Bob Farrell (minstrel singer)
"Turkey in the Straw"
"Turkey in the Straw" performed by the United States Air Force Band
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Bob Farrell was a New York City-based blackface minstrel singer, best known for introducing the song "Zip Coon" at the Bowery Theatre in 1834,[1][2] which later gave the tune to "Turkey in the Straw", one of the most famous and widespread songs of the era. "Zip Coon"'s authorship is disputed with George Washington Dixon.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Chase, Gilbert (2000). America's Music: From the Pilgrims to the Present. University of Illinois Press. p. 234. ISBN 0-252-00454-X.
  2. ↑ Ewen, David (1972). Great Men of American Popular Song: The History of the American Popular Song. Prentice-Hall. p. 23. ISBN 0-13-364182-1.
  3. ↑ Studwell, William E. (1997). The Americana Song Reader. Haworth Press. p. 58. ISBN 0-7890-0150-0.


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