George Johnson · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 17
Top works
- The British ferns
- Josephine E. Butler
- Josephine Butler
- Von Frauennot und Frauenhilfe
- Grape Vine : Its Culture, Uses and History
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,188
- Total plays
- 4,592
Tags
vaudeville1890sAllDeadracist
One of the first African-Americans to make "records" of their music (back in the 1890s). His music was issued as "cylinders" that were played on a device called a "phonograph". See also: Unique Quartet <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/George+W.+Johnson">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- Place of death
- Kew Gardens
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- street performance
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Gianni Bettini
- Image
- George W. Johnson, 1898.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1846-01-01
- date of death
- 1914-01-23
- start of work period
- 1891-00-00
- birth name
- George Washington Johnson
- Commons category
- George W. Johnson (singer)
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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