2008 collection. For most of her 62-year career, the `most beloved figure in showbiz", `Last of the Red-Hot Mommas" Sophie Tucker embodied the vaudeville performer. Gutsy, larger-than-life, brash and by turns self-asserting and self-denigrating, and later in life an outspoken champion of worthy causes, the `Queen of Burlesque" became an institution. Still viewed by some as a female counterpart to Al Jolson (with whom she undoubtedly had qualities in common), Sophie Tucker ranks, in the final analysis, in the forefront of 20th century superstars. 25 tracks. Bygone Days.