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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".
"The Laughing Policeman" is a music hall song recorded by British artist Charles Penrose, initially published under the pseudonym Charles Jolly in 1922.It is an adaptation of "The Laughing Song" first recorded in 1890 by American singer George W. Johnson with the same tune and form, but the subject was changed from a "dandy darky" to a policeman.
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Guy B. Johnson: 1920s "Cross of Gold" speech Speech re-enactment: William Jennings Bryan: 1921 "The OKeh Laughing Record" Lucie Bernardo and Otto Rathke 1922 "Adeste Fideles" Associated Glee Clubs of America 1925 Cajun-Creole Columbia releases Amédé Ardoin and Dennis McGee: 1929 "Goodnight, Irene" Lead Belly: 1933 "Every Man a King" speech ...
The article on George W. Johnson claims that "Some time between January and May 1890, Johnson was recruited" to record "The Whistling Coon". From this he went on to develop "The Laughing Song", and that "... By 1895, Johnson's two tunes "The Whistling Coon" and "The Laughing Song" were the best-selling recordings in the United States".
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George W. Johnson's first gramophone recording of "The Laughing song", pressed into an extremely crude plate and released in Oct. 31, 1895 ·Berliner 930Y and 0572 (" Miserere ", sung by Ferruccio Giannini) [ 31 ] [ 32 ]