Lottie Gilson
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Lottie Gilson was a popular comedienne and vaudeville
singer born in 1871 in Pennsylvania who died in New York in 1912.
She was known as "The Little Magnet" in recognition of her considerable abilities to boost sheet music
sales during the 1880s and 1890s.
Particular Gilson hits included "The Sunshine of Paradise Alley," The Little Lost Child
, and "My Mother Was a Lady."
Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
singer born in 1871 in Pennsylvania who died in New York in 1912.
She was known as "The Little Magnet" in recognition of her considerable abilities to boost sheet music
Sheet music
Sheet music is a hand-written or printed form of music notation that uses modern musical symbols; like its analogs—books, pamphlets, etc.—the medium of sheet music typically is paper , although the access to musical notation in recent years includes also presentation on computer screens...
sales during the 1880s and 1890s.
Particular Gilson hits included "The Sunshine of Paradise Alley," The Little Lost Child
The Little Lost Child
The Little Lost Child is a popular song of 1894 by Edward B. Marks and Joseph W. Stern which sold more than two million copies of its sheet music following its promotion as the first ever illustrated song, an early precursor to the music video...
, and "My Mother Was a Lady."