You’ll Never Know the Good Fellow I’ve Been (‘Till I’ve Gone Away)

Description

Song popularized by Sophie Tucker. Here she is shown relaxing on a tiger skin rug. Tucker is billed as “the Mary Garden of ragtime”, This is a reference to the Scottish opera star who played Salome very provocatively at the Chicago Opera House in 1910 and caused a national scandal and cancellation of her shows.

Format
PDF
Date
1911
Date Range
1910-1919
Language
English
Location
New York
Types / Genre
Sheet music
Collection
David Soren Popular Sheet Music Collection
Creator
Jack Coogan
Publishers
Will Rossiter
Source
MS 365 Box 6 Folder 42
Citation
American Vaudeville Museum Collection (MS 421), MS 365 Box 6 Folder 42, , courtesy of University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections.
Rights
Public Domain