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QRS Player Piano Roll 1215 Old Black Joe Stephen Foster
QRS Player Piano Roll 1215 Old Black Joe Stephen Foster
QRS Player Piano Roll 1215 Old Black Joe Stephen Foster
QRS Player Piano Roll 1215 Old Black Joe Stephen Foster
QRS Player Piano Roll 1215 Old Black Joe Stephen Foster
QRS Player Piano Roll 1215 Old Black Joe Stephen Foster
QRS Player Piano Roll 1215 Old Black Joe Stephen Foster
QRS Player Piano Roll 1215 Old Black Joe Stephen Foster

QRS Player Piano Roll 1215 Old Black Joe Stephen Foster

€ 7.94

Availability: 10 in stock
  • Brand: QRS
  • Exact Year: 1860
  • Condition: Outer box shows discoloration and wear and tear. Being sold as a collectible and not a functioning item. Untested. Please examine photos closely before placing a bid.
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    Up for bid is a QRS produced player piano roll (#1215) to the song
    Old Black Joe
    written by Stephen Foster
    .
    Old Black Joe" is a parlor song by Stephen Foster (1826–1864). It was published by Firth, Pond & Co. of New York in 1860. Ken Emerson, author of the book Doo-Dah! , indicates that Foster's fictional Joe was inspired by an African-American servant in the home of Foster's father-in-law, Dr. McDowell of Pittsburgh.
    Jim Kweskin covered the song on his 1971 album Jim Kweskin's America.The song has sometimes been recorded as "Old, Old Joe", including by Paul Robeson.
    Other notable recordings were by
    Bing Crosby (recorded June 16, 1941), Jerry Lee Lewis (1959) and Al Jolson (recorded July 13, 1950).