Today is the birthday of music hall comedian Dan Leno (see here for full bio). Here’s a 1902 clip of him singing “The Grass Widower”: To find out more about the history of vaudeville, consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and wherever nutty books [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:52AM on December 20, 2011