Draft:Jim Sanford
Lucy Neale, Miss Lucy Neale, and James Sanford should link here
Jim Sanford was a singer and dancer who performed in minstrel shows in Baltimore, Maryland.[1]
He performed in George Kunkel's Virginia Serenaders.[2]
He wrote and performed "Miss Lucy Neale",[3] which became popular. The song is about teo "star-crossed lovers" on an Alabama plantation.[4]
https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p16003coll4/id/7551/
https://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/collection/020/050 (1844)
The Yellow Rose of Texas (song) uses "Miss Lucy Neale" melody?
References[edit]
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=TR4zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA73&dq=%22george+kunkel%22+coon&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJrsem2pSGAxWaRDABHUXwDSEQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=TbOyfBvi32YC&pg=PA204&dq=jim.sanford+minstrel+baltimore&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNn7GD4JSGAxVsRDABHfqnDQAQ6AF6BAgHEAM
- ^ https://www.loc.gov/item/2023798831/
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=jE9FIouIrg8C&pg=PA41&dq=jim.sanford+minstrel+baltimore&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNn7GD4JSGAxVsRDABHfqnDQAQ6AF6BAgGEAM