in 1920. From about 1925 to ’36, she was married to Israel Hazan. She sang and played out in her synagogue in the Bronx. When it was initially suggested that she should make records, she saw no reason to, saying that her husband “made a good living.” After her first husband’s death, she remarried Joe Rosa, and with his permission, she recorded in the 1940s for the [l862884] and [l710080] labels with [a3624062] (who was just a year or two older than her and from Izmir himself) and his circle accompanying her (eleven songs in Turkish (plus one as a backing vocalist for Marko Melkon), two in Greek, and ten in Ladino).