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George Washington Johnson (c. October 1846 – January 23, 1914) was an American singer and pioneer sound recording artist. Johnson was the first African American recording star of the phonograph . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His most popular songs were "The Whistling Coon" and " The Laughing Song ".
January–June period – George W. Johnson becomes the first African American to record phonograph cylinders, in New York. June 21 – Richard Strauss conducts the premiere of his symphonic poem Death and Transfiguration at the Eisenach Festival. September 3 – Carl Nielsen makes the first entry in his diary.
The first hit recorded song by a Black man was "The Whistling Coon" by George W. Johnson recorded in 1890. After the turn of the century, coon songs began to receive criticism for their racist content. [15]
Some claim that the song was first sung by Frank Dumont "as the Duprez & Benedict's Minstrels programs, dated, will show" in 1870. [6] The song was first recorded by Corinne Morgan and Frank C. Stanley in 1905, and has been recorded since by many famous artists including opera tenors John McCormack in 1920 and Jan Peerce, early country singers Fiddlin' John Carson and Riley Puckett, country ...
Ragtime compositions piano rolls: Scott Joplin: 1916 [8] "Tiger Rag" Original Dixieland Jazz Band: 1918 "Arkansas Traveler" and "Sallie Gooden" Eck Robertson: 1922 "Downhearted Blues" Bessie Smith: 1923 Rhapsody in Blue: George Gershwin, piano; Paul Whiteman Orchestra 1924 Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings: Louis Armstrong's ...
George W. Johnson (singer) (1846–1914), American singer, early recording artist George Perry Johnson (1885–1977), American film producer, writer, and newsreel producer George Johnson (actor) (1898–1961), American actor
Musicians who are notable for their playing of ragtime music include (in alphabetical order): This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Felix Arndt (1889–1918),"Desecration Rag" (1914), "Nola" (1916), [1] "Operatic Nightmare" (1916); May Aufderheide (1888–1972), "Dusty Rag" (1908) [2]; Roy Bargy ...