Joe Natus

Joesph Natus (March 1, 1860 - April 21, 1917) was a minstrel performer and recording artist in the U.S. during the early 20th century. He was a tenor.

He was born in Detroit, Michigan.[1]

He partnered with Arthur Collins in 1901 and they made 19 Edison cylinder recording and several Victor recording through 1902.[2] They also recorded as part of a quartet, including a performance of the song Goodbye, Dolly Gray that was popular.[3]

Natus also recorded a version of the song Coon, Coon, Coon.

He died April 21, 1917 in Rome, New York.[4]

Discography
  • I'm longing in my heart for you Louise[5]
  • Home sweet home
  • The girl you dream about[6]
  • "I'll be with you when the roses bloom again"[7]
  • "All for a man whose god was gold"[7]
  • "My lonesome little Louisiana lady"[7]
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gollark: First-past-the-post is the simplest and most obvious thing you're likely to imagine if you want people to "vote for things", and it's entirely possible people didn't look too hard.
gollark: I don't know if the people designing electoral systems actually did think of voting systems which are popular now and discard them, but it's not *that* much of a reason to not adopt new ones.
gollark: There are plenty of things in, say, maths, which could have been thought up ages ago, and seem stupidly obvious now, but weren't. Such as modern place value notation.
gollark: Obvious things now may just not have been then.

References
  1. Gracyk, Tim; Hoffmann, Frank W. (March 23, 1997). "The encyclopedia of popular American recording pioneers, 1895-1925". Tim Gracyk – via Google Books.
  2. Hoffmann, Frank; Cooper, B. Lee; Gracyk, Tim (November 12, 2012). "Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895-1925". Routledge – via Google Books.
  3. "Barry's Hits of All Decades Pop rock n roll Music Chart Hits". hitsofalldecades.com.
  4. "Musical America". Musical America Corporation. March 23, 1917 – via Google Books.
  5. University of California, Santa Barbara Library Department of Special Collections (November 16, 2005). "Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project". cylinders.library.ucsb.edu.
  6. "The girl you dream about". NYPL Digital Collections.
  7. "Will D. Cobb (lyricist) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu.


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