Spoken Word and Jazz
A.k.a. George W. Graham
Pioneer recording artist, George Graham was one of a small group of performers recruited by Emile Berliner and Fred Gaisberg to demonstrate the potential of the Improved Gramophone to the American consumer of 1893. Graham was a member of Indian Medicine Troupe who sold quack medicines at street corners and entertained the crowds accompanied by John O’Terrell on banjo. At his first session for Berliner, he recorded “his famous talk on ‘Liver Cure’".
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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How I Got To Morrow | George Graham | 1899 | Album |
The Negro Funeral | George Graham | 1897 | Album |
Virginia Camp Meeting | George Graham & Billy Golden | 1897 | Album |
Laughing | George Graham, Billy Golden | 1897 | Album |
International Debating Club | George Graham | 1896 | Album |
Street Fakir | George Graham | 1896 | Album |
Stump Speech On Love | George Graham | Album |
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