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George J. Gaskin - She Was Bred In Old Kentucky 1898

Columbia 4166 - This was a #1 Hit In 1898. She was bred in old Kentucky [music] / words by Harry Braisted ; music by Stanley Carter 1898 George J. Gaskin (1863--1920) was an Irish Tenor based in the United States. Born in Belfast, Ireland, he became one of the most popular singers the United States in the 1890s and was nicknamed the "Silver Voiced Irish Tenor". His earliest known recordings were done for the Edison North American Phonograph Company on June 2, 1891. Some sources report that Gaskin may have been only the second vocalist to make commercial records for Edison (the first may have been African American whistler and singer George W. Johnson, recorded just one day earlier, on June 1).[1] Some of his songs included "After the Ball" (1893), "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" (1897), "On the Banks of the Wabash" (1897), "My Old New Hampshire Home" (1898), and "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" (1900).