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"The Little Lost Child" is a popular song of 1894 by Edward B. Marks and Joseph W. Stern, with between one and two million copies in sheet music sales. [2] Also known after its first three words as "A Passing Policeman", [3] it is usually considered to have been the first work promoted as an illustrated song (an early precursor of the music video).
They promoted their music with performances accompanied by colored lantern slides."The Little Lost Child" was the first song they published and became a huge hit. Stern retired in 1920 and the firm became Edward B. Marks Music Company. Its publishings include hits such as "Strange Fruit" by Abel Meeropol (made famous by Billie Holiday) in 1939.
The first illustrated song was "The Little Lost Child" in 1894. [6] The song went on to become a nationwide hit selling more than two million copies of its sheet music, its success credited mainly to illustrated song performances which have been termed the first "music video." [4] [7] [8] [9]
Marks's "The Little Lost Child" (1894) was one of the many successful songs plugged by Gilson. Her promotion also played a role in the success of " The Sidewalks of New York " (1894); she introduced it in her act at Miner's London Theatre in the Bowery, employing her method of encouraging the audience to sing along at the chorus.
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