Grace Cameron sings an rather unknown song entitled Help! help! help! (1909). https://youtube/watch?v=2AV6e9rqXIk Grace Cameron was born on August 1, 1879 (with the name Grace Kerr) in Storm Lake, Iowa. The comic singer joined the famous touring group called The Bostonians and was in Robin Hood, playing the role of Maid Marian. She recorded five titles issued on two-minute Edison Standard cylinders and four issued on four-minute wax Amberols. Adam and Eve (Amberol 136) and Whose Baby Girl Are You? (Standard 10265) had been introduced by Cameron in the 1908 show The Pied Piper. She was probably a mezzo-soprano though Edison literature identified her only as comedienne. Her single Columbia disc featured Since Dolly Dimples Made A Hit backed by Ill Bet Id Be A Riot Down On Broadway (A1205), recorded on July 11, 1912. Since Dolly Dimples Made A Hit, with lyrics by William Jerome and music by Jean Schwartz, is from the 1904 musical Piff! Paff! Pouf!, which was produced by F.C. Whitney for the Casino Theater in New York and starred Eddie Foy, with Cameron cast as one of his daughters. In telling of Dolly, the song alludes to many topical events and stage personalities--Lillian Russell, David Belasco, Charlie Frohman, Leslie Carter, Duse. Dolly is a mere chorus-girl in a musical comedy, but because its author gave Dolly a few lines to speak, she behaves as though she is the shows star: Dolly Dimples in the chorus She had served her time. She joined it when Kirlafy Brothers They were in their prime. She carried a spear For many a year. Contented in the back row With her eighteen per a week Until the night the author Handed her a line to speak And little Dolly Dimples made a hit. Since Dolly Dimples made a hit Theres been an awful change. Her mother really wouldnt know her now. She gives the other girls the icy bow... In the June 1970 issue of Hobbies, Jim Walsh reports that she was the first theatrical performer to pay, in 1905, for advertising in Variety. The date of her death is unknown. Walsh states in the August 1973 issue of Hobbies that Cameron was said to be living in Long Beach, California, in retirement in the early 1960s.
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