Lottie Gilson

Lottie Gilson was a popular comedienne and vaudeville singer born in 1871 in Pennsylvania who died in New York in 1912.^[1]

She was known as "The Little Magnet" in recognition of her considerable abilities to boost sheet music sales during the 1880s and 1890s.

Particular Gilson hits included "The Sunshine of Paradise Alley," The Little Lost Child, and "My Mother Was a Lady."

Listen to

• Just a Plain Little Irish Girl (1912)

References

1. ^ Jasen, David A. (2003). Tin Pan Alley: an encyclopedia of the golden age of American song. Routledge. pp. 158–9. ISBN 0-415-93877-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=OuDst8PfzCwC&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&dq=lottie+gilson&source=bl&ots=n71UilClX_&sig=DaYEe5xX1r5KD5L2gmHeOHo6h-A&hl=en&ei=pjE0S7jIIM29lAfu8vCjBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=lottie%20gilson&f=false.