Born on June 12,1911, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, Fax was a child prodigy who played silent film scores at a Baltimore movie palace on Saturdays and gospel music at an African American church on Sundays.
Born on June 12,1911, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, Fax was a child prodigy. By age fourteen, Fax was employed as a theater organist playing scores to silent films in Baltimore's Regent Theater on Saturdays, and gospel music at an African American church on Sundays.