Section 1-4 Flashcards
first head of Columbia Records
Edward Easton
Eldridge Johnson
began victor talking machine company with emile berliner - shop located in camden new jersey
Emile Berliner
invented gramophone
Enrico Caruso
first international recording star - “vesti la gabbi”
Fiddlin’ John Carson
first country star - fiddler
Fisk Jubilee Singers
black gospel choir that toured northern cities - raised awareness of black gospel to whites
Florenz Ziegfeld
created the “follies”
Francis Barraud
painter of “his masters voice” with nipper
Frank Seaman
attorney for emile berliner
Fred Astaire
singer/actor/dancer - “puttin on the ritz” - dancing on record - dance on film
F.W. Woolworth
developed chain of five and dime stores - frank winfield woolworth - bought direct from manufacturer so offered merchandise at lower prices