Carroll Johnson

Carroll Johnson (c. 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]

Not to be confused with J. Carroll Johnson.

Between 1892 and 1894, he was the principal actor (as Osmonde O'Sullivan) in the play "The Irish Statesman", written by (John) Fitzgerald Murphy. [8][9][10]

He appears in blackface on the cover of the sheet music for "Ma Angeline".[11] His performances popularized the song "Parson Johnson's Chicken Brigade".[12] Sheet music for Carroll Johnson's Songs was published.[13]

See also

References
  1. "CONTENTdm".
  2. "George Thatcher and Carroll Johnson's Minstrels". Library of Congress.
  3. "William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee". Library of Congress.
  4. "Haymarket Theatre, Majestic and Matchless Minstrels (March 31, 1889)". digital.chipublib.org.
  5. Oh! you little darling, I love you!: comic song / newly arranged by Louis Schmidt, Sr. San Francisco. October 16, 1883 – via Digital Collections.
  6. "It's a hot combination". NYPL Digital Collections.
  7. "Saturday Evening Mail 3 September 1892 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.
  8. Marion (Ohio) Daily Star 13 February 1892
  9. "AN IRISH-AMERICAN PLAY". The New York Times. 1893-05-02. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  10. "Grand Opera House, London, Ontario - Canadiana". www.canadiana.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  11. "Ma Angeline". National Museum of African American History and Culture.
  12. "Parson Johnson's Chicken Brigade – The American Vaudeville Archive — Special Collections".
  13. "061.112 - Carroll Johnson's Songs. No.5. Stop Dat Car. | Levy Music Collection". levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu.

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