voc, 1852-1945 GB, Stepney
Singer of Pop
A.k.a. Colin Whitton McCallum
Charles Coborn (4 August 1852 – 23 November 1945) was a British music hall singer and comedian born in Stepney, east London.He was born Charles Whitton McCallum, and adopted his stage name from Coborn Road, near Mile End. In a long career, Coborn was known largely for two comic songs: Two Lovely Black Eyes (which he adapted in 1886 from "My Nellie's Blue Eyes", a song by William J. Scanlan, and premièred at the Paragon Theatre, in the Mile End Road) and The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo by Fred Gilbert, in 1892. The song was bought for £10, but the rights were finally sold for £600.
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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An Old Time Music Hall | Eugene Stratton, Charles Coborn, Harry Anderson | 1928 | Album |