Carroll Johnson
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Not to be confused with American architect J. Carroll Johnson
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Carroll Johnson (1851-1917) was a minstrel performer in the United States.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
In 1892, he was touted as the merry Irish minstrel for his performance of The Gossoon by E. E. Kidder at Naylor's Opera House in Terre Haute.[7]
He appears in blackface on the cover of the sheet music for "Ma Angeline".[8] His performances popularized the song "Parson Johnson's Chicken Brigadr".[9] Sheet music for Carroll Johnson's Songs was published.[10]
See also
References
- ^ https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p16003coll4/id/2222
- ^ "George Thatcher and Carroll Johnson's Minstrels". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- ^ "William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- ^ "Haymarket Theatre, Majestic and Matchless Minstrels (March 31, 1889)". digital.chipublib.org.
- ^ "Oh! you little darling, I love you!: comic song / newly arranged by Louis Schmidt, Sr". San Francisco. October 16, 1883 – via Digital Collections.
- ^ "It's a hot combination". NYPL Digital Collections.
- ^ "Saturday Evening Mail 3 September 1892 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.
- ^ "Ma Angeline". National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- ^ "Parson Johnson's Chicken Brigade – The American Vaudeville Archive — Special Collections".
- ^ "061.112 - Carroll Johnson's Songs. No.5. Stop Dat Car. | Levy Music Collection". levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu.