Today is the birthday of music hall star Charles Coborn (Charles Whitton McCallum, 1852-1945). Coborn was largely associated with two songs: “Two Lovely Black Eyes” (1886) and ”The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo” (1892), which he sang in the character of a drunken swell. His performance of the song became a phenomenon; he […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:48AM on August 4, 2013