Carroll Johnson (c. 1851–1917) was a minstrel performer in the United States.[1][2][3][4][5][6] In 1892, he was touted as the merry Irish minstrel for his performance of The Gossoon by E. E. Kidder at Naylor's Opera House in Terre Haute.[7]

Between 1892 and 1894, he was the principal actor (as Osmonde O'Sullivan) in the play "The Irish Statesman", written by (John) Fitzgerald Murphy.[8][9][10]

He appears in blackface on the cover of the sheet music for "Ma Angeline".[11] His performances popularized the song "Parson Johnson's Chicken Brigade".[12] Sheet music for Carroll Johnson's Songs was published.[13]

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References

  1. ↑ "CONTENTdm".
  2. ↑ "George Thatcher and Carroll Johnson's Minstrels". Library of Congress.
  3. ↑ "William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee". Library of Congress.
  4. ↑ "Haymarket Theatre, Majestic and Matchless Minstrels (March 31, 1889)". digital.chipublib.org.
  5. ↑ Oh! you little darling, I love you!: comic song / newly arranged by Louis Schmidt, Sr. San Francisco. October 16, 1883 – via Digital Collections.
  6. ↑ "It's a hot combination". NYPL Digital Collections.
  7. ↑ "Saturday Evening Mail 3 September 1892 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.
  8. ↑ Marion (Ohio) Daily Star 13 February 1892
  9. ↑ "AN IRISH-AMERICAN PLAY". The New York Times. 1893-05-02. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  10. ↑ "Grand Opera House, London, Ontario - Canadiana". www.canadiana.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  11. ↑ "Ma Angeline". National Museum of African American History and Culture.
  12. ↑ "Parson Johnson's Chicken Brigade – The American Vaudeville Archive — Special Collections".
  13. ↑ "061.112 - Carroll Johnson's Songs. No.5. Stop Dat Car. | Levy Music Collection". levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu.


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