Joseph J. Sullivan (vaudeville)

This article is about the entertainer. For the gambler, see Joseph J. Sullivan.

Joseph J. Sullivan was a blackface comedian and acrobat in New York. He composed the song Where Did You Get That Hat? and first performed it in 1888. It was a great success and he performed it many times thereafter.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Jack Burton, Larry Freeman (1962), The blue book of Tin Pan Alley, 1, Century House, p. 13
  2. ↑ Theodore Raph (1986), "Where Did You Get That Hat", The American song treasury, p. 218, ISBN 978-0-486-25222-3
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